MUMBAI, India, Feb. 13 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202611001999 A) filed by Lovely Professional University, Phagwara, Punjab, on Jan. 8, for 'portable dual-mode fertilizer applicator.'

Inventor(s) include Ritul Joshi; and Saloni Patil.

The application for the patent was published on Feb. 13, under issue no. 07/2026.

According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "The present invention relates to a portable dual-mode fertilizer applicator (100) named BioSpread, designed for smallholder and terrace farming. The system (100) integrates a granular hopper (104) with a granular metering assembly (108), adjustable gate (110), and centrifugal disc (112), along with a liquid tank (106...