MUMBAI, India, March 14 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202617018010 A) filed by Jfe Steel Corporation, Tokyo, on Feb. 18, for 'steel sheet and method for manufacturing same.'

Inventor(s) include Takeya Kentaro; Shiimori Fusae; and Kariya Nobusuke.

The application for the patent was published on March 13, under issue no. 11/2026.

According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "The purpose of the present invention is to provide: a steel sheet having high strength, high ductility, and low-yield elongation; and a method for manufacturing same. The steel sheet has a composition containing, in mass%, 0.03-0.15% of C, 0.05% or less of Si, 0.10-0.60% of Mn, 0.025% or less of P, 0.020% of less of S, 0.20% or less of Al, 0.0001-0.0200% of N, 0.005-0.030% of Nb, and more than 0.020% and no more than 0.200% of Cu, with the remainder comprising Fe and inevitable impurities, has a microstructure containing 80% or more of ferrite in area fraction, and has a yield strength of 500 MPa or more, a tensile strength of 500 MPa or more, an HR30T of 68 or more, a break elongation of 15% or more, and a yield elongation of 4.5% or less."

The patent application was internationally filed on Aug. 27, 2024, under International application No.PCT/JP2024/030539.

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