MUMBAI, India, Jan. 9 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202531116060 A) filed by Indian Institute Of Technology (Indian School Of Mines, Dhanbad), Dhanbad, Jharkhand, on Nov. 24, 2025, for 'an automated wet and dry cycles apparatus for evaluating the durability of cementitious and composite materials.'

Inventor(s) include Dr Kuldeep Sharma; Dr Sarat Kumar Das; Mr Akshay Dixit; and Mr Satyam Tiwari.

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: "An automated wet and dry cycles apparatus for evaluating the durability of cementitious and composite materials. The present invention relates to an automated ...