ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,545,973, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to thyssenkrupp Rasselstein GmbH (Andernach, Germany).

"Steel sheet and method of manufacturing a steel sheet for packaging" was invented by Laura Porzgen (Neuwied, Germany), Manuel Kohl (Mendig, Germany), Philipp Schmalenbach (Oberlahr, Germany) and Burkhard Kaup (Andernach, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for producing a steel sheet for packaging includes: cold-rolling a hot-rolled steel sheet made from a steel having a carbon content of 10 to 1000 ppm by weight, the steel of the hot-rolled steel sheet having a predetermined recrystallization temperature (TR); heating the cold-ro...