MUMBAI, India, April 17 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202641043773 A) filed by Nitte, Mangaluru, Karnataka, on April 6, for 'method and composition for enhancing polysaccharide capsule formation in cryptococcus species.'
Inventor(s) include Dr. Vimal Kumar Karnaker; Dr. Asem Ali Ashraf; Dr. Sayantani Nag; and Suhana Nair.
The application for the patent was published on April 17, under issue no. 16/2026.
According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "Disclosed herein is acapsule-enhancing culture composition (100) for inducing in-vitro enlargement of a polysaccharide capsule in cryptococcus speciesthat comprises a nutrient-rich basal culture medium (102) comprising brain heart ...