Intellectual Property India Publishes Patent Application for 'A Method For Extraction Of Chitin From Silkworm Residues' Filed by Central Sericultural Research And Training Institute

MUMBAI, India, Sept. 12 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202441016264 A) filed by Central Sericultural Research And Training Institute, Mysuru, Karnataka, on March 7, 2024, for 'a method for extraction of chitin from silkworm residues.'

Inventor(s) include Madhusudhan K N; Manthira Moorthy S; Shivakumar M Hukkeri; Manjunath G R; and Gandhi Doss S.

The application for the patent was published on Sept. 12, under issue no. 37/2025.

According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "Disclosed is method (100) for the extraction of chitin from silkworm residues generated during silkworm rearing of the Mulberry silkworm (Bombyx mori L.). The method (100) includes drying (102) the silkworm r...