MUMBAI, India, March 13 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202611008712 A) filed by Manav Rachna University, Faridabad, Haryana, on Jan. 28, for 'pineapple planting device.'

Inventor(s) include Gummadi Bhavya Sri; Gunthala Ramya; and Dr. Neelu Chaudhary.

The application for the patent was published on March 13, under issue no. 11/2026.

According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "A pineapple planting device, comprises of a plurality of bodies 101, a set of lug tires 102 for traversing along the land, an input means to receive user specification regarding soil assessment, a motorized auger 103 to drill planting holes of controlled depth, a robotic arm 105 to retrieve pineapple sho...