MUMBAI, India, Jan. 9 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202511113071 A) filed by Graphic Era, Dehradun, Uttarakhand, on Nov. 17, 2025, for 'a system and method for microbial remediation of heavy metals and crop resilience enhancement in agro-ecosystems.'

Inventor(s) include Ponmurugan Karuppiah; Uma Eswarapillai; Debasis Mitra; and Rahul Kumar.

The application for the patent was published on Jan. 9, under issue no. 02/2026.

According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "The invention relates to a system and method in the field of agricultural biotechnology that utilizes a microbial consortium (10) comprising a bacterial component (e.g., Pseudomonas spp. or Bacillus spp.) and an ar...