MUMBAI, India, May 29 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202631031262 A) filed by Narula Institute Of Technology, Kolkata, West Bengal, on March 16, for 'smart waste segregator.'
Inventor(s) include Sudhangshu Sarkar; Maitrayee Chakrabarty; Bansari Deb Majumder; Suvojit Saha; Vivek Gupta; Anirban Chakraborty; and Swarnabha Nayek.
The application for the patent was published on May 29, under issue no. 22/2026.
According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "An automated smart waste segregation system is disclosed, utilizing an Arduino microcontroller to autonomously classify municipal waste into metal, wet, and dry categories. The apparatus employs a suite of sensors, including infra...