MUMBAI, India, April 17 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202531132745 A) filed by Asansol Engineering College, Asansol, West Bengal, on Dec. 28, 2025, for 'bathroom guardians smart bath slip shield mat.'

Inventor(s) include Mr. Sudip Kumar De; Dr. Avishek Banerjee; and Dr. Sheuli Chakraborty.

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: "A non-wearable bathroom safety and water-saving system is disclosed. A thin floor mat integrates a two-dimensional pressure sensor array and wetness sensing to estimate human presence, compute a slip-risk index, and classify fall events. An inline flow sensor and ...