MUMBAI, India, May 1 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202641049585 A) filed by Vel Tech Rangarajan Dr. Sagunthala R&D Institute Of Science And Technology, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, on April 18, for 'process for biomethane production from petroleum coke using pretreatment and anaerobes.'

Inventor(s) include Dr. R. Ravikumar.

The application for the patent was published on May 1, under issue no. 18/2026.

According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "Process for Biomethane Production from Petroleum Coke Using Pretreatment and Anaerobes The present invention discloses a process for producing biomethane from petroleum coke using controlled alkaline pretreatment and anaerobic microbial dig...