MUMBAI, India, Feb. 13 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202611000894 A) filed by Nims University, Jaipur, Rajasthan, on Jan. 5, for 'smart lock system.'

Inventor(s) include Ankit Kumar.

The application for the patent was published on Feb. 13, under issue no. 07/2026.

According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "A system (100) for controlling access to a recreational facility, comprising a smart access control unit (101) positioned at an entry point, the unit including a credential reader, housing, electric lock actuator, and processor; a digital compliance platform (102) configured to communicate with the smart access control unit for receiving and verifying guest data; a commu...