MUMBAI, India, May 1 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202641050541 A) filed by Easwari Engineering College; and Srm Institute Of Science And Technology, Ramapuram Campus, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, on April 21, for 'automatic groundnut plucking system using mechanical automation.'

Inventor(s) include Mrs. K. Hema Priya; S Sri Varsha; Sr Archana; and Yogamaya M.

The application for the patent was published on May 1, under issue no. 18/2026.

According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "The present invention relates to an automatic groundnut plucking machine aimed at reducing manual labour and improving harvesting efficiency in groundnut cultivation. The system uses a mechanically autom...