MUMBAI, India, Feb. 6 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202511134012 A) filed by Manav Rachna International Institute Of Research & Studies, Faridabad, Haryana, on Dec. 31, 2025, for 'method for manufacturing decomposable tableware from watermelon rinds.'

Inventor(s) include Muskan Gupta; Divya Sanghi; Priya Bansal; and Ojhal Sharma.

The application for the patent was published on Feb. 6, under issue no. 06/2026.

According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "A method (400) for manufacturing a decomposable tableware (100) from watermelon rinds is disclosed. The method (400) comprising steps of obtaining a fine powder by preprocessing watermelon rinds; autoclaving the fine powder, ...