MUMBAI, India, Feb. 6 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202541121085 A) filed by Nandha Engineering College, Vaikkaalmedu, Tamil Nadu, on Dec. 3, 2025, for 'iot based automatic paddy storage rain protection system.'

Inventor(s) include M Shanmugham; Pavithraa; E. Meena; and G. J. Vishnu Priyadharshne.

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 present invention proposes an IoT-based automated protection system designed to safeguard paddy and grain storage areas from unexpected rainfall. The system incorporates a Retractable Roof Sheet (1), Rain Detector (2)s Micro controller (3), Buzzers and L...