MUMBAI, India, May 16 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202517040288 A) filed by Arcelormittal, Luxembourg, on April 25, for 'a spot welding method.'

Inventor(s) include Chiocca, Alexis; and Wang, Zhifen.

The application for the patent was published on May 16, under issue no. 20/2025.

According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "A welding method for the manufacture of an assembly of at least two steel substrates (3, 3') spot welded together, comprising: - a first steel substrate (3) being a press-hardened steel part obtained by press hardening of a steel sheet coated with an aluminum-based coating, said coating comprising by weight percent 7.0 to 9.0 % zinc, 1.0 to 10 % silicon,...