MUMBAI, India, Jan. 2 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202541124187 A) filed by Sri Krishna College Of Engineering And Technology, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, on Dec. 9, 2025, for 'spilled oil collecting rover for sea surface cleaning.'

Inventor(s) include Dr S Sundararaj; Mr Leninpugalhanthi P; Dr R Ganesh; and Lokeesh B.

The application for the patent was published on Jan. 2, under issue no. 01/2026.

According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "The invention discloses an autonomous, solar-powered spilled oil collecting rover for marine surface cleaning. The system comprises a floating frame equipped with left-hand and right-hand floater assemblies ensuring buoyancy. An oleophilic...