Dr. Yashodhar P. Bhandary, Ms. Sadiya Bi Shaikh, Mr. Mohd. Altaf Najar, Dr. Ashwini Prabhu, Dr. Prashant Kumar Modi and Dr. T. S. Keshava Prasad filed a provisional patent specification on “MOLECULAR BIOMARKERS FOR DETECTION OF IDIOPATHIC PULMONARY FIBROSIS”.