Intellectual Property India Publishes Patent Application for 'A System And Method For Eco-Friendly Integrated Management Of False Smut Disease In Rice' Filed by Graphic Era

MUMBAI, India, Jan. 9 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202511117531 A) filed by Graphic Era, Dehradun, Uttarakhand, on Nov. 26, 2025, for 'a system and method for eco-friendly integrated management of false smut disease in rice.'

Inventor(s) include Nancy Chauhan; Rachan Karmakar; Pradeep Kumar Sharma; and Archana Bachheti.

The application for the patent was published on Jan. 9, under issue no. 02/2026.

According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "The present invention relates to an eco-friendly system and method for managing false smut disease in rice that integrates a planting schedule adjustment module (10) to time sowing 7-10 days before a predicted peak humidity period, a ...