MUMBAI, India, March 7 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202321058558 A) filed by Ion Exchange India Ltd., Maharashtra, on Aug. 31, 2023, for 'a portable device for estimating microbial contamination in water under aseptic conditions.'

Inventor(s) include Prashant Ramesh Dane; E. Esakki Sundar; Abhimanyu Prasad; and Kotte Madhusudhana Rao.

The application for the patent was published on March 7, under issue no. 10/2025.

According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "The present disclosure relates to a portable device, a novel portable spread plate (NPSP), for estimating microbial content in water under aseptic conditions, in the absence of a laminar airflow cabinet. The NPSP enabl...