MUMBAI, India, Aug. 17 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202617079891 A) filed by Nippon Steel Corporation on June 29, 2026, for Plated Steel Sheet.

Inventors include Kirekawa, Naoto; Mitsunobu, Takuya; Takebayashi, Hiroshi; and Ueno, Shin.

The application for the patent was published on August 14, 2026, under issue no. 33/2026.

Abstract: Provided is a plated steel sheet comprising a base material steel sheet and plating disposed on a surface of the base material steel sheet, the plated steel sheet characterized in that the base material steel sheet has a chemical composition containing, in terms of mass%, 0.010%-1.000% of Ni, 0.010%-1.000% of Cu, and 0.003%-1.000% of Sn; and in an element distribution image obtained by measuring, with Auger electron spectroscopy, a surface of the plated steel sheet, a surface coverage with at least one of Ni, Cu, and Sn is 25% or more, and the equivalent circle radius of a non-covered region not covered with any of Ni, Cu, or Sn is 10 µm or less.

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