MUMBAI, India, Sept. 26 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202421020350 A) filed by Nirmala Mehta; and Devendrakumar Mehta, Maharashtra, on March 19, 2024, for 'improved investment casting process for automatic sprue cutting with metal filled by gravity.'

Inventor(s) include Nirmala Mehta; and Devendrakumar Mehta.

The application for the patent was published on Sept. 26, under issue no. 39/2025.

According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "Improved investment casting process with metal poured under gravity for automatic sprue cutting presents a novel process aimed at eliminating the need for cutting by draining the main feeder metal before solidification. Traditional casting proc...