MUMBAI, India, April 17 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202541068234 A) filed by Anna University, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, on July 17, 2025, for 'a three-step treatment process for enhancing flexibility and fineness of kenaf fibres.'
Inventor(s) include R Neelakandan; and Cherin Perci K.
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 discloses a novel three-step treatment process for enhancing the flexibility, fineness, and surface smoothness of kenaf fibres. The first step involves alkaline delignification (1) using NaOH, which disrupts the lignin structure and removes non-cellu...