ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,467,111, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to POSCO Co. LTD (Pohang-si, South Korea).

"Cold-rolled steel plate for hot forming, having excellent corrosion-resistance and spot-weldability, hot-formed member, and method for manufacturing same" was invented by Jin-Keun Oh (Gwangyang-si, South Korea), Yeol-Rae Cho (Gwangyang-si, South Korea), A-Ra Cho (Incheon, South Korea), Jin-Ho Cha (Gwangyang-si, South Korea), Si-Myoung Heo (Gwangyang-si, South Korea), Jeong-Won Seo (Gwangyang-si, South Korea) and Seong-Woo Kim (Gwangyang-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An aspect of the present invention relates to a cold-rolled steel plate ...