MUMBAI, India, Nov. 2 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202641126870 A) filed by Ch. Baby Prasuna on October 24, 2026, for A Psychometric Instrument For Assessing Multimedia Usage Among Adolescent Students.

Inventors include Ch. Baby Prasuna; T. G. Amuthavalli; C. Vani; Y. Devasena; and P. Preethi Vineela.

The application for the patent was published on October 30, 2026, under issue no. 44/2026.

Abstract: The invention relates to a psychometric instrument for measuring multimedia usage among students of Classes VIII and IX. The instrument comprises thirty-five items on a five-point Likert scale, organised under four dimensions: type of media, type of device, purpose of usage and extent of usage. From a pr...