MUMBAI, India, Jan. 9 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202541114091 A) filed by Sethu Institute Of Technology, Virudhunagar, Tamil Nadu, on Nov. 20, 2025, for 'airis-intelligent eye based detection of substance use in hilly regions.'

Inventor(s) include S. M. Seeni Mohaideen; Dr. N. Mahalakshmi; S. Sasma; S. Vishnu Priya; P. Sweatha; and M. Jayasri.

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: "This invention relates to the design and development of an intelligent eye-based detection of substance use in hilly regions, it typically includes an optical sensing module (1), an illumination system (2), a...