MUMBAI, India, April 17 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202531092307 A) filed by Narula Institute Of Technology, Kolkata, West Bengal, on Sept. 25, 2025, for 'modified pvc - poly(butyl acrylate) blend by nano zinc oxide incorporation.'

Inventor(s) include Dr. Rupa Bhattacharyya; Dr. Sarbani Ganguly; and Dr. Sumit Nandi.

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: "The study under consideration aims at generating a modified PVC-PBA blend in the composition ratio 70:30 by incorporating nano ZnO within it. The product so formed exhibited enhanced mechanical behavior in terms of ultimate tensile str...