MUMBAI, India, April 20 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202411076038 A) filed by Shoolini University Of Biotechnology And Management Sciences, Solan, Himachal Pradesh, on Oct. 8, 2024, for 'a photocatalyst for effective photodegradation of organic pollutants.'

Inventor(s) include Vatika Soni; Pankaj Raizada; and Pardeep Singh.

The application for the patent was published on April 17, under issue no. 16/2026.

According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "The present invention relates to the development of a highly efficient photocatalytic material, O-SrTiO3/NiO/AC-EWC, designed for the degradation of hazardous dyes and antibiotics in industrial wastewater. The photocatalyst is f...