MUMBAI, India, May 30 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202517019376 A) filed by Danmarks Tekniske Universitet, Lyngby, Denmark, on March 4, for 'photocleavage of indican.'
Inventor(s) include Welner, Ditte Hededam; Costoya, Gonzalo Nahuel Bidard; Teze, David; Putkaradze, Natalia; Fredslund, Folmer; Uldahl Jansen, Charlotte; and Qvortrup, Katrine.
The application for the patent was published on May 30, under issue no. 22/2025.
According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "The present invention concerns the use of light to convert indicant to indigo. The invention is particularly useful in dyeing textiles from indican by simple light exposure, thereby providing a greener alternati...