MUMBAI, India, Nov. 7 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202433035259 A) filed by Institute Of Engineering & Management, Kolkata, West Bengal, on May 3, 2024, for '4-in-1 smart mask: automatic sanitization, safe distance alert, temp read, triple-layer protection against covid-19.'

Inventor(s) include Dibakar Roy Choudhury; Souhridya Bhattacharjee; and Debashis Saha.

The application for the patent was published on Nov. 7, under issue no. 45/2025.

According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "This automated smart mask can sanitize our hands and belongings whenever we hold it within 20cm in front of that mask with the help of ultrasonic sensor. It's buzzer also creates a ring wheneve...