MUMBAI, India, May 1 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202641049898 A) filed by Easwari Engineering College; and Srm Institute Of Science And Technology, Ramapuram Campus, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, on April 20, for 'ai-powered irrigation advisory system enhanced by smart hydrogels and iot based soil sensing.'

Inventor(s) include K Saranya; L Durga; and Dr. S. Vanaja.

The application for the patent was published on May 1, under issue no. 18/2026.

According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "Water scarcity affects 40% of global arable land, with irrigation efficiency below 75%. This study developed a machine learning-based hydrogel application system using real-time IoT sensor data to ...