MUMBAI, India, Jan. 7 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202511104172 A) filed by Lovely Professional University, Phagwara, Punjab, on Oct. 29, 2025, for 'mechanical metamaterial structure.'

Inventor(s) include Dr. Balraj Kumar; Dr. Arun Malik; Dr. Ankur Bahl; and Dr. Neeta Raj Sharma.

The application for the patent was published on Dec. 12, under issue no. 50/2025.

According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "A mechanical metamaterial structure comprises of modified Primitive Triply Periodic Minimal Surface Lattice 101, functions to provide high Energy Absorption Efficiency 107, a Lattice 101 with eliminated curves at Nodal Points 102, functions to achieve uniform stress distribution and improve load-bearing efficiency, a fabrication process using Fused Deposition Modeling additive manufacturing with carbon fiber-reinforced Filament 104 material, functions to produce a Lattice 101 with enhanced stiffness and thermal stability, a Lattice 101 unit-cell geometry, functions to maintain a substantially constant strength-to-weight ratio 105 across varying strut diameters 103, a variation in strut diameter 103 from 1.5 mm to 3.5 mm, functions to increase Yield Strength 106 from approximately 6.49 MPa to 16.77 MPa, a finite element method simulation 108, functions to validate stress-strain performance under uniaxial compression, a mechanical testing setup, functions to confirm energy absorption and structural integrity, a complete system, functions to deliver optimized mechanical performance for advanced engineering applications."

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