MUMBAI, India, Jan. 2 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202541122099 A) filed by Vellore Institute Of Technology, Vellore, Tamil Nadu, on Dec. 4, 2025, for 'nanoparticle-hydrogel composite for sustained l-theanine release.'

Inventor(s) include Perpetual Ansel Chandran; Sai Shraddha; Anushya Selvakumar; Priya Dharshini LC; and Abul Kalam Azad Mandal.

The application for the patent was published on Jan. 2, under issue no. 01/2026.

According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "The present disclosure provides a nanoparticle-hydrogel composite for sustained drug delivery comprising L-theanine as a therapeutic compound, biodegradable polymeric nanoparticles encapsulating the L-theanine...