Intellectual Property India Publishes Patent Application for 'Design And Development Of A Safe Drying System For Leather Cricket Balls' Filed by Dr. Mahalingam College Of Engineering And Technology

MUMBAI, India, Feb. 27 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202541133979 A) filed by Dr. Mahalingam College Of Engineering And Technology, Pollachi, Tamil Nadu, on Dec. 31, 2025, for 'design and development of a safe drying system for leather cricket balls.'

Inventor(s) include S. Sathyapriya; K. Vijayakkannan; and M. Jayaraj.

The application for the patent was published on Feb. 27, under issue no. 09/2026.

According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "The cricket ball is extremely predisposed to water because of its physical composition of leather . Traditional ways of drying, such as exposing the ball to daylight, use of warmers, or hair dryers, can lead to the ball cracking, an u...