MUMBAI, India, Feb. 6 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202541126522 A) filed by The Principal, K. S. R. College Of Engineering, Tiruchengode, Tamil Nadu, on Dec. 14, 2025, for 'bitusense: iot-enabled smart bituminous roads for real-time monitoring and predictive maintenance.'

Inventor(s) include Dr. S. Senthilkumar; Mr. S. Elango; Dr. P. Shanmugasundaram; Mr. S. Southamirajan; Mr. M. Sakthivel; Ms. N. Mythily; Mr. R. Babu; Dr. A. Alex Rajesh; and Dr. N. Muralimohan.

The application for the patent was published on Feb. 6, under issue no. 06/2026.

According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "The invention relates to an IoT-enabled smart bituminous pavement monitoring system, refe...