MUMBAI, India, July 13 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202621059186 A) filed by Dr. D. Y. Patil Institute Of Technology, Pimpri, Pune - on May 09, 2026, for Real-Time Waste Contamination Detection.
Inventors include Prof. Sonal Dattatraya Dhole; Mansi Ambekar; Sanika Kate; Vedika Pathak; and Niyati Rana.
The application for the patent was published on July 10, 2026, under issue no. 28/2026.
Abstract: Effective waste management is a critical challenge in modern urban environments, with contamination in recycling streams significantly reducing the efficiency of material recovery processes. Traditional methods, such as manual inspection, are labor- intensive, error-prone, and inefficient. This project intr...