ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,448,671, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to HYPERION MATERIALS & TECHNOLOGIES INC. (Worthington, Ohio).
"Cemented carbide compositions" was invented by Daniela Andreina Sandoval Ravotti (Mollet del Valles, Spain), Olivier Ther (Sant Fost Campsentelles, Spain), Luis Fernando Garcia (Barcelona, Spain) and Olivier Lavigne (Barcelona, Spain).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a cemented carbide composition having a hard phase made of tungsten carbide (WC) as a first hard phase component and at least one second hard phase component selected from the group consisting of tantalum carbide (TaC), niobium carbide (NbC), and mixtures thereof...