MUMBAI, India, March 13 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202621006847 A) filed by Indian Institute Of Technology, Maharashtra, on Jan. 23, for 'identification of lipid signature molecules indicative of comorbid conditions in a covid-19 subject.'

Inventor(s) include Vaishali Singh; Amit Karmakar; and Sanjeeva Srivastava.

The application for the patent was published on March 13, under issue no. 11/2026.

According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "The proposed invention provides an in vitro method for identifying lipid signature molecules in serum samples from COVID-19 subjects with and without pre-existing metabolic disorders. The method includes obtaining serum samples from COV...