MUMBAI, India, Jan. 23 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202631003619 A) filed by National Institute Of Technology, Patna, Bihar, on Jan. 13, for 'a modular acoustic barrier assembly for outdoor environments.'

Inventor(s) include Kamble, Milind Ashok; and Mandal, Shailendra K.

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: "An acoustic barrier assembly (100) for outdoor environments is disclosed, including a perforated panel (102) with a substantially planar panel body, a perforated outer surface with a plurality of through-openings uniformly distributed across the first side, a porous acoustic core (...