MUMBAI, India, Jan. 9 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202511116724 A) filed by Graphic Era, Dehradun, Uttarakhand, on Nov. 25, 2025, for 'a system and method for pothole repair using recycled crumb rubber-based bitumen composition.'

Inventor(s) include Khushboo Uniyal; and Amit Srivastava.

The application for the patent was published on Jan. 9, under issue no. 02/2026.

According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "The invention relates to a composite material system for stabilizing black cotton soil (10) using recycled plastic granules (12) present at about 4-6% by dry weight. The method involves pre-conditioning the soil via drying and spreading it into a uniform layer, mechan...