MUMBAI, India, April 18 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202517028480 A) filed by Omya International Ag, Oftringen, Switzerland, on March 26, for 'nucleating agent for polylactic acid formulation.'
Inventor(s) include Xie, Wenbing; Welker, Matthias; Tang, Kienmun; and Baranger, Joris.
The application for the patent was published on April 18, under issue no. 16/2025.
According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "The invention relates to a composition comprising ground natural calcium carbonate being surface treated with phenylphosphonic acid and/or one or more salt(s) thereof, a process for manufacturing the same, its use as a nucleating agent in the production of a polymer formu...