MUMBAI, India, March 13 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202641024939 A) filed by Mr. A. K. Karthikeyan; Sakthivel. P; Gokulkannan. M; and Tamilmaran. R, Erode, Tamil Nadu, on March 3, for 'design and development of an automated mushroom bedding machine.'

Inventor(s) include Mr. A. K. Karthikeyan; Sakthivel. P; Gokulkannan. M; and Tamilmaran. R.

The application for the patent was published on March 13, under issue no. 11/2026.

According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "Design and development of an automated mushroom bedding machine is the proposed invention. The recent statistics on Agriculture identically remarks the massive contributions of mushroom farming in the Global market. Thus, the popularity of mushroom farming and cultivation is increasing day after day. increasing demand for mushrooms has necessitated automation in their cultivation process. The cultivation of mushrooms requires consistent and uniform bedding, which is traditionally labor-intensive and time-consuming. This project focuses on the design and development of an automated mushroom bedding machine to improve efficiency and reduce manual labor."

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