MUMBAI, India, Sept. 22 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202611088565 A) filed by K. R. Mangalam University on July 21, 2026, for Hook-Guided Self-Threading Needle Having A Clad Multi-Metal Body.

Inventors include Sneha; Yashika Kanda; Anirudh Gupta; and Indrajeet Kumar.

The application for the patent was published on September 18, 2026, under issue no. 38/2026.

Abstract: A self-threading sewing needle (100) has a shaft (20) with a pointed penetrating end (10) and a head portion (22) carrying an eye (30) bounded by a closed rim (32). A resiliently deflectable hook member (40) stands within the eye (30), with its recurved free end (44) spaced from the rim (32) to define a thread-entry mouth (42) narrower ...