MUMBAI, India, April 17 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202621013344 A) filed by Gokul Global University, Patan, Gujarat, on Feb. 6, for 'zipper refurbishing device.'

Inventor(s) include Shivam Chaudhary.

The application for the patent was published on April 17, under issue no. 16/2026.

According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "A zipper refurbishing device comprising a housing 101 with a cavity for receiving fabric having a damaged zipper, an inspection module with imaging unit 102 and laser measurement sensor coupled to a microcontroller for detecting zipper tape thickness tooth height and spacing to determine optimal pipe size and cut length, a storage unit 103 with weigh...