MUMBAI, India, Jan. 9 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202541133095 A) filed by Annai Mira College Of Engineering And Technology, Bengaluru, Tamil Nadu, on Dec. 29, 2025, for 'smart umbrella lending and collecting system.'

Inventor(s) include Naveen Kumar G; and Theshana P.

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: "A smart umbrella lending and collecting system comprising an umbrella kiosk enclosure, a control unit (102), a plurality of umbrella storage slots (104), solenoid locking mechanisms (106), an RFID authentication module (108), a QR code scanning module (110), a mobile application inter...