MUMBAI, India, April 25 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202517031631 A) filed by The University Of Tokyo; and Gellycle Co. Ltd., Tokyo, on March 31, for 'fibrous polymer material and fibrous gel material.'

Inventor(s) include Sakai Takamasa; Masui Kosuke; and Kamata Hiroyuki.

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: "[Problem] To provide a novel gel that excels in physical characteristics such as toughness and elastic modulus and that has a fibrous shape, as well as a fibrous polymer material for obtaining said gel. [Solution] Provided is a fibrous polymer material having an anisotropic swell...