MUMBAI, India, Oct. 11 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202517071568 A) filed by Nippon Steel Corporation, Tokyo, on July 28, for 'sn-zn based-alloy plated steel material, battery case and fuel tank.'

Inventor(s) include Yamaguchi Shinichi.

The application for the patent was published on Oct. 10, under issue no. 41/2025.

According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "This Sn-Zn based-alloy plated steel material is provided with: a steel material; a first alloy layer that is on the surface of the steel material and is mainly composed of Fe, Cr and Ni; a second alloy layer that is on the first alloy layer and is mainly composed of Sn, Fe, Ni and Zn; and an Sn-Zn based plating layer...