MUMBAI, India, Jan. 2 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202541122865 A) filed by Meenakshi Academy Of Higher Education And Research, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, on Dec. 5, 2025, for 'antifungal stainless-steel drinking water bottle with bio-based phytochemical coating.'
Inventor(s) include Dr. A. Josephine; and Dr. V. Sureka Varalakshmi.
The application for the patent was published on Jan. 2, under issue no. 01/2026.
According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "The present invention discloses a method of manufacturing a stainless-steel drinking water bottle with antifungal properties, comprising: a. preparing an antifungal phytochemical extract by: i. extracting Azadirachta indica (nee...