ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,503,771, issued on Dec. 23, was assigned to NOF Metal Coatings Asia Pacific Co. Ltd. (Kanagawa, Japan).
"Rust-proofing treatment method, and rust-proofing-treated article" was invented by Takumi Komatsuzaki (Kanagawa, Japan) and Satoru Tamaki (Kanagawa, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to: a rust-proofing treatment method comprising the step of treating an object that comprises a metal or an alloy and is heated to a temperature higher than 180deg C. or an object that has, formed on the surface thereof, a film or layer comprising a metal or an alloy and is heated to a temperature higher than 180deg C. wit...