MUMBAI, India, Nov. 14 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202547097204 A) filed by Nabaco Inc., San Marcos, U.S.A., on Oct. 8, for 'treatment for protecting produce from superficial scald and/or scuffing damage.'

Inventor(s) include Beall, Gary.

The application for the patent was published on Nov. 14, under issue no. 46/2025.

According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "A thixotropic aqueous mixture for preventing superficial scald and/or scuffing damage on produce, such as fruit or pome fruits, and an application method thereof comprising at least one smectite clay and a water-soluble polymer, wherein the thixotropic aqueous mixture is added with high shear mixing to water then ...