MUMBAI, India, May 1 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202531130346 A) filed by Asansol Engineering College, Asansol, West Bengal, on Dec. 22, 2025, for 'iot-based smart anti-theft surveillance system for rural fish ponds.'

Inventor(s) include Shibsankar Bala; Monish Chatterjee; and Pranabes Gangapadhyay.

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: "This invention discloses a low-cost, IoT-based intelligent anti-theft surveillance system primarily designed for the reliable protection of rural fish ponds. The system incorporates a night-vision camera and an edge AI-processing unit for continuous night...