Intellectual Property India Publishes Patent Application for 'Treatment Of Alkaline Spent Merox Caustic Effluent With Co2 Or Co2-Containing Gases To Reduce Cod And Aromatic Content Of The Effluent' Filed by Vilas Gajanan Gaikar

MUMBAI, India, April 18 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202321069994 A) filed by Vilas Gajanan Gaikar, Maharashtra, on Oct. 16, 2023, for 'treatment of alkaline spent merox caustic effluent with co2 or co2-containing gases to reduce cod and aromatic content of the effluent.'

Inventor(s) include Kuddallur Venkitachalam Seshadri; and Vilas Gajanan Gaikar.

The application for the patent was published on April 18, under issue no. 16/2025.

According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "The present invention seeks to provide a method of treating the spent caustic effluent comprising naphthenic, cresylic, phenolic and organic sulfidic compounds and having very high Chemical Oxygen Dema...