MUMBAI, India, Jan. 23 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202531134684 A) filed by Amity University, Ranchi, Jharkhand, on Dec. 31, 2025, for 'iot-enabled pothole detection, classification, and navigation integration system with real-time hazard mapping and municipal coordination.'

Inventor(s) include Dr. Pallab Banerjee; Dr. Mohit Kumar; Mr. Aman Kumar Mehta; and Mrs. Pallavi Singh.

The application for the patent was published on Jan. 23, under issue no. 04/2026.

According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "An IoT-enabled pothole detection and navigation integration system with real-time hazard mapping and municipal coordination, comprises of a vehicle-mounted IoT sensing unit (...