MUMBAI, India, Jan. 8 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202511104291 A) filed by Lovely Professional University, Phagwara, Punjab, on Oct. 29, 2025, for 'plant watering control device.'

Inventor(s) include Meghna Gupta; Archana Sehgal; Vikas Verma; and Preeti Khurana.

The application for the patent was published on Dec. 12, under issue no. 50/2025.

According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "A plant watering control device comprises an IR Sensor Module 101 configured to receive infrared signals from a standard TV remote, a Control Module 102 with an 8051 series microcontroller configured to decode the received IR signals and generate control commands, a Pump Driver Module 103 d...