Intellectual Property India Publishes Patent Application for Fungal Chitin And Tannic Acid Biodegradable Leather-Substitute Material And Method Of Production

MUMBAI, India, Sept. 14 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202611088549 A) filed by K. R. Mangalam University on July 21, 2026, for Fungal Chitin And Tannic Acid Biodegradable Leather-Substitute Material And Method Of Production.

Inventors include Ankit Sharma; Ar. Tulika Pahwa; and Indrajeet Kumar.

The application for the patent was published on September 11, 2026, under issue no. 37/2026.

Abstract: A biodegradable leather-substitute material and a method of producing it are disclosed. The material comprises fungal chitin cross-linked by tannic acid, the fungal chitin providing a structural polysaccharide matrix and the tannic acid cross-linking the chitin by phenolic interaction so as to tan the material...