MUMBAI, India, March 13 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202641024913 A) filed by Srm Institute Of Science And Technology; and Easwari Engineering College, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, on March 3, for 'root-zone bio-sensor and mobile field monitoring system for paddy cultivation.'

Inventor(s) include Dr. M. Shunmugathammal; Venkatesan V; Nakshatra Sree S; Dharun Rai H; and Tanushree J.

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 design establishes an Internet of Things enabled system which monitors agricultural activities through its robotic agricultural monitoring system. The system operate...