Kerala Veterinarian Gets Patent For Biodiesel From Chicken Waste

The invention is an outcome of inventor John Abraham's research at Namakkal Veterinary College under the Tamil Nadu Veterinary and Animal Sciences University.

After waiting for more than seven years, John Abraham, a veterinary-doctor-turned-inventor, has finally received the patents for inventing biodiesel from slaughtered chicken waste that offers mileage of over 38 km a litre at around 40 per cent of the current price of diesel and lowers pollution by half. After seven-and-a-half years, the Indian Patent Office finally granted us the patent on July 7, 2021, for inventing "biodiesel produced from rendered chicken oil", Mr Abraham, an associate professor at the veterinary college here under the Kerala Veterinary and Animal Sciences University, told PTI from Wayanad. The invention is an outcome of his doctoral research at the Namakkal Veterinary College under the Tamil Nadu Veterinary & Animal Sciences University. He said the patent was delayed as permission from the National Biodiversity Authority was needed because the key raw material going into the patented invention was a biological material locally sourced.