Intellectual Property India Publishes Patent Application for 'Optimal Placement Of Sensors In The Process Of Leak Detection In Water Pipeline Networks' Filed by Indian Institute Of Technology

MUMBAI, India, Feb. 27 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202531013606 A) filed by Indian Institute Of Technology, Kharagpur, West Bengal, on Feb. 17, 2025, for 'optimal placement of sensors in the process of leak detection in water pipeline networks.'

Inventor(s) include Sahu, Saswata; Patel, Harshit; and Ghosal, Partha Sarathi.

The application for the patent was published on Feb. 27, under issue no. 09/2026.

According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "The present invention proposes a system and method for determining optimal placement of sensors. The method comprises simulating a water network under various conditions using the Water Network Tool for Resilience (WNTR) and gene...