MUMBAI, India, May 16 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202517017342 A) filed by Nippon Steel Corporation, Tokyo, on Feb. 27, for 'hot-rolled steel sheet.'

Inventor(s) include Shuto Hiroshi; Tsutsui Kazumasa; Uranaka Masaaki; Sokuno Yuko; Ando Jun; and Yoshitake Mutsumi.

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: "This hot-rolled steel sheet has a specific chemical composition; the metal structure of this hot-rolled steel sheet at a position where the depth from the surface is 1/4 in the sheet thickness direction comprises, in area%, less than 3.0% of residual austenite, not less than 15.0% but les...