MUMBAI, India, Oct. 11 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202517092436 A) filed by Dsm Ip Assets B. V., Maastricht, Netherlands, on Sept. 26, for 'improved process for the production of an astaxanthin intermediate.'

Inventor(s) include Bonrath, Werner; Imberi, Felix; Mueller, Marc-Andre; Wuestenberg, Bettina; and Ziegler, Florian.

The application for the patent was published on Oct. 10, under issue no. 41/2025.

According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "The present invention relates to a process for the production of an intermediate, which is useful in organic synthesis, especially in the production of astaxanthin."

The patent application was internationally filed on Mar. 28, ...