MUMBAI, India, May 1 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202641049913 A) filed by Cvr College Of Engineering, Hyderabad, Telangana, on April 20, for 'real-time iot applications for controlling waste disposal in smart city applications with integrated garbage bins.'

Inventor(s) include Mulagundla Sridevi; and Y. Sowmya Reddy.

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: "Smart trash cans are required in smart cities. The whole IoT-based trash can is intended to streamline the process and monitor it effectively in order to assess various environmental conditions and stabilise the environment. For a health...