MUMBAI, India, Jan. 9 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202521109801 A) filed by Visvesvaraya National Institute Of Technology, Nagpur, Maharashtra, on Nov. 11, 2025, for 'a method for preparing eco-friendly bottom ash bricks.'

Inventor(s) include Latkar, Madhuwanti Vinayak; Khare, Shubhangi Pradeep; and Junwale, Rishabh Deepak.

The application for the patent was published on Dec. 12, under issue no. 50/2025.

According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "The present invention relates to a method for preparing eco-friendly construction bricks using bottom ash (BA), a byproduct of coal combustion, in combination with Portland Pozzolana Cement (PPC) and manufactured sand (M-sand). T...