ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,435,385, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to POSCO Co. LTD (Pohang-si, South Korea).

"Plated steel sheet for hot press forming having excellent impact property, hot press formed part, and manufacturing method thereof" was invented by Seong-Woo Kim (Gwangyang-si, South Korea), Jin-Keun Oh (Gwangyang-si, South Korea) and Yeol-Rae Cho (Gwangyang-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "One aspect of the present invention relates to a plated steel sheet for hot press forming, having an excellent impact property."

The patent was filed on May 15, 2024, under Application No. 18/664,762.

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