MUMBAI, India, May 29 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202641062326 A) filed by Maris Stella College, Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh, on May 16, for 'design and development of a functional dragon fruit jam - a natural powerful antioxidant & fiber rich delight (dragonboost jam).'

Inventor(s) include P. Bhavani; T. Kiranmai; and Dr. K. S. L. Ramya Krishna.

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 present invention proposes a novel functional fruit jam production system and method that utilizes dragon fruit (Hylocereus spp.) pulp as the primary base material, combined with dry dates powder as a na...