MUMBAI, India, May 29 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202641061519 A) filed by Sr University, Warangal, Telangana, on May 14, for 'handheld liquid analysis device.'

Inventor(s) include Chunchu Suchith Kumar; and Banoth Bixapathi Nayak.

The application for the patent was published on May 29, under issue no. 22/2026.

According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "A handheld liquid analysis device, comprising a handheld body 101 with a front-facing scanning cavity 102, an internal sealable chemical detection cavity 103 having a transparent flat bed, and an upper compartment for housing a plurality of replaceable reagent cartridges 104, a trigger switch 105 operatively coupled with a microcontroller to initiate analysis, a near-infrared (NIR) spectroscopy sensor for molecular fingerprint data relating to moisture content, oil content, ethylene, chemical adulterants, taste profile and freshness of the liquid, an odour gas sensor for volatile detection from the liquid and detect foul odour, a motorized deployable probe assembly for sample collection and transfer, a chemical analysis module for reagent-based testing and colorimetric evaluation, and an alert module for output display, an alert module associated with the body 101, configured to display operational status of the device."

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