MUMBAI, India, May 2 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202517023630 A) filed by Itochu Ceratech Corporation, Aichi, Japan, on March 17, for 'refractory aggregate for casting sand.'

Inventor(s) include Makino, Hiroshi; Sato, Shunichi; Hori, Shota; and Masuda, Keita.

The application for the patent was published on May 2, under issue no. 18/2025.

According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "Provided is a refractory aggregate that is for casting sand and that comprises spherical refractory sintered particles artificially produced by a sintering method, and that can improve the fluidity of the casting sand and can achieve excellent mold strength. This refractory aggregate is for cast...