MUMBAI, India, Jan. 9 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202531128225 A) filed by Indian Institute Of Technology (Indian School Of Mines, Dhanbad), Dhanbad, Jharkhand, on Dec. 17, 2025, for 'a bench-top knurling machine for micro-texturing on flat surface.'

Inventor(s) include Dr. Suman Saha; Mr. Piyush Sharma; and Dr. Mohan Kumar.

The application for the patent was published on Jan. 9, under issue no. 02/2026.

According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "A bench-top knurling machine for micro-texturing on flat surface The knurling machine is built upon a rigid mild steel base plate (100) with two vertical side plates (101,111) being welded to it forming the main structural colum...