MUMBAI, India, Feb. 6 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202511133068 A) filed by Central University Of Haryana, Mahendragarh, Haryana, on Dec. 29, 2025, for 'grooved pier for scour protection.'

Inventor(s) include Yudhveer Singh; Damodar Lal Meena; Dr. Vikas Garg; Shivam; Simran; Anil Kumar; Poonam; and Dr. D. V. S. Verma.

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 a cylindrical bridge pier (200) equipped with a plurality of circumferential grooves (204) formed along its outer surface for reducing local scour under flowing-water conditions. The grooves (204) are configured...