MUMBAI, India, April 18 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202311068389 A) filed by Chandigarh University; and Chandigarh University Technology Business Incubator, Mohali, Punjab, on Oct. 11, 2023, for 'automatic table napkin dispensing device.'

Inventor(s) include Meenakshi Verma.

The application for the patent was published on April 18, under issue no. 16/2025.

According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "An automatic table napkin dispensing device comprises of a platform 1 mounted with a pair of telescopic rods 2 interconnected with each other via a metallic plate 7 manner to accommodate a stack of table napkins, a laser acuity sensor 4 is mapped over the platform 1 for detect...