MUMBAI, India, May 29 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202531077774 A) filed by Indian Institute Of Technology, Kharagpur, West Bengal, on Aug. 14, 2025, for 'macro and micronutrients enriched vermicompost formulation and its method of preparation.'

Inventor(s) include Ms. Jhumur Majumder; Prof. Dillip Kumar Swain; and Dr. Kalikrishna Hazra.

The application for the patent was published on May 29, under issue no. 22/2026.

According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "The invention provides enriched vermicompost formulation comprising farm residues co-acting with bacteria, fungi and algae based synergistic consortia in presence of 10 % w/w bone meal supplemented rock mineral as pr...