MUMBAI, India, March 13 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202641003521 A) filed by Nandha Engineering College, Erode, Tamil Nadu, on Jan. 13, for 'design and fabrication of manual potato harvesting machine for small scale farmers.'

Inventor(s) include S. Vanisha; C. Gangadevi; K. Kavinaya; and A. Santhosh.

The application for the patent was published on March 13, under issue no. 11/2026.

According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "The invention is a manually operated potato harvesting machine th~t is primarily intended for small and marginal farmers. The machine comprises a wheeled supporting frame, an adjustable handle assembly, a foliage cutting unit that is detachable, and a...