ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,403,565, issued on Sept. 2, was assigned to VULKAN INOX GMBH (Hattingen, Germany).
"Abrasive for jet cutting" was invented by Marc Hidde (Ennepetal, Germany) and Andre Hahn (Hattingen, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An abrasive for jet cutting including particles of a stainless steel is provided, the stainless steel includes a microstructure, the microstructure including at least martensite, in a range of less than=20 wt. % to less than equal to100 wt. %, austenite in a range of less than=0 wt % to less than equal to50 wt %, and chromium carbide, chromium nitride and/or mixtures thereof, together in a range of less than=0 wt % to...