MUMBAI, India, July 11 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202521049256 A) filed by Indian Institute Of Technology, Bhilai, Chhattisgarh, on May 22, for 'an amino acid-derived multifunctional hydrogel and a method of preparation thereof.'

Inventor(s) include Sanjib Banerjee; Nishikanta Singh; Koushik Mahata; and Durgesh Kumar Sinha.

The application for the patent was published on July 11, under issue no. 28/2025.

According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "The present invention provides an amino acid-derived multifunctional metallo-supramolecular hydrogel comprising of a hydrophilic segment and a cross-linker to form a poly(Cu(Lysine methacrylamide)2-random-acrylamide) (poly(Cu(L...