MUMBAI, India, Jan. 23 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202531121750 A) filed by Icar-National Institute Of Secondary Agriculture, Ranchi, Jharkhand, on Dec. 4, for 'a vertical uprooting equipment for cinchona trees..'
Inventor(s) include Satish Chandra Sharma; Sanjay Kumar Pandey; Niranjan Prasad; and Abhijit Kar.
The application for the patent was published on Jan. 23, under issue no. 04/2026.
According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "The present invention relates to a vertical uprooting equipment configured for mechanized uprooting of cinchona trees in hilly terrains to eliminate manual uprooting process. The uprooting equipment of this invention is a light weight and por...