MUMBAI, India, July 5 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202517056004 A) filed by Ykk Corporation, Tokyo, on June 10, for 'slider.'

Inventor(s) include Yoshita, Ryosuke; Yamagata, Masamichi; Hasegawa, Itaru; Kumei, Takanori; Katsumi, Tetsuya; and Koizumi, Takuya.

The application for the patent was published on July 4, under issue no. 27/2025.

According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "This slider (1, 2) comprises a slider body (10, 70), an elastic member (40, 100), and a pull tab (50, 110). The slider body (10, 70) is formed from an aluminum alloy having a composition represented by a general formula: AlaMgbMncCrd (each of a, b, c, and d represents % by mass, a is the balance, ...