ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,344,923, issued on July 1, was assigned to POSCO Co. LTD (Pohang-si, South Korea).

"Zinc plated steel sheet having excellent spot weldability and manufacturing method thereof" was invented by Ki-Cheol Kang (Gwangyang-si, South Korea), Sea-Woong Lee (Gwangyang-si, South Korea), Kyoo-Young Lee (Gwangyang-si, South Korea), Jong-Ho Kim (Gwangyang-si, South Korea) and Young-Roc Im (Gwangyang-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a zinc plated steel sheet having excellent spot weldability and a manufacturing method thereof. The zinc plated steel sheet includes a steel sheet and a zinc plated layer formed on the surface of t...