MUMBAI, India, Nov. 14 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202441037190 A) filed by Madras Christian College, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, on May 10, 2024, for 'immobilized polyculture microalgal rafts for phycoremediation of lentic systems and biomass production.'
Inventor(s) include Mr Judah Jacob; Dr Polur Hanumantha Rao; and Mr Allwin Vinoth Jayakumar.
The application for the patent was published on Nov. 14, under issue no. 46/2025.
According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "A system (100) for treating a polluted water body (200) comprises a raft assembly (102), one or more reusable substrates (104), and a polyculture of one or more than one species of immobilized microalgae (108). The raft assembly (102) is configured to float on a surface of a water body (200) and the reusable substrates (104) are suspended vertically from the raft assembly (102) into the water body (200) at varying depths. The immobilized microalgae (108) adhere to the reusable substrates (104) and are adapted to consume nutrients. Accordingly, the immobilized microalgae (108) transform and removes organic, inorganic, and toxic pollutants from the water body (200)."
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