MUMBAI, India, Nov. 28 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202531011163 A) filed by Siksha O Anusandhan, Bhubaneswar, Orissa, on Feb. 10, for 'hand-held material transferring assistive device.'

Inventor(s) include Dr. Sikata Samantaray.

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 material transferring assistive device, comprises of an elongated body 101 having a handle 102 which gripped by a user to position distal end in proximity to heap of material positioned on ground surface, an imaging unit 103 determines distance of heap from distal end, an extendable rod 104 extend/retract for po...