MUMBAI, India, Jan. 23 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202521123379 A) filed by Dr. D. Y. Patil Institute Of Technology, Pune, Maharashtra, on Dec. 8, 2025, for 'botanica - utilizing deep learning for precise identification of medicinal plants and leaves.'

Inventor(s) include Ms. Arti Vilas Sonawane; Gayatri Bhandge; Maansi Sonawane; Vishvachaitanya Wagh; and Tejas More.

The application for the patent was published on Jan. 23, under issue no. 04/2026.

According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "Identifying medicinal plants can be a difficult job because it is time-consuming as well as tiring. In this study, an approach of classification using a Convolutional Neural Network (C...