MUMBAI, India, April 17 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202631011778 A) filed by Grape Uav Private Limited, Bhubaneswar, Orissa, on Feb. 4, for 'autonomous docking and battery-swapping system for multirotor unmanned aerial vehicles.'
Inventor(s) include Mr. Santrupta Mishra; Dr. Suman Bhattacharya; Dr. Upali Aparajita Dash; Mr. Pratik Das; and Mr. Gurudutta Pradhan.
The application for the patent was published on April 17, under issue no. 16/2026.
According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "The present invention discloses an autonomous docking and battery-swapping system for multirotor unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), designed to reduce operational downtime and improve fleet ...