MUMBAI, India, Jan. 9 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202511117037 A) filed by Vivekananda Global University, Jaipur, Rajasthan, on Nov. 25, 2025, for 'footwear maintenance device.'

Inventor(s) include Amandeep Gill.

The application for the patent was published on Jan. 9, under issue no. 02/2026.

According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "A footwear maintenance device, comprising a housing 101 having multiple vertically stacked compartments 102 configured to store footwear, an imaging unit 103 mounted on the housing to detect user presence and identify footwear type, an input means 104 consist of a touch interactive display panel for receiving user commands regarding storage...