MUMBAI, India, Jan. 9 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202531127711 A) filed by National Institute Of Technology, Rourkela, Orissa, on Dec. 16, 2025, for 'eco-efficient geopolymer concrete utilizing crushed steel furnace slag waste and its method of manufacture.'

Inventor(s) include Siba Sankar Chanda; Shyamal Guchhait; Anurag Sharma; Jatin Anand; and Soukat Kumar Das.

The application for the patent was published on Jan. 9, under issue no. 02/2026.

According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "The present invention provides an eco-friendly geopolymer concrete system and its method of manufacture wherein the system comprising of a co-acting combination of crushed steel furnace sl...