MUMBAI, India, Nov. 28 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202531019208 A) filed by Siksha O Anusandhan, Bhubaneswar, Orissa, on March 4, for 'handheld snow/ice shattering assistive device.'

Inventor(s) include Dr. Praveen Priyaranjan Nayak.

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 handheld snow/ice shattering assistive device, comprising an elongated body 101 consisting a proximal and distal end, wherein a user gripping a first holding loop 102 to place the distal end near to deposited snow or ice, an artificial intelligence-based imaging unit 104 for monitoring exact distance of the snow or i...