MUMBAI, India, May 1 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202641049548 A) filed by R. M. K. Engineering College, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, on April 18, for 'queueing theory-based analytical system for optimizing outpatient waiting times using electronic medical records integration.'

Inventor(s) include Ms Uma Maheswari E.

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 discloses a queueing theory-based analytical system integrated with Electronic Medical Records (EMR) to optimize outpatient waiting times in hospitals. The system collects real-time and historical patient data from EMR datab...