MUMBAI, India, Nov. 2 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202641124748 A) filed by Vellore Institute Of Technology on October 19, 2026, for Quantum-Electrometric Apparatus For Satellite Navigation Signal Provenance Authentication And Hardware-Enforced Receiver Gating.

Inventors include Arunkumar; and Shlok Kumar Goenka.

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

Abstract: The present invention relates to an apparatus for physical-layer provenance authentication of satellite navigation signals. The apparatus comprises a laser-interrogated alkali vapour cell configured to quantum-electrometrically measure electromagnetic field characteristics of a received navig...