MUMBAI, India, July 11 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202541060505 A) filed by NITTE, Mangaluru, Karnataka, on June 25, for 'a smart food monitoring system for real-time food waste reduction.'

Inventor(s) include Kishore S; Amrithkala M Shetty; Praveen N; Riyaz; Dr Ravi Prakash; and Rama Moorthy H.

The application for the patent was published on July 11, under issue no. 28/2025.

According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "Disclosed herein is a smart food monitoring system for real-time food waste reduction (100) comprises a plurality of Internet of Things (IoT) sensors 9102) configured to monitor environmental parameters associated with food spoilage. The system also include...