MUMBAI, India, Nov. 21 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202521105247 A) filed by Dr. E. Afreen Banu; V N S Vijaya Kumar; Dr. Sana Zeba; Dr. D. Rosy Salomi Victoria; Ms. Sarika K; Mrs. P. Divya; and Dr. J K Periasamy, Maharashtra, on Oct. 31, for 'a method for privacy-preserving face recognition using encrypted features.'

Inventor(s) include Dr. E. Afreen Banu; V N S Vijaya Kumar; Dr. Sana Zeba; Dr. D. Rosy Salomi Victoria; Ms. Sarika K; Mrs. P. Divya; and Dr. J K Periasamy.

The application for the patent was published on Nov. 21, under issue no. 47/2025.

According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "The present invention discloses a privacy-preserving method for face recognition...