MUMBAI, India, Aug. 8 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202411006932 A) filed by Chandigarh Group Of Colleges, Mohali, Punjab, on Feb. 1, 2024, for 'rope engaging assistive device.'

Inventor(s) include Dr. Seema Rani; Afsana; and Rashi Arora.

The application for the patent was published on Aug. 8, under issue no. 32/2025.

According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "A rope engaging assistive device comprising of a C-shaped extendable frame 1 configured with handle 2 gripped by user to provide movement to frame 1 for positioning frame 1 in vicinity to pole around which rope is engaged, an AI-based imaging unit 3 for capturing surrounding images, to determines thickness of pole an...