MUMBAI, India, July 11 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202521060390 A) filed by Marwadi University, Rajkot, Gujarat, on June 24, for 'autonomous dining assistive device.'
Inventor(s) include K. Bala Sankar; J. Santhosh Prem; P. Satish; Dr. Madhu Shukla; Simrin Fathima Syed; Vipul Ladva; Akshay Ranpariya; and Neel Dholakia.
The application for the patent was published on July 11, under issue no. 28/2025.
According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "An autonomous dining assistive device is comprising, a mat-like body 101 designed to be placed on a dining surface, a plurality of suction units 102 for gripping utensils containing food, a motorized slider 103 is mounted along the b...