US Patent Issued to KATHOLIEKE UNIVERSITEIT LEUVEN on Jan. 13 for "Surface-modified metal or metal alloy powder and method of producing the same" (Belgian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,521,791, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to KATHOLIEKE UNIVERSITEIT LEUVEN (Leuven, Belgium).

"Surface-modified metal or metal alloy powder and method of producing the same" was invented by Suraj Dinkar Jadhav (Leuven, Belgium) and Kim Vanmeensel (Bekkevoort, Belgium).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of surface modification of a metal or metal alloy powder includes the steps of providing a metal or metal alloy powder including copper, gold, or silver and having an average diameter in the micron range; providing a powder having an alloying element to form an alloying element powder. The alloying element powder particles have an aver...