MUMBAI, India, Oct. 11 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202411020122 A) filed by Chandigarh University; and Chandigarh University Technology Business Incubator, Mohali, Punjab, on March 18, 2024, for 'adaptable yield maintenance assistive device for agricultural fields.'

Inventor(s) include Manik Sharma.

The application for the patent was published on Oct. 10, under issue no. 41/2025.

According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "An adaptable yield maintenance assistive device for agricultural fields comprises an elongated body 1 configured with a handle 4 accessed by a user to position the body 1 over a planted sapling on an agricultural field, a LiDAR sensor determines distance of surface of the field from the body 1, a telescopically operated rod 5 positions the body 1, an artificial intelligence-based imaging unit 6 detects distribution of soil, an inverted U-shaped member 7 having a slab 8 and a pair of telescopically operated bars 9 positioned on the soil, a motorized ball and socket joint 11 provide movement to a plate 10, a meshed flap 12 receives the removed soil, vibrating unit provide vibrational sensations to the flap 12 for sieving the soil, soil NPK sensor detect nutrients in the soil, a thermal sensor determine health of the sapling, and a motorized sliding unit 13 grabs the sapling."

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