Intellectual Property India Publishes Patent Application for 'A System For Garbage Cleaning By An Unmanned Water Surface Vehicle' Filed by Vit-Ap University

MUMBAI, India, Jan. 2 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202541123670 A) filed by Vit-Ap University, Amaravati, Andhra Pradesh, on Dec. 8, 2025, for 'a system for garbage cleaning by an unmanned water surface vehicle.'

Inventor(s) include Mandal, Santanu; Das, Parnab; and Melvin, Elna.

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 relates to an unmanned garbage-collecting boat system (100) designed for autonomous waste removal from water surface. The system comprises a pair of pontoons (202) forming a central garbage-ingestion channel, a plurality of sensors (104) including came...