MUMBAI, India, Jan. 9 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202544133140 A) filed by Nishikawa Rubber Co. Ltd., Hiroshima, Japan, on Dec. 29, 2025, for 'weather strip.'

Inventor(s) include Matsumoto, Keigo; and Nakashima, Katsunori.

The application for the patent was published on Jan. 9, under issue no. 02/2026.

According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "A weather strip (200) includes an installation base member (10) and a seal member (20). The installation base member (10) couples to a flange of at least one of a peripheral edge of a panel (1) of an automobile or a peripheral edge 5 of an opening of an automobile body (2) of the automobile. The seal member (20) is integrally mold...