MUMBAI, India, June 30 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202431102700 A) filed by Tata Steel Limited; and Council Of Scientific & Industrial Research on December 24, 2024, for Conversion Of Carbon Dioxide Into Carboxylic Acids Using Magnetite As An Electron Donor.

Inventors include Sachin Kajla; Vikas Kumar Patel; Athmakuri Tharak Ramulu; Triya Mukherjee; and Srinivasulu Reddy Venkata Mohan.

The application for the patent was published on June 26, 2026, under issue no. 26/2026.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a microbial electrosynthesis (MES) process that utilizes magnetite as an alternative electron donor to synthesize carboxylic acids from CO2 as feedstock. The method of the present disclosur...