MUMBAI, India, Jan. 2 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202541123280 A) filed by Vellore Institute Of Technology, Vellore, Tamil Nadu, on Dec. 6, 2025, for 'ai-powered environmental impact analyzer for e-commerce platforms.'
Inventor(s) include Dr. Sayan Sikder; and Mr. Kishore Kumar J S.
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 present disclosure provides a computer-implemented method (100) for environmental impact analysis of consumer products. The method (100) receives (101) product input data from a user, the product input data relating to a consumer product and including at least one of a product name, product description, barcode identifier, or uniform resource locator. The method (100) processes the product input data using a natural language processing model to extract (106) environmental parameters from the product input data, wherein the environmental parameters include materials, manufacturing locations, and supply chain characteristics. The method (100) calculates (107) an environmental impact score for the consumer product using the extracted environmental parameters and life cycle assessment data. The method (100) outputs (108) the environmental impact score to enable informed purchasing decisions based on quantified sustainability metrics."
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