MUMBAI, India, Oct. 24 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202411022634 A) filed by Chandigarh University; and Chandigarh University Technology Business Incubator, Mohali, Punjab, on March 22, 2024, for 'automated turtle shell barnacles removal device.'

Inventor(s) include Geetika Sharma.

The application for the patent was published on Oct. 24, under issue no. 43/2025.

According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "An automated turtle shell barnacles removal device, comprising a platform 1 accommodates a turtle between two motorized expandable clamps 2 installed on platform 1 via a pair of L-shaped telescopically operated rods 3, a touch enabled screen accessed by user to give input...