MUMBAI, India, May 1 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202621030892 A) filed by K V N Sarma, Maharashtra, on March 14, for 'microwave cloth dryer.'

Inventor(s) include K V N Sarma.

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 Microwave cloth drying apparatus and a method of drying clothes. The technology of microwave oven is applied in this equipment. When moist clothes are placed in a rotary drum and subjected to microwave field, heat is generated within the clothes due to friction among the water molecules due to microwave action. This heat helps dry clothes. Water conten...