MUMBAI, India, Sept. 28 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202531026120 A) filed by Siksha O Anusandhan Deemed To Be University on March 21, 2025, for Tea Leaves Shearing Assistive Device.

Inventor includes Dr. Hemanta Kumar Palo.

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

Abstract: A tea leaves shearing assistive device, comprises of an elongated telescopic frame 101 with a handle 102 for user operation and a distal end equipped with flaps 108 for shearing operations, a microphone 103 and microcontroller enable voice-command activation, while an artificial intelligence-based imaging unit 104 detects tea leaf positions, a motorized cutter 105 on a sliding u...