Intellectual Property India Publishes Patent Application for System And Method For Garment Lifecycle Tracking And Recycling Routing Using Machine- Readable Tags

MUMBAI, India, Sept. 22 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202611088558 A) filed by K. R. Mangalam University on July 21, 2026, for System And Method For Garment Lifecycle Tracking And Recycling Routing Using Machine- Readable Tags.

Inventors include Dr. Amrita Ratnani; and Indrajeet Kumar.

The application for the patent was published on September 18, 2026, under issue no. 38/2026.

Abstract: A garment lifecycle tracking and recycling system (100) and method (200) are disclosed. A machine-readable tag (110) affixed to a garment (10) stores a garment identifier and a fibre-composition datum. A reader device (120) reads the tag and a server (130) maintains a lifecycle record keyed to the identifier in a datab...