Intellectual Property India Publishes Patent Application for A Process For Production Of Shiny Orange-Coloured Carotenoid Pigment From Bacteria

MUMBAI, India, Sept. 28 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202541026330 A) filed by Pondicherry University on March 22, 2025, for A Process For Production Of Shiny Orange-Coloured Carotenoid Pigment From Bacteria.

Inventors include Joseph Selvin; and G. Seghal Kiran.

The application for the patent was published on September 25, 2026, under issue no. 39/2026.

Abstract: The present disclosure pertains to natural pigments. In particular, the present disclosure provides a process of producing a shiny orange-coloured carotenoid pigment using an isolated pure bacterial strain Salinicoccus sp. FAB3 or the mutant thereof in a specific medium under defined set of growth conditions, and further to a downstream proce...