ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,497,708, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to POSCO Co. LTD (Pohang-si, South Korea).

"Electrogalvanized steel sheet having superb whiteness and method for manufacturing same" was invented by Moon-Jae Kwon (Gyeongsangbuk-do, South Korea), Su-Young Kim (Gyeongsangbuk-do, South Korea) and Chan-Seok Bang (Gyeongsangbuk-do, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention provides an electrogalvanized steel sheet and a method manufacturing same, the electrogalvanized steel sheet having superb whiteness, and an attractive exterior surface due to reduction in surface scale."

The patent was filed on Dec. 3, 2020, under Applicatio...