MUMBAI, India, May 29 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202531071160 A) filed by Indian Institute Of Technology, Kharagpur, West Bengal, on July 26, 2025, for 'vacuum-assisted ohmic heating system for bread proofing and baking..'
Inventor(s) include Dr. Punyadarshini Punam Tripathy; Arpan Dubey; and Dr. Prem Prakash Srivastav.
The application for the patent was published on May 29, under issue no. 22/2026.
According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "The present invention discloses a single unit-based system for proofing and baking of bread dough, comprising an oven containing a vacuum chamber which is configured to maintain controllable vacuum condition, and a dough holding ass...