MUMBAI, India, April 17 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202631042643 A) filed by Jis College Of Engineering, Kalyani, West Bengal, on April 2, for 'banana stem-based biodegradable and edible food wrap for sustainable food packaging.'
Inventor(s) include Mr. Shubhankar Karmakar; Dr. Debasish Majumder; Mr. Prodipto Dhali; Dr. Shyam Sundar Santra; Sandip Maitra; Sayan Ghosh; Sanchayan Biswas; and Shaikh Taufik Uddin.
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 relates to a biodegradable and optionally edible food wrap film produced primarily from banana pseudo stem fibres and...