MUMBAI, India, May 1 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202641051896 A) filed by Vellore Institute Of Technology, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, on April 23, for 'system for preventing misfuelling of vehicles and method thereof.'

Inventor(s) include Shourya Bhawsar; Shouryendu Bandyopadhyay; Awani Bhushan; and Bhisham Kumar Dhurandher.

The application for the patent was published on May 1, under issue no. 18/2026.

According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "Embodiments relate to a system (100) and a method (300) for preventing misfuelling of vehicles. The method (300) comprises the steps: detecting (310), via a multi parameter hydrocarbon sensor assembly (110), a fuel to be filled in a ve...