MUMBAI, India, Sept. 14 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202617065907 A) filed by Tomra Sorting Gmbh on May 25, 2026, for Improved Sorting Method And System.

Inventors include Balthasar, Dirk; Uepping, Ralph; Mayer, Michael; and Stilow, Peter.

The application for the patent was published on September 11, 2026, under issue no. 37/2026.

Abstract: Managing an input item flow (10) comprising a flow of a plurality of items (11, 12, 13) comprises recording a sequence of two-dimensional images of the input item flow (10). Individual items (11, 12, 13) in the images are identified and a respective type of item is determined for each identified item. A sequence of molecular absorption spectra of the input item fl...