Intellectual Property India Publishes Patent Application for 'Transforming Weed Detection: A Vision Transformer Approach For Soybean Crops' Filed by Vignan's Foundation For Science, Technology And Research

MUMBAI, India, Jan. 2 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202541123929 A) filed by Vignan's Foundation For Science, Technology And Research, Vadlamudi, Andhra Pradesh, on Dec. 9, 2025, for 'transforming weed detection: a vision transformer approach for soybean crops.'

Inventor(s) include Dr. Ch. Venkata Rami Reddy; Mrs. Parvathi Devi Budda; Dr. A. Ranganadha Reddy; Sanjay M; Deepashree P. Vaideeswar; and Mithisha Brilent Tavares.

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: "Weeds are unwanted plants that grow in agricultural crops, competing with them for resources such as sunlight, water, and nutrien...