US Patent Issued to UMICORE on Nov. 11 for "Process for the preparation of pre-alloyed powders for diamond tools, and the powders so obtained" (French Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,465,975, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to UMICORE (Brussels).

"Process for the preparation of pre-alloyed powders for diamond tools, and the powders so obtained" was invented by Thierry Commeau (Grenoble, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention concerns pre-alloyed powders useful for the manufacture of metal-bonded diamond tools. A process for the synthesis of such powders is presented, characterized in that at least a major part of the phosphor is introduced by adding an aqueous solution of a phosphorus salt to one or more of the metal-bearing compounds. The powder can have a low cobalt content, or even be cobalt-free, yet...