US Patent Issued to YARA INTERNATIONAL ASA on April 22 for "Corrosion inhibition of metal reinforcement present in a hardened concrete construction having one or more surfaces that are exposed to chloride intrusion" (Greek, Norwegian, Italian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,281,051, issued on April 22, was assigned to YARA INTERNATIONAL ASA (Oslo, Norway).

"Corrosion inhibition of metal reinforcement present in a hardened concrete construction having one or more surfaces that are exposed to chloride intrusion" was invented by Giuseppe Cilluffo (Milan), Wolfram Franke (Skien, Norway) and Nikolaos N. Stavroulakis (Chania / Crete, Greece).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for the corrosion inhibition, and optionally rehabilitation, of metal reinforcements present in a hardened concrete construction having one or more surfaces that are exposed to chloride intrusion, wherein the method comprises the step of ...