ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,378,622, issued on Aug. 5, was assigned to INSTITUTE OF RESEARCH OF IRON & STEEL JIANGSU PROVINCE/SHA-STEEL Co. LTD. (Suzhou, China), HANGJIAGANG HONGCHANG STEEL PLATE Co. LTD. (Suzhou, China) and JIANGSU SHAGANG GROUP Co. LTD. (Suzhou, China).

"High-strength steel bar and production method thereof" was invented by Yu Zhang (Suzhou, China), Han Ma (Suzhou, China), Yun Zhou (Suzhou, China) and Huande Chen (Suzhou, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed are a high-strength steel bar and a production method therefor. The high-strength steel bar comprises, by mass percentage, the following chemical components: C: 0.15-0.32%, Si+Mn: 0....