ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,410,496, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to voestalpine BOHLER Edelstahl GmbH & Co. KG (Kapfenberg, Austria).
"Superaustenitic material" was invented by Rainer Fluch (St. Lorenzen im Murztal, Austria) and Andreas Keplinger (Leoben, Austria).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A superaustenitic material is provided for use in chemical plant construction or in oilfield or gas field technology. The material resists corrosion, in particular corrosion in mediums with high chloride concentrations and sulfuric acid."
The patent was filed on Dec. 19, 2019, under Application No. 17/414,008.
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