MUMBAI, India, Feb. 6 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202511132520 A) filed by Chandigarh University, Mohali, Punjab, on Dec. 27, 2025, for 'an instrumented food container system for real-time portion analysis and microbiome-personalized nutrient and caloric estimation.'

Inventor(s) include Saptak Sarkar; and Dr. Swaati Sharma.

The application for the patent was published on Feb. 6, under issue no. 06/2026.

According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "The present invention relates to an instrumented food container system integrating precise load sensing, secure electronics housing, and controlled communication capabilities for real-time dietary monitoring and data processing. ...