MUMBAI, India, Sept. 12 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202517075679 A) filed by Saint-Gobain Placo, Courbevoie, France, on Aug. 8, for 'apparatus for cracking a gypsum matrix of a gypsum-based panel.'
Inventor(s) include Rostron, Tom.
The application for the patent was published on Sept. 12, under issue no. 37/2025.
According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "Lightweight construction panels, such as plasterboard, (e.g. gypsum plasterboard) are commonly used to provide internal partitions in buildings. Due to the use of plasterboard as in internal partition, it is desirable for plasterboard to absorb and block sound energy, such that sound from one room is not easily heard in...