MUMBAI, India, Nov. 28 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202531019200 A) filed by Siksha O Anusandhan, Bhubaneswar, Orissa, on March 4, for 'hand-held cavity digging assistive device.'

Inventor(s) include Shashendra Ku. Sahoo.

The application for the patent was published on Nov. 28, under issue no. 48/2025.

According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "A hand-held cavity digging assistive device, comprising an elongated body 101 having a handle 102 that is accessed by a user for acquiring a grip over body 101, a telescopically operated rod 103 is positioned by user in proximity ground surface, an imaging unit 104 generate a 3-dimensional map of surrounding, a touch interactive di...