MUMBAI, India, Sept. 22 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202611088564 A) filed by K. R. Mangalam University on July 21, 2026, for Moisture-Activated Probiotic-Encapsulated Odour-Control Textile And Method Of Manufacture.

Inventors include Indrajeet Kumar; Paramjeet Kaur; and Sanchita Raj.

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

Abstract: A moisture-activatable odour-control composition, a treated textile and garment, and a method of manufacture are disclosed. Probiotic micro-organisms, in a preferred embodiment at 106 to 109 colony-forming units per gram, are microencapsulated in a matrix of sodium alginate and chitosan and applied to a textile with a ...