MUMBAI, India, Nov. 2 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202611110410 A) filed by Chandigarh University on September 15, 2026, for Unified Public Distribution System With Predictive Grain Monitoring, Biometric Fallback And Inventory Verification.

Inventors include Ankita Sharma; and Bebesh Tripathy.

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

Abstract: A unified public distribution system platform combines a smart IOT pallet for localized grain moisture, temperature and weight monitoring with a Multi-Modal Identity Terminal for beneficiary authentication. The terminal attempts fingerprint authentication and, after two consecutive failures, automatically initia...