ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,410,489, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to POSCO (Pohang-si, South Korea).

"Wire rod for high-strength steel fiber, high-strength steel fiber, and method for manufacturing same" was invented by Yo-Sep Yang (Seoul, South Korea), Manjae Lee (Pohang-si, South Korea) and Yong-Sik Park (Pohang-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed are a wire rod for a steel fiber having a strength of 1,500 MPa or more without performing LP heat treatment during a wire drawing process, a steel fiber and, a method for manufacturing the same. The wire rod for a high-strength steel fiber according to the present disclosure includes, in percen...