MUMBAI, India, Jan. 23 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202641001762 A) filed by Indian Institute Of Technology, Dharwad, Karnataka, on Jan. 7, for 'a lightweight construction block with high strength.'

Inventor(s) include Dr. Giridhar Rajesh Bande; and Dr. Giridhar Rajesh Bande.

The application for the patent was published on Jan. 23, under issue no. 04/2026.

According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "The present disclosure provides a lightweight construction block comprising 90% Class F fly ash and 10% high plasticity clay by weight, wherein the construction block is formed through a vitrification process involving static compaction at pressures up to 40 MPa followed by sin...