MUMBAI, India, Nov. 28 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202531018763 A) filed by Siksha O Anusandhan, Bhubaneswar, Orissa, on March 3, for 'automated rainwater collecting device for public place.'

Inventor(s) include Dr. Pragyan Paramita Pattnaik.

The application for the patent was published on Nov. 28, under issue no. 48/2025.

According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "An automated rainwater collecting device for public place comprises a cuboidal housing 101 having a platform 102 accessed by a user to sit, a rain sensor installed over the housing 101 to monitor presence of rain in surroundings, plurality of motorized iris lids 103 installed over the housing 101 to collect ra...