MUMBAI, India, Jan. 9 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202511115680 A) filed by Indian Institute Of Technology, Jodhpur, Rajasthan, on Nov. 22, 2025, for 'hydrophobic transition metal oxide functionalized alloy material and process of preparation thereof.'

Inventor(s) include Rai, Prince Kumar; Gupta, Ankur; and Singh, Amritanshu.

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 relates to a hydrophobic transition metal oxide functionalized alloy material and a process for preparation thereof. More specifically, the present invention relates to a hydrophobic zinc oxide (ZnO) funct...