MUMBAI, India, April 25 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202517033879 A) filed by Oetiker Schweiz Ag, Horgen, Switzerland, on April 7, for 'buckling prevention for ear clamps.'

Inventor(s) include Deller Rolf; Kistner Georg; Cheng Chris; and Iber Thomas.

The application for the patent was published on April 25, under issue no. 17/2025.

According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "The invention relates to a band clamp including a clamping band (10) with an outer band end (12) and an inner band end (14) the outer band end (12) including at least one opening (16a ??? 16c) and an ear like tightening structure (18) with two radially outward extending legs (30 32) and a web (34) inte...