MUMBAI, India, Jan. 2 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202541124184 A) filed by Sri Krishna College Of Engineering And Technology, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, on Dec. 9, 2025, for 'floating and gas-filled expandable bladder system with self-adjusting buoyancy regulator and one-way valve for autonomous oil spill recovery.'

Inventor(s) include Dr R Ganesh; Dr S Sundararaj; Lokeesh B; Deelipraj D; Anbuselvan G; and Srihari S.

The application for the patent was published on Jan. 2, under issue no. 01/2026.

According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "The invention provides a floating, autonomous oil spill recovery vessel consisting of a buoyant gas-filled chamber (5.2), a flexible expa...