MUMBAI, India, July 5 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202311086055 A) filed by Mercedes-Benz Group Ag, Stuttgart, Germany, on Dec. 16, 2023, for 'system and method for verifying alcohol sample collection from users in a vehicle.'

Inventor(s) include Akshay Kachor.

The application for the patent was published on July 4, under issue no. 27/2025.

According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "The present disclosure provides a system (102) and a method for verifying alcohol sample collection from users in a vehicle. The system (102) includes an alcohol ignition lock (AIL) device (110) to receive a breathing sample from a user and determining alcohol consumption level of the user and...