MUMBAI, India, Feb. 21 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202321054672 A) filed by Ceat Limited, Halol, Gujarat, on Aug. 14, 2023, for '3d sipes in pneumatic tires.'

Inventor(s) include M, Akhil Dev; Dholiya, Prashant; Dixit, Ankit; and Yadav, Anurag.

The application for the patent was published on Feb. 21, under issue no. 08/2025.

According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "The present subject matter relates to 3D sipes (102) that are disposed of laterally in one or more tread blocks (104) of a tire. Each of the one or more 3D sipes (102) of the tire has a zig-zag shape in radial, lateral, and 5 circumferential directions. Each of one or more 3D sipes (102) also has a protrusio...