MUMBAI, India, Nov. 28 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202531106189 A) filed by National Institute Of Technology, Patna, Bihar, on Nov. 3, for 'secure maritime communications via passive ris aided hybrid satellite-terrestrial networks.'

Inventor(s) include Singh, Pooja; Agarwal, Akash; and Kumar, Preetam.

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 secure maritime communication system/ method via PRIS (passive reconfigurable intelligent surfaces) and Hybrid Satellite-Terrestrial Maritime Networks (HSTMs, 100) are disclosed. A PRIS-equipped ship, having a PRIS panel, is configured to establish ...