MUMBAI, India, May 1 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202611022623 A) filed by Indian Institute Of Technology, Mandi, Himachal Pradesh, on Feb. 25, for 'laser-induced free-standing carbon electrode, and method of fabrication thereof.'

Inventor(s) include Jyoti Shikhar; Swati Sharma; Joseph Nishanth; and Sudarshan Narayanan.

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: "Disclosed herein is a method for freestanding electrode fabrication. The method comprises steps of: performing (S1) infrared (IR) laser irradiation on one surface of a polyimide sheet (102) to form a carbonized surface (104) thereon; c...