Intellectual Property India Publishes Patent Application for 'Biochar-Based Magnetic Sodium Alginate Composite For Removal Of Pollutants From Wastewater' Filed by Symbiosis International

MUMBAI, India, Jan. 9 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202521114752 A) filed by Symbiosis International, Pune, Maharashtra, on Nov. 20, 2025, for 'biochar-based magnetic sodium alginate composite for removal of pollutants from wastewater.'

Inventor(s) include Ms. Neenu P Raju; Dr. Pooja Singh; Dr. Manikprabhu Dhanorkar; and Ms. Meenakshi Verma.

The application for the patent was published on Dec. 12, under issue no. 50/2025.

According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "The present invention relates to the preparation of an adsorbent material from biomass, the biomass being water lettuce. Water lettuce on pyrolysis at 600 C- 7000C for 1-2 hour yields a biochar. This magnetized a...