MUMBAI, India, Nov. 28 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202531018780 A) filed by Siksha O Anusandhan, Bhubaneswar, Orissa, on March 3, for 'automated snack dispensing device.'

Inventor(s) include Dr. Sasmeeta Tripathy.

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 snack dispensing device, comprising a cylindrical housing 101 arranged with a multi-sectioned chamber 102, each section is developed to store snacks of various types, a microphone 103 receive voice command of user regarding dispensing of a mixture of specific types of snacks, an electronic valve 201 installed over bottom port...