MUMBAI, India, June 16 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202611053790 A) filed by Noida Institute Of Engineering & Technology, Greater Noida, Uttar Pradesh, on April 28, for 'a controlled release biofertilizer using microbial encapsulation technique.'

Inventor(s) include Neeraj Agarwal; and Dr. Narendra Kumar.

The application for the patent was published on June 5, under issue no. 23/2026.

According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "A controlled release biofertilizer system includes a microbial culture reservoir, a protective matrix preparation unit, an encapsulation module, a shell forming unit, a curing and drying assembly, a conditioned particle storage chamber, and an appli...