MUMBAI, India, Oct. 31 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202411023151 A) filed by Chandigarh University; and Chandigarh University Technology Business Incubator, Mohali, Punjab, on March 24, 2024, for 'automated pencil sharpening device.'

Inventor(s) include Shalini Sharma.

The application for the patent was published on Oct. 31, under issue no. 44/2025.

According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "An automated pencil sharpening device, comprising a platform 1 installed with an inverted U-shaped frame 2 which is installed with a ring 3 configured with a cylindrical hollow member 4 developed to be accommodated with a pencil, a microphone 6 to receives voice commands for sharpenin...