MUMBAI, India, May 1 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202641051713 A) filed by Mohan Babu University, Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh, on April 23, for 'hybrid energy cooking engine (hece) and a method thereof.'

Inventor(s) include Dr. K. Lakshmi Kala; and Mr. Penchala Avinash.

The application for the patent was published on May 1, under issue no. 18/2026.

According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "The present invention relates to a Hybrid Energy Cooking Engine (HECE) and a method of using the same. The system (100) comprises an energy input unit (110) configured to generate electrical energy using a foldable solar panel and a hand-crank generator, and a power management unit (120) ...