US Patent Issued to NIPPON YAKIN KOGYO on Feb. 3 for "Nickel-based alloy having superior surface properties and production method for the same" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,540,376, issued on Feb. 3, was assigned to NIPPON YAKIN KOGYO Co. LTD. (Tokyo).

"Nickel-based alloy having superior surface properties and production method for the same" was invented by Daiki Ogasawara (Kawasaki, Japan) and Fumiaki Kirihara (Kawasaki, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A composition of non-metallic inclusions that affect surface properties and provides Ni-based alloys with superior surface properties. A Ni-based alloy consisting of: all by mass %, Ni: 52.0% or more, C: 0.001% to 0.030%, Si: 0.01 to 0.10%, Mn: 0.10 to 1.50%, P: 0.030% or less, S: 0.0050% or less, Cr: 13.0 to 25.0%, Mo: 10.0 to 18.0%, W: 1.00 to 5.00%, C...