MUMBAI, India, Nov. 7 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202411025428 A) filed by Chandigarh University; and Chandigarh University Technology Business Incubator, Mohali, Punjab, on March 28, 2024, for 'automated resin collection device for balsam fir trees.'
Inventor(s) include Mehrun Nisha Khanam.
The application for the patent was published on Nov. 7, under issue no. 45/2025.
According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "An automated resin collection device for balsam fir trees, comprising, a platform 1 positioned on a ground surface grown with balsam fir trees, a touch enabled screes is to give input commands for extracting resin from the trees, an artificial intelligence-based imaging unit 5 for detecting exact location of the trees, multiple motorized omnidirectional wheels 6 for maneuvering and positioning the platform 1 in proximity to each of the trees in a successive manner a hollow pneumatic pin 7 via a motorized two-axis lead screw arrangement 8 for piercing the bulged portion to exact resin, motorized iris pore 9 to open, a suction unit for generating a vacuum pressure for withdrawing the resin and collecting the resin in a chamber paired with the suction unit, and a weight sensor for detecting weight of the resin."
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