MUMBAI, India, Sept. 26 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202517085644 A) filed by Econic Technologies Ltd., Cheshire, U.K., on Sept. 9, for 'surface-active agent.'

Inventor(s) include Kember, Michael; Blackburn, Anthea; and Wall, Patrick Anthony.

The application for the patent was published on Sept. 26, under issue no. 39/2025.

According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "The invention concerns an ionic surface-active agent comprising a polycarbonate or poly(carbonate ether) of the formula (I): A-((PC)P-(PE)Q-Z)X (I) wherein: A is derived from a functional starter compound; PC represents a carbonate block with P repeat units of formula (II); wherein: Re1, Re2, Re3, and Re4 are ...