MUMBAI, India, May 1 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202621029828 A) filed by Indian Institute Of Technology, Gandhinagar, Gujarat, on March 12, for 'hydrophobic coating composition and a method for its preparation.'

Inventor(s) include Sakshi Sakshi; and Sett Soumyadip.

The application for the patent was published on May 1, under issue no. 18/2026.

According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "The present disclosure relates to a hydrophobic coating composition comprising a supernatant solution of an alkyl-functionalized C60 fullerene derivative in a solvent. The hydrophobic coating composition of the present disclosure is fluorine free, safe and cost effective. The present dis...