MUMBAI, India, April 10 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202441074525 A) filed by National Institute Of Engineering, Mysore, Karnataka, on Oct. 2, 2025, for 'device for thermal energy retention in soils.'

Inventor(s) include H S Prasanna; Nikhil Joshua L; Suraj T S; Tejasvi Swamy; U Abhay Shenoy; and Unnam Anil.

The application for the patent was published on April 10, under issue no. 15/2026.

According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "The invention provides a device for assessing and utilizing the thermal energy retention capacity of soils. The device comprises an outer cubical enclosure (1) and an inner cubical enclosure (11) arranged concentrically to define an annular ins...