MUMBAI, India, Jan. 9 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202511113818 A) filed by Rayat Bahra University; Bahra University; and Rayat Bahra Professional University, Mohali, Punjab, on Nov. 19, 2025, for 'automated hand washing device.'

Inventor(s) include Himanshi Soni; Abhineet Chauhan; Gurpreet Kaur; and Parina.

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: "An automated hand washing device, comprises of a housing 101 configured with a microphone 103 to provide input voice commands regarding washing the user's hand, a slider 105 installed within the housing 101 and attached with a platform 106 holdin...