MUMBAI, India, Nov. 21 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202431039011 A) filed by Tata Steel Limited, Jamshedpur, Jharkhand, on May 17, 2024, for 'method to perform surface hardening of steel and system thereof.'

Inventor(s) include Melwin Sajan.

The application for the patent was published on Nov. 21, under issue no. 47/2025.

According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "The present disclosure discloses a method (100) to perform surface hardening of steel. The method (100) includes controlling (102) a work tool to form micro-strains on surface of the steel. The surface of the steel is strained higher compared to an inner core of the steel. The inner core is located beneath the s...