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Feedstock Composition and Method of Using Same for Powder Metallurgy Forming of Reactive Metals
Patent ID: 4495 | Patent Number 7,691,174 | Status: Granted
USPTO URL
http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=…
Application Number
10/796,424
Inventors
Simmons,Kevin L
Nyberg,Eric
Weil,K Scott
Market Sector
Advanced Manufacturing