MUMBAI, India, April 20 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202411075839 A) filed by Mercedes-Benz Group Ag, Stuttgart, Germany, on Oct. 7, 2024, for 'a system for cleaning at least one beverageware inside a vehicle, and a method thereof.'

Inventor(s) include Balaji Srinivasan; Shreeharsha Subbakrishna; and Vishnu Vardhan Thokala.

The application for the patent was published on April 17, under issue no. 16/2026.

According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "The present disclosure provides a system and method for cleaning beverageware inside a vehicle. The system (100) includes a beverageware holder (102) that is hinged to a vehicle's structural member and can move between open and ...