Pondicherry University Secures Patent for Innovative Bioprocess Method; Check Details Here

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Pondicherry University gets a patent for a novel bioprocess by the Controller of Patents, Government of India.

Pondicherry University Secures Patent for Innovative Bioprocess Method; Check Details Here

New Delhi: Pondicherry University has recently been granted a patent for a groundbreaking bioprocess technique from the controller of patents, Government of India. The process has been developed by S A Abbasi, Tasneem Abbasi, and Pratiksha Patnaik.

According to Pondicherry University, “ The patent describes a process and a bioreactor system in which microcrustaceans and annelids have been deployed for the first time in such a manner that one animal type supports the other in accomplishing a rapid, clean, and inexpensive bio composting of paper waste and phytowaste.”

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The university has developed a rector design. According to the university, the resulting bioprocess is three to four times more rapid and economically efficient. This process will aid in transforming the waste from the biomass plant which includes toxic and hazardous weeds like Prosopis, parthenium, and lantana, into soil-friendly and plant-friendly organic fertilizers.

As per the official statement from the university which stated that “ This feature has the potential of transforming billions of tonnes of the weed biomass that is generated in the world annually and which had no utility value, into raw material for the highly fancied organic fertilizers.”

S A Abbasi and Tasneem Abbasi have received a total of 6 Patents for different green technologies development which are for the control of water pollution and treatment of sewage and solid waste.

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The university also mentioned that three more patents are awaited for the final grant.

They further added, “Due to the global appeal of their work both the experts have been ranked among the world’s top 2.5% researchers by the international agencies Elsevier, AD Scientific, and Research.com.”

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