ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,304,006, issued on May 20, was assigned to Tianjin University (Tianjin, China).

"Simplified method for welding 5G position filler layer of marine riser and product thereof" was invented by Lianyong Xu (Tianjin, China), Kangda Hao (Tianjin, China), Yongdian Han (Tianjin, China), Lei Zhao (Tianjin, China), Wenjing Ren (Tianjin, China) and Hongyang Jing (Tianjin, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A simplified method for welding a 5G position filler layer of a marine riser and a product thereof are provided, and the disclosure belongs to the technical field of welding. The method specifically includes the following. performing filler weld...