MUMBAI, India, May 1 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202641049388 A) filed by J. J. College Of Engineering And Technology, Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu, on April 17, for 'mechanism for monitoring forest fires.'

Inventor(s) include Dr. Sumithra. S; S. Saroja Devi; S. Rajeshwari; and S. Venkatesh.

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 describes a forest fire monitoring system comprising sensors (with smoke and heat detectors, a processor, and wireless communication) and base stations linked to a monitoring center. The sensors detect fires and transmit data to base stations...