MUMBAI, India, Feb. 13 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202541126686 A) filed by Sowdhanyaa M; Yogalakshmi R; Madhumitha J; Kokula Krishnan S; and K. Geethanjali, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, on Dec. 15, 2025, for 'valorization of dragon fruit peel waste: pigments and polymers extraction for anti-tan hydrogel development.'
Inventor(s) include Sowdhanyaa M; Yogalakshmi R; Madhumitha J; Kokula Krishnan S; and K. Geethanjali.
The application for the patent was published on Feb. 13, under issue no. 07/2026.
According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "The extraction of bioactive pigments and biopolymers from dragon fruit peel and their incorporation into an anti-tan hydrogel introduces ...