MUMBAI, India, March 14 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202647025509 A) filed by Ifp Energies Nouvelles, Rueil-Malmaison, France, on March 4, for 'column with helical perforated plates.'

Inventor(s) include Lorcet, Helene; Augier, Frederic; and Bouras, Hanane.

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 invention relates to an extraction column and method, for example for liquid-liquid or gas-liquid extraction, or distillation, in which: a first injection point (2) for a first phase and a second injection point (3) for a second phase are arranged so as to allow the countercurrent flow of th...