ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,534,810, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to JFE STEEL Corp. (Tokyo).

"Al coating layer-equipped stainless steel sheet" was invented by Akito Mizutani (Tokyo) and Mitsuyuki Fujisawa (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An Al coating layer-equipped stainless steel sheet having a base steel sheet and an Al coating layer on a surface of the base steel sheet. In the Al coating layer-equipped stainless steel sheet, the base steel sheet is a stainless steel sheet having a thickness of 100 micro metre or less and a predetermined chemical composition, the Al coating layer has a thickness of 0.5 micro metre to 10.0 micro metre, and a total conten...