MUMBAI, India, March 13 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202641025190 A) filed by Vellore Institute Of Technology, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, on March 3, for 'smart air curtain system and method.'

Inventor(s) include Rishikumar; Vinod Vasan; and Sugumaran V.

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: "A smart air curtain system (100) encompassed with an air curtain unit (102), positioned above a doorway, automatically activates wen the door opens, creating a barrier between indoor and outdoor airflow. A potentiometer (104), integrated into the door hinge, communicates with the air curtain unit (102) t...