MUMBAI, India, April 25 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202517034457 A) filed by University Of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa, on April 8, for 'micellar mycolate coated carbon electrodes for electrochemical impedance immunoassay.'

Inventor(s) include Verschoor Jan Adrianus; Ragavaloo Arthessa; Molatseli Mosa Jennifer; Baumeister Carl Robert; and Okeke Ikechukwu Emmanuel.

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: "A method of forming a solution of mycolic acid antigens for immobilisation on a substrate is provided. The method comprises heating a mixture of mycolic acid and a polar organic sol...