Abstract 1. STAINLESS STEEL WHICH HAS BEEN SUBJECTED TO HOT WORKING TO A THICKNESS REDUCTION OF AT LEAST ABOUT 50% AND WHICH HAS IMPROVED MACHINABILITY, SAID STEEL CONSISTING ESSENTIALLY OF: 0.01 TO 1.2% CARBON; 10 TO 27% CR, 0 TO 22% NI, 0.3 TO 10% MN; 0.15 TO 0.7% S AND A TOTAL OF 0.03 TO 0.1% OF ELEMENT OR ELEMENTS SELECTED FROM THE CLASS CONSISTING OF SELENIUM AND TELLURIUM; BALANCE IRON AND INCIDENTAL IMPURITIES; SAID STEEL BEING CHARACTERIZED BY ABSENCE OF ALUMINUM OXIDE ABOVE 0.002% OF SAID OXIDE; AND SAID STEEL BEING CHARACTERIZED BY GLOBULAR INCLUSIONS WHICH ARE DISTRIBUTED THROUGHOUT THE STEEL IN TOTAL QUANTITY OF 0.2 4% BY VOLUME AND WHICH ARE PREDOMINANTLY PROVIDED BY AND COLLECTIVELY CONTAIN MN, S AND SAID SELECTED ELEMENOR ELEMENTS, THE CONTENT OF MN IN THE STEEL BEING AT LEAST EQUAL TO 2.5 TIMES THE CONTENT OF S, AND THE TOTAL OF SAID SELECTED ELEMENT OR ELEMENTS BEING EQUAL TO AT LEAST 10% OF THE CONTENT OF S.
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Last Synchronized2026-11-05 22:58
CPC Classifications
C; C22; C22C; C22C38/00; C22C38/60
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim
163 words
STAINLESS STEEL WHICH HAS BEEN SUBJECTED TO HOT WORKING TO A THICKNESS REDUCTION OF AT LEAST ABOUT 50% AND WHICH HAS IMPROVED MACHINABILITY, SAID STEEL CONSISTING ESSENTIALLY OF: 0.01 TO 1.2% CARBON; 10 TO 27% CR, 0 TO 22% NI, 0.3 TO 10% MN; 0.15 TO 0.7% S AND A TOTAL OF 0.03 TO 0.1% OF ELEMENT OR ELEMENTS SELECTED FROM THE CLASS CONSISTING OF SELENIUM AND TELLURIUM; BALANCE IRON AND INCIDENTAL IMPURITIES; SAID STEEL BEING CHARACTERIZED BY ABSENCE OF ALUMINUM OXIDE ABOVE 0.002% OF SAID OXIDE; AND SAID STEEL BEING CHARACTERIZED BY GLOBULAR INCLUSIONS WHICH ARE DISTRIBUTED THROUGHOUT THE STEEL IN TOTAL QUANTITY OF 0.2 4% BY VOLUME AND WHICH ARE PREDOMINANTLY PROVIDED BY AND COLLECTIVELY CONTAIN MN, S AND SAID SELECTED ELEMENOR ELEMENTS, THE CONTENT OF MN IN THE STEEL BEING AT LEAST EQUAL TO 2.5 TIMES THE CONTENT OF S, AND THE TOTAL OF SAID SELECTED ELEMENT OR ELEMENTS BEING EQUAL TO AT LEAST 10% OF THE CONTENT OF S.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
163 words
STAINLESS STEEL WHICH HAS BEEN SUBJECTED TO HOT WORKING TO A THICKNESS REDUCTION OF AT LEAST ABOUT 50% AND WHICH HAS IMPROVED MACHINABILITY, SAID STEEL CONSISTING ESSENTIALLY OF: 0.01 TO 1.2% CARBON; 10 TO 27% CR, 0 TO 22% NI, 0.3 TO 10% MN; 0.15 TO 0.7% S AND A TOTAL OF 0.03 TO 0.1% OF ELEMENT OR ELEMENTS SELECTED FROM THE CLASS CONSISTING OF SELENIUM AND TELLURIUM; BALANCE IRON AND INCIDENTAL IMPURITIES; SAID STEEL BEING CHARACTERIZED BY ABSENCE OF ALUMINUM OXIDE ABOVE 0.002% OF SAID OXIDE; AND SAID STEEL BEING CHARACTERIZED BY GLOBULAR INCLUSIONS WHICH ARE DISTRIBUTED THROUGHOUT THE STEEL IN TOTAL QUANTITY OF 0.2 4% BY VOLUME AND WHICH ARE PREDOMINANTLY PROVIDED BY AND COLLECTIVELY CONTAIN MN, S AND SAID SELECTED ELEMENOR ELEMENTS, THE CONTENT OF MN IN THE STEEL BEING AT LEAST EQUAL TO 2.5 TIMES THE CONTENT OF S, AND THE TOTAL OF SAID SELECTED ELEMENT OR ELEMENTS BEING EQUAL TO AT LEAST 10% OF THE CONTENT OF S.