MUMBAI, India, March 13 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202641025417 A) filed by Dr. R. Nithyatharani; Dr. Deepa V H; Dr. G. Arun Kumar; Mrs. S. Amutha; Dr. Kongkana Goswami; Dr. N. Reehana; and Dr. Monika Soni, Trichy, Tamil Nadu, on March 3, for 'a novel acidophilic microbial consortium and process for bioleaching of valuable metals from electronic waste (e-waste).'

Inventor(s) include Dr. R. Nithyatharani; Dr. Deepa V H; Dr. G. Arun Kumar; Mrs. S. Amutha; Dr. Kongkana Goswami; Dr. N. Reehana; and Dr. Monika Soni.

The application for the patent was published on March 13, under issue no. 11/2026.

According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "The present invention discloses a n...