Intellectual Property India Publishes Patent Application for 'Method And System For Optimizing The Replacement Of Grinding Media In Wet Ball Mills, And Controller-Readable Medium' Filed by Vale S. A.; Associacao Instituto Tecnologico Vale Itv; and Universidade Federal De Ouro Preto Ufop

MUMBAI, India, March 14 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202514081695 A) filed by Vale S. A.; Associacao Instituto Tecnologico Vale Itv; and Universidade Federal De Ouro Preto Ufop, Rio de Janeiro, on Aug. 28, 2025, for 'method and system for optimizing the replacement of grinding media in wet ball mills, and controller-readable medium.'

Inventor(s) include De Souza, Daniel Luiz; Santos, Mario Sergio Dos; Costa, Cassio Pascoal; Cota, Luciano Perdigao; and Souza, Marcone Jamilson Freitas.

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 present invention provides a method for optimizing the replac...