MUMBAI, India, Jan. 9 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202521115134 A) filed by Prof. Dr. Shital P. Dongre; Gopal Dadarao Upadhye; Ajay Gorakh Pathare; Vaishnavi Ganesh Nannajkar; Gayatri Ganesh Kantule; and Mayuri Mahadev Kumbhar, Pune, Maharashtra, on Nov. 21, 2025, for 'sensebin: iot-based solar-powered smart dustbin for real-time waste level and gas smell detection.'

Inventor(s) include Prof. Dr. Shital P. Dongre; Gopal Dadarao Upadhye; Ajay Gorakh Pathare; Vaishnavi Ganesh Nannajkar; Gayatri Ganesh Kantule; and Mayuri Mahadev Kumbhar.

The application for the patent was published on Jan. 9, under issue no. 02/2026.

According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "This invention...