US Patent Issued to MATERION NEWTON on Sept. 30 for "Tantalum based alloy that is resistant to aqueous corrosion" (Massachusetts, North Carolina Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,428,708, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to MATERION NEWTON INC. (Newton, Mass.).

"Tantalum based alloy that is resistant to aqueous corrosion" was invented by Paul R. Aimone (Bridgewater, Mass.) and Evan Hinshaw (Hickory, N.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A tantalum or tantalum alloy which contains pure or substantially pure tantalum and at least one metal element selected from the group consisting of Ru, Rh, Pd, Os, Ir, Pt, Mo, W and Re to form a tantalum alloy that is resistant to aqueous corrosion. The invention also relates to the process of preparing the tantalum alloy."

The patent was filed on June 13, 2023, under Application...