MUMBAI, India, March 13 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202621010584 A) filed by Symbiosis International, Pune, Maharashtra, on Jan. 31, for 'an impact-absorbing 3d lattice armor.'

Inventor(s) include Akshat Bhavsar; Saurabh Hande; Om Khuntale; Aditya Naidu; Prof. Sarfaraj Shaikh; and Prof. Anirban Sur.

The application for the patent was published on March 13, under issue no. 11/2026.

According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "The present invention discloses a 3D printed lattice armor structure (100) designed for impact energy absorption. The structure (100) comprises a plurality of interconnected lattice unit cells (102), each formed by struts (104) and nodes (106), arrange...