MUMBAI, India, April 17 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202531121439 A) filed by Asansol Engineering College, Asansol, West Bengal, on Dec. 4, 2025, for 'the impact of printing parameters on the mechanical property of parts printed with pla-chitosan composite by fdm 3d printer.'

Inventor(s) include Anish Deb; Dr. Prosenjit Saha; and Dr. Debashis Sarkar.

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 The present study investigates the fabrication and mechanical characterization of Fused Deposition Modeling (FDM) parts made from PLA and PLA-chitosan composites with chitosan con...