MUMBAI, India, Sept. 28 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202631092647 A) filed by National Institute Of Technology Patna on July 30, 2026, for Digital Incentive-Based Waste Management System And Method Thereof.

Inventors include Kumar, Shubham; Meena, Shubham; Kumar, Ravish; and Das, Bijay Kumar.

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

Abstract: A digital incentive-based waste management system (100) incorporates multiple interconnected components to ensure efficient, transparent, and rewarding waste collection. Each household account (102) stores essential records and is uniquely identified by a Swachh ID (104), linked to identifiers like mobile or Aa...