MUMBAI, India, Sept. 22 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202611091579 A) filed by Chitkara University on July 28, 2026, for Systematic Method For Producing Gradient-Crystallinity Polylactic Acid (pla) Fiber.
Inventors include Rakshit Sharma; Dr. Gurpret Kaur; and Dr. Rashmi Aggarwal.
The application for the patent was published on September 18, 2026, under issue no. 38/2026.
Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for producing a gradient-crystallinity polylactic acid (PLA) fibre. The method comprises combining high molecular weight PLA granules with histidine during a melt or polycondensation stage, wherein the histidine inhibits thermal degradation of the PLA molecular weight during subsequ...