MUMBAI, India, Jan. 2 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202541123266 A) filed by Vellore Institute Of Technology, Vellore, Tamil Nadu, on Dec. 6, 2025, for 'carboxymethyl chitosan microscaffolds with zinc and copper ions for bone regeneration.'

Inventor(s) include Dr. Debasish Mishra; Sanjukta Mohan; and Barnika De.

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 disclosure provides a carboxymethyl chitosan microscaffold composition comprising a carboxymethyl chitosan matrix derived from chitosan through carboxymethylation of amino and hydroxyl groups, zinc ions incorporated into the carbox...