MUMBAI, India, May 29 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202611050798 A) filed by Swami Rama Himalayan University, Dehradun, Uttarakhand, on April 21, for 'a self-regenerating fixed-bed column filter system employing bacteria-immobilized rice husk biochar for wastewater treatment.'

Inventor(s) include Mayank Bahuguna; Geeta Bhandari; Chandra Shekhar Nautiyal; Sanjay Gupta; Nupur Joshi; and Vikash Singh Jadon.

The application for the patent was published on May 29, under issue no. 22/2026.

According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "In the field of wastewater treatment, a self-regenerating fixed-bed column filter system integrates an inlet distribution zone, an upper support laye...