MUMBAI, India, May 30 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202517036393 A) filed by Jfe Steel Corporation, Tokyo, on April 15, for 'method of smelting steel and method of producing steel.'

Inventor(s) include Murai Takeshi; and Harada Akifumi.

The application for the patent was published on May 30, under issue no. 22/2025.

According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "Proposed is a method for melting and refining low-nitrogen steel by suppressing infiltration of nitrogen from the atmosphere within an arc electric furnace into molten steel during melting and smelting of an iron-based raw material in the furnace. This melting and refining method is characterized in that, in a step for...