MUMBAI, India, Dec. 13 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202511101904 A) filed by Graphic Era, Dehradun, Uttarakhand, on Oct. 23, for 'a process for producing biodegradable plastics using engineered microbes.'
Inventor(s) include Pallavi Singh.
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 invention provides a process for producing biodegradable plastics using genetically engineered microbes (1) capable of synthesizing polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHAs). Renewable carbon sources (2) are used under controlled fermentation (3), followed by solvent-free recovery (6) to yield high-purity biodegradable pol...