MUMBAI, India, Sept. 5 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202441012492 A) filed by JAIN, Bangalore, Karnataka, on Feb. 21, 2024, for 'automated betel quid preparation device.'

Inventor(s) include Dr. S. Nagaraj.

The application for the patent was published on Sept. 5, under issue no. 36/2025.

According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "An automated betel quid preparation device, comprising a platform 1 attached with a multi-sectioned chamber 4 via a column 5 for storing various ingredients, a touch interactive display panel 6 accessed by user to input type of betel quid, a robotic gripper 7 withdraws a betel and places over a plate 14 attached with column 5 which is detected by ...