MUMBAI, India, Jan. 2 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202541124718 A) filed by Retearn Technologies Private Limited, Rangareddy, Telangana, on Dec. 10, 2025, for 'a system and method for multi-functional item intake, classification, and validation in reverse vending machines.'

Inventor(s) include Tirumala Vangipuram Sujanparthasaradhi; Vivek; Kesavarapu Akhil Teja; Mohammed Shahid Hussain; and Anjali Tripathi.

The application for the patent was published on Jan. 2, under issue no. 01/2026.

According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "The present disclosure describes a system and method for a multi-functional item intake system designed for Reverse Vending Machines (RVMs), inte...