MUMBAI, India, Jan. 9 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202541112323 A) filed by Sudha. R; Sangavi. R; Sudhashini. S; Shashi Prabha. T; Mounick. M; and Sri Vishnu S, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, on Nov. 17, 2025, for 'self retracting clothesline control using rain sensor.'

Inventor(s) include Sudha. R; Sangavi. R; Sudhashini. S; Shashi Prabha. T; Mounick. M; and Sri Vishnu S.

The application for the patent was published on Jan. 9, under issue no. 02/2026.

According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "The proposed project introduces a smart Self-Retracting Clothesline System designed to automatically protect clothes from getting wet during rain. The system uses an ESP32 microcontroller...