Intellectual Property India Publishes Patent Application for 'Anti-Theft Sim Locking Mechanism To Prevent Deactivation Of Device Tracking' Filed by Chandigarh University

MUMBAI, India, Jan. 9 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202511113776 A) filed by Chandigarh University, Mohali, Punjab, on Nov. 19, 2025, for 'anti-theft sim locking mechanism to prevent deactivation of device tracking.'

Inventor(s) include Annanya Nayar; Ramit Chaturvedi; Laksh Kapoor; Kulvinder Singh; and Aleem Ali.

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: "The present invention relates to a hardware-based anti-theft SIM locking mechanism for mobile communication devices that prevents unauthorized removal of the Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) card, thereby maintaining continuous device tracea...