MUMBAI, India, Jan. 9 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202511117035 A) filed by Vivekananda Global University, Jaipur, Rajasthan, on Nov. 25, 2025, for 'automated weed barrier sheet installation device.'

Inventor(s) include Naresh Soni.

The application for the patent was published on Jan. 9, under issue no. 02/2026.

According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "An automated weed barrier sheet installation device, comprising a cuboidal body 101 positioned on ground surface, a pair of motorized track wheels 102 providing movement to the body 101, a imaging unit 103 determines the presence of plants, a touch interactive display panel 104 for displaying the evaluated mapping and ena...