MUMBAI, India, Jan. 9 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202541134137 A) filed by Nitte, Mangaluru, Karnataka, on Dec. 31, 2025, for 'modular tensegrity structural column for building construction.'

Inventor(s) include Mr. Thushar S Shetty; Dr. Shanmukha Shetty; Dr. Bhojaraja B E; and Mr. Pradeep Karanth.

The application for the patent was published on Jan. 9, under issue no. 02/2026.

According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "Disclosed herein is a modular tensegrity structural column (100) for building construction comprising compression members (102) configured as mild-steel hollow sections arranged in a non-contacting spatial configuration, and a network of tension members (...