MUMBAI, India, June 20 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202321085011 A) filed by Tata Chemicals Limited, Maharashtra, on Dec. 13, 2023, for 'a fermentation medium and a process for growing biomass of fos producing microorganisms.'

Inventor(s) include Shubethar, Shajahan; Rengarajan, Saravanan; Akhtar, Md. Asif; Jadhav, Deepak Sampat; M, Gokulraj; S, Narayanan; and Dubey, Ashok Kumar.

The application for the patent was published on June 20, under issue no. 25/2025.

According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "A fermentation medium for growing biomass of a fructooligosaccharides (FOS) producing microorganism is disclosed. The medium comprises 2-20% (v/v) of an FOS solution as a carbon source, wherein the FOS solution comprises 6-9% (w/v) of fructose, 50-60% (w/v) of glucose, 10-20% (w/v) of sucrose, and 18-20% (w/v) of FOS. A method for growing biomass of a FOS producing microorganism is also disclosed."

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