MUMBAI, India, Sept. 28 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202531027962 A) filed by Arka Jain University, Jharkhand on March 25, 2025, for Assistive Device For Breaking Hard Ice.

Inventor includes Dr. Nikita Shukla.

The application for the patent was published on September 25, 2026, under issue no. 39/2026.

Abstract: An assistive device for breaking hard ice, comprising a cuboidal body 101 positioned on a ground surface covered with hard ice, a pair of track wheels 102 arranged underneath the body 101 for providing movement to the body 101, an imaging unit 103 mounted on the body 101 that evaluates a 3D mapping of surroundings, a display panel 104 mounted on the body 101 for displaying the evaluated mappin...