MUMBAI, India, May 30 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202517020238 A) filed by The University Of Akron, Akron, U.S.A., on March 6, for 'self repairing materials including spores for concrete repair and oil based protection of spores.'

Inventor(s) include Ju Lu Kwang; and Sumon Ahsanul Kabir.

The application for the patent was published on May 30, under issue no. 22/2025.

According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "A self repairing material for repairing a crack within a cementitious material which self repairing material includes a porous substrate having pores the porous substrate including a cementitious component where the cementitious component is disposed on at least a portion of a surface of the substrate disposed within at least a portion of the pores of the substrate or both; and fungal spores within at least a portion of the pores where the fungal spores are at least partially coated by a protective coating."

The patent application was internationally filed on Aug. 18, 2023, under International application No.PCT/US2023/030538.

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