Intellectual Property India Publishes Patent Application for 'Process For Producing High Molecular Weight Polylactic Acid (PLA) Using Direct Polycondensation And Solid-State Polymerization' Filed by Chitkara University; and Chitkara Innovation Incubator Foundation

MUMBAI, India, Jan. 9 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202511113519 A) filed by Chitkara University; and Chitkara Innovation Incubator Foundation, Solan, Himachal Pradesh, on Nov. 18, 2025, for 'process for producing high molecular weight polylactic acid (pla) using direct polycondensation and solid-state polymerization.'

Inventor(s) include Dr Sukhvir Kaur; Rakshit Sharma; and Dr. Nitin Verma.

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: "The invention provides a sustainable process for producing high molecular weight polylactic acid (PLA) using renewable biomass-derived lactic acid through a combi...