Intellectual Property India Publishes Patent Application for 'Metamaterial-Based Pad (META PAD) For Enhanced Vibration Control of Railway Track' Filed by Indian Institute Of Technology

MUMBAI, India, Oct. 31 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202411024559 A) filed by Indian Institute Of Technology, New Delhi, on March 27, 2024, for 'metamaterial-based pad (meta pad) for enhanced vibration control of railway track.'

Inventor(s) include Arnab Banerjee; Indrajit Pahari; and Bappaditya Manna.

The application for the patent was published on Oct. 31, under issue no. 44/2025.

According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "The present invention discloses a meta rail pad (MRP) (200) for use in railways. The meta rail pad (MRP) (200) comprises a first member (206-1) having a plurality of uniformly distributed hollow faces (208) at a bottom surface, a second member (206-2)....