ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,492,150, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to NV BEKAERT SA (Zwevegem, Belgium) and EPOCH WIRES Ltd. (Cambridge, Great Britain).
"Magnesiumdiboride powder-in-tube wire" was invented by Chris Dhulst (Oeselgem, Belgium), Jan Mestdagh (Oostrozebeke, Belgium), Mehmet Kutukcu (Cambridge, Great Britain), Hans Vandeputte (Langemark, Belgium) and Frank Verbeke (Zwevegem, Belgium).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A magnesiumdiboride (MgB2) powder-in-tube (PIT) wire has a cross-section showing -voids, -magnesiumdiboride, and -oxides, as measured by energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy. Oxides are located at the borders between the voids and the magnesium...