MUMBAI, India, Aug. 8 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202514004894 A) filed by Tmd Friction Services Gmbh, Leverkusen, Germany, on Jan. 21, for 'method for the manufacture of brake pads with modified backing plate.'

Inventor(s) include Grabiec, Tomasz, Dr; Stolz, Christian; Buzidis, Ioannis; and Dohle, Achim.

The application for the patent was published on Aug. 8, under issue no. 32/2025.

According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "The invention relates to a method for manufacturing a brake pad which has a backing plate and a friction lining, comprising at least the following steps: a) Preparation of a backing plate for attaching a friction lining, with or without an intermed...