MUMBAI, India, Feb. 27 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202641018070 A) filed by Vellore Institute Of Technology, Vellore, Tamil Nadu, on Feb. 18, for 'rear-mounted textile cultivation system for solar modules using upcycled fabric.'

Inventor(s) include Patel Urvashi Rameshbhai; and Dr. Suprava Chakraborty.

The application for the patent was published on Feb. 27, under issue no. 09/2026.

According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "A rear-mounted cultivation system for a solar photovoltaic module includes a solar photovoltaic module (504) having a front surface configured to receive solar radiation and a rear surface, a textile material (500) configured with a plurality of cult...