MUMBAI, India, June 6 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202417091406 A) filed by Commonwealth Fusion Systems Llc, Devens, U.S.A., on Nov. 23, 2024, for 'techniques for automated maintenance of a tokamak and related systems and methods.'

Inventor(s) include Sorbom, Brandon, N.; Mumgaard, Robert; Brunner, Daniel; Creely, Alexander; Dennett, Cody; Vernacchia, Matthew; Sorensen, Caroline; and Wyeth, Theodore.

The application for the patent was published on June 6, under issue no. 23/2025.

According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "Techniques are described for automatically removing and replacing components, including a vacuum vessel, from a tokamak. The inventors have recognized t...