MUMBAI, India, Jan. 9 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202541114058 A) filed by Sathya T; Karthick SM; Kavin Kumar S; and Dilip Kumar N, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, on Nov. 20, 2025, for 'smart hostel management and roommate matching system.'

Inventor(s) include Sathya T; Karthick SM; Kavin Kumar S; and Dilip Kumar N.

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: "HostlQ is a smart and simple web-based system created to make hostel management easier and faster. It helps students apply for rooms, choose or request their preferred ones, and find compatible roommates using a matching system based on interes...