MUMBAI, India, May 1 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202641048759 A) filed by Alle, Uday Kumar; and Dudam, Sailaja, Jagtiyal, Telangana, on April 16, for 'self-ligating orthodontic accessory eyelet bracket.'

Inventor(s) include Alle, Uday Kumar; and Dudam, Sailaja.

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: "The present disclosure discloses an orthodontic eyelet bracket (100) and a method (1500) for auxiliary tooth engagement. The bracket includes base (104) configured for adhesive bonding to tooth surface and bracket body (102) extending from base (104). An eyelet ring (106) is connected to brack...