MUMBAI, India, Jan. 7 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202511104227 A) filed by Lovely Professional University, Phagwara, Punjab, on Oct. 29, 2025, for 'smart automated cloth drying system with weather-adaptive sensor control and motorized rod mechanism.'

Inventor(s) include Soni Singh; Kirti; and Arpita.

The application for the patent was published on Dec. 12, under issue no. 50/2025.

According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "A smart cloth drying system (100) is disclosed for automated protection of garments against rain and excessive sunlight. The system includes a motorized rod (102) capable of 90 or 180 rotation, capacitive rain sensors (104) for precipitation detection,...