MUMBAI, India, May 1 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202611023980 A) filed by Swami Vivekanand Subharti University, Meerut, Uttar Pradesh, on Feb. 27, for 'a thermo-responsive zoned soil expansion control grid and method for mitigating swelling in expansive soils.'

Inventor(s) include Aanchal Sharma; Daud Chauhan; Ibran Khan; and Soni Dubey.

The application for the patent was published on May 1, under issue no. 18/2026.

According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "The present invention relates to a thermo-responsive soil expansion control grid (TR-SECG) for mitigating swelling and shrinkage behavior in expansive soils. The TR-SECG comprises a geogrid or geotextile matrix embed...