MUMBAI, India, June 6 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202517047345 A) filed by Gates Corporation, Denver, U.S.A., on May 16, for 'continuously variable transmission for a bicycle.'

Inventor(s) include De La Torre, Patricio; Dec, Andrzej; Hao, Minchun; Rieland, David P; and Cadarette, Marc.

The application for the patent was published on June 6, under issue no. 23/2025.

According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "A continuously variable transmission for a bicycle is provided that improves the functionality of the bicycle and increases the reliability and longevity of the transmission. The transmission is continuously variable among a potentially infinite number of speed ratios...