MUMBAI, India, March 13 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202641003533 A) filed by Christ University, Bangalore, Karnataka, on Jan. 13, for 'paper based colorimetric sensor for the rapid colorimetric detection of paracetamol.'

Inventor(s) include Simran Nagpal; Vinod T. P; Zubin Philip; and Sankarganesh Arunanchalam.

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 relates to a simple, rapid, anti cost-effective colorimetric method for detecting paracetamol using a paper-based sensor impregnated with ferric chloride and potassium ferricyanide. The principle of detection is based ...