MUMBAI, India, March 13 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202621004287 A) filed by Vishwakarma Institute Of Technology, Pune, Maharashtra, on Jan. 16, for 'a drone system for targeted beetle control in sugarcane fields.'

Inventor(s) include Chavan, Satyajeet Tukaram; Deshmukh, Aditya Dattatray; Jadhav, Shubham Annasaheb; Mehta, Pradnya; and Rathi, Snehal Rahul.

The application for the patent was published on March 13, under issue no. 11/2026.

According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "The present invention relates to a drone system for targeted beetle control in sugarcane fields. The system comprises an unmanned aerial vehicle (101) integrated with an artificial intelligence p...