ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 29 -- United States Patent no. 12,209,298, issued on Jan. 28, was assigned to Proterial Ltd. (Tokyo).

"Ni-Cr-Mo-based alloy member, Ni-Cr-Mo-based alloy powder, and composite member" was invented by Hiroshi Shiratori (Tokyo), Kazuya Shinagawa (Tokyo), Shuho Koseki (Tokyo), Kousuke Kuwabara (Tokyo) and Yasuhiko Otsubo (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided are a Ni-Cr-Mo-based alloy, a Ni-Cr-Mo-based alloy powder, a Ni-Cr-Mo-based alloy member, and a member that can be melted and solidified and have excellent corrosion resistance, wear resistance, and crack resistance. A Ni-Cr-Mo-based alloy member according to the present invention includes, by mass %, Cr: 18% to...