MUMBAI, India, July 25 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202411004742 A) filed by Chandigarh University; and Chandigarh University Technology Business Incubator, Mohali, Punjab, on Jan. 23, 2024, for 'food item eating assistive device.'

Inventor(s) include Atul Sharma.

The application for the patent was published on July 25, under issue no. 30/2025.

According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "A food item eating assistive device, comprising a plate 1 having a first and second portion 2, 3, wherein the first portion 2 is configured with a pair of extendable C-shaped members 4 to accommodate adjacent fingers of user's hand, a camera 5 installed on plate 1 for capturing multiple im...