MUMBAI, India, Feb. 27 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202531047065 A) filed by Indian Institute Of Technology, Kharagpur, West Bengal, on May 15, 2025, for 'pedal operated flax decorticator.'

Inventor(s) include Dey, Dr. Prithwiraj; Bagui, Prima; and Panda, Soumojit.

The application for the patent was published on Feb. 27, under issue no. 09/2026.

According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "A pedal-operated flax decorticator machine (100) is disclosed for separating bast fibres from retted flax stalks. The machine (100) comprises a modular frame (2) mounted on a base frame (6) and at least two drum rollers (4) rotatably mounted on the modular frame in a vertically spaced con...