MUMBAI, India, June 13 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202311077220 A) filed by G. B. Pant University Of Agriculture & Technology, Pantnagar, Uttarakhand, on Nov. 13, 2023, for 'wastewater treatment through immobilized fungus and diatomaceous earth based formulation..'

Inventor(s) include Monika Chhimwal; and R. K. Srivastava.

The application for the patent was published on June 13, under issue no. 24/2025.

According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "Industrial wastewater has many toxic metals. Cadmium (Cd) is one of the major heavy metal found in wastewater releases from the battery manufacturing industries. Cd is highly toxic and has the potential to disturb the ecosystem. ...