ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,311,475, issued on May 27, was assigned to VERDICIO SOLUTIONS A.I.E. (Madrid).

"Welding flux composition and corresponding method for welding metals" was invented by Alvaro Manjon Fernandez (Oviedo Asturias, Spain), Marcos Perez Rodriguez (Cangas del Narcea Asturias, Spain) and Christopher Gerritsen (Sint-Amandsberg, Belgium).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for the manufacture of a welded joint including the following successive steps: I. The provision of at least two metallic substrates wherein at least one metallic substrate is a steel substrate, and II. The welding of the at least two metallic substrates with a welding head whi...