MUMBAI, India, March 13 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202641003514 A) filed by Mepco Schlenk Engineering College, Sivakasi, Tamil Nadu, on Jan. 13, for 'real time texture based fruit classification and quality assessment.'

Inventor(s) include Dr. K. Gopalakrishnan; and Dr. V. Karthikeyan.

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: "The current invention reveals a system for real-time texture-based fruit categorization and quality evaluation. It aims to effectively facilitate an accurate, non-destructive, and automated fruit assessment system for use in agriculture and industry. The system use...