MUMBAI, India, May 29 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202631062892 A) filed by National Institute Of Technology, Rourkela, Orissa, on May 18, for 'a multi-size cup dispensing system and method for dispensing cups.'

Inventor(s) include Meena, Hirdesh; Nizamuddin, Prof. Mohd Nauman; Shinde, Prof. Swapnil D; and Maji, Prof. Nilay.

The application for the patent was published on May 29, under issue no. 22/2026.

According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "Provided is a multi-size cup dispensing system (100) and method (1000) for dispensing cups of different sizes. The system comprises a rotating cup holder configured to store multiple stacks of cups of different sizes. A control s...