MUMBAI, India, Nov. 21 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202431039000 A) filed by Tezpur University, Tezpur, Assam, on May 17, 2024, for 'formulation and process for conservation of cellulosic handmade paper manuscripts and machine-made paper books.'
Inventor(s) include Robin Kumar Dutta; Rituparna Saikia; Priya Devi; and Mousum Dutta.
The application for the patent was published on Nov. 21, under issue no. 47/2025.
According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "The present invention relates to a formulation for conservation of cellulosic paper based substrates comprising select interactive aqueous polymer/s including polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) polymer with alkalinity of pH range of ...