MUMBAI, India, March 14 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202647025103 A) filed by Tetra Laval Holdings & Finance S. A., Pully, Switzerland, on March 3, for 'support device for a reel, packaging machine having a support device for a reel, method for coupling a reel to a support device and method for uncoupling a reel from a support device.'

Inventor(s) include Ricco, Marco; and Poletti, Gabriele.

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: "There is described a support device (25) for carrying a reel (11) having a tubular holder (26) and a web of packaging material (3) wound about the tubular hold...