ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,331,382, issued on June 17, was assigned to KENNAMETAL INC. (Latrobe, Pa.).

"Sintered alloy articles and methods of making the same" was invented by Martin G. Perez (Latrobe, Pa.), Paul D. Prichard (Greensburg, Pa.), Matthew Yao (Belleville, Canada), John Skwara (Latrobe, Pa.), Abdelhakim Belhadjhamida (Kingston, Canada), Kevin M. Gamble (Latrobe, Pa.) and Michael J. Meyer (Irwin, Pa.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Powder alloy compositions and associated additive manufacturing techniques are described herein for production of sintered articles with microstructure and/or enhanced wear and corrosion resistance. In some embodiments, an art...