MUMBAI, India, April 17 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202631042454 A) filed by National Institute Of Technology, Rourkela, Orissa, on April 2, for 'plant-derived mucilage-modified porous polydimethylsiloxane (pdms) sponge for oil-water separation and method of preparation thereof.'

Inventor(s) include Babu, Prof. Anju R; Are, Mr. Ramakrishna Prasad; and Sajeevan, Mr. Drishya.

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 present invention relates to a plant-derived mucilage-modified porous polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) sponge for oil-water separation and a method of preparation thereof. The s...