MUMBAI, India, May 29 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202641057135 A) filed by Agni College Of Technology, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, on May 5, for 'an eco-friendly supramolecular hydrogel composition based on chitosan and neem seed oil for sustainable pest control.'
Inventor(s) include Arunodhaya N; Veda Valli M; Surya G; and Vigash S.
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: "The overuse of chemical pesticides is rapidly increasing environmental and human health risks. Thus, it is urgently needed to develop safer and more sustainable alternative approaches for pesticide use in agriculture. In this ...