Intellectual Property India Publishes Patent Application for 'System For Geographically Contextual Crater Detection' Filed by Manipal University

MUMBAI, India, Jan. 23 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202511124203 A) filed by Manipal University, Jaipur, Rajasthan, on Dec. 9, 2025, for 'system for geographically contextual crater detection.'

Inventor(s) include Aditri Paul; Ritabrata Chakraborty; and Dr. Sandeep Chaurasia.

The application for the patent was published on Jan. 23, under issue no. 04/2026.

According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "The present disclosure relates to a system for geographically contextual crater detection designed to improve the accuracy and reliability of crater-based landmark identification for planetary navigation. The system receives raw descent imagery along with terrain context data o...