MUMBAI, India, July 5 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202517058878 A) filed by Firmenich Sa, Satigny, Switzerland, on June 19, for 'continuous microwaves extraction apparatus with belt conveyor.'

Inventor(s) include Lavoine Hanneguelle, Sophie.; and Cabral Da Silva, Joao.

The application for the patent was published on July 4, under issue no. 27/2025.

According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "A microwave apparatus for extracting volatiles or liquids from an organic material by gravimetry, comprises: (a) a microwave unit having an inlet opening and an outlet opening for the organic material (b) at least one belt conveyor (1) for conveying the organic material from a loading area through the microwave unit to an unloading area wherein the belt conveyor comprises a belt having at its upper side upper face transversal partitions (4) which define, between them, extraction zones (3) having essentially a planar surface and comprising draining holes (5), wherein each transversal partitions (4) have passing through it, a traversal chamber (6) in which is accommodated a bar (7) extending along more than the half of the transversal partition length and more than the half of the height of the transversal partitions, wherein the bar (7) comprises one rigid central core (7a) comprising a rigid, electrical conductor material."

The patent application was internationally filed on Dec. 18, 2023, under International application No.PCT/EP2023/086333.

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