MUMBAI, India, Jan. 9 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202541112524 A) filed by B. Varun Kumar; S. Sanjiv Kumar; C. Sivakumar; D. Srinivasan; and M. Tharaneesh, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, on Nov. 17, 2025, for 'smart connect: a volunteer matching system for ngo's and community project.'

Inventor(s) include B. Varun Kumar; S. Sanjiv Kumar; C. Sivakumar; D. Srinivasan; and M. Tharaneesh.

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: "A computer-implemented system and method are disclosed for optrmrzmg the pamng of volunteers with service opportunities through a structured, multi-criteria matching process....