MUMBAI, India, May 1 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202611024471 A) filed by Chandigarh University, Mohali, Punjab, on March 2, for 'a writing instrument with dual-magnet cap retention mechanism.'
Inventor(s) include Abhishek Ranjan; Dr. Saubhagya Ranjan Mahapatra; Manish Sudhakar Khodwe; Deepti; and Alisha Kalsi.
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: "A writing instrument incorporating a magnetic self-closing cap retention mechanism is disclosed. The invention comprises a pen body and a cap body, each embedded with a permanent magnet arranged with mutually attracting polarities. When the ca...