MUMBAI, India, Jan. 7 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202511104214 A) filed by Lovely Professional University, Phagwara, Punjab, on Oct. 29, 2025, for 'autonomous ai-based drone system for offshore wind turbine inspection and maintenance.'

Inventor(s) include Baljinder Kaur; and Dr. Manik Rakhra.

The application for the patent was published on Dec. 12, under issue no. 50/2025.

According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "The invention discloses an autonomous AI-based drone system (100) for inspection and maintenance of offshore wind turbines. The system includes a hybrid navigation unit (102) combining GPS, LiDAR, radar, and SLAM for accurate positioning; a multi-modal sensor ...