MUMBAI, India, Oct. 11 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202517078350 A) filed by Tomra Systems Asa, Asker, Norway, on Aug. 18, for 'a container return system and method.'

Inventor(s) include Onstad, Hans-Georg; Pettersen, Fredrik; Karimi, Wais; Holmesland, Shelly; Verlo, Alexander; and Lunde, Tom.

The application for the patent was published on Oct. 10, under issue no. 41/2025.

According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "A container return system configured to receive a bulk of used containers, comprising a first transporting arrangement comprising infeed transporting means configured to transport said used containers from an infeed opening to a redirection area, redirection m...