MUMBAI, India, July 11 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202521060388 A) filed by Marwadi University, Rajkot, Gujarat, on June 24, for 'personal item handling and management device.'

Inventor(s) include Dr. Madhu Shukla; Simrin Fathima Syed; Vipul Ladva; Akshay Ranpariya; and Neel Dholakia.

The application for the patent was published on July 11, under issue no. 28/2025.

According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "A personal item handling and management device is comprising, a housing 101 configured to hold students' belongings, an L-shaped telescopic link 102 installed via a ball and socket joint 103, featuring a three-finger gripper 104 to unzip bags and extract items, a camera 105 analyzes bag contents, a dedicated food chamber 106 for storing food, a movable slider 107 with an inspection unit 108 detects metallic/contraband items and illicit substances, an imaging unit 109 monitors surroundings for unauthorized access or tampering, a front-facing louver arrangement 110 slides and locks the opening panel upon tampering, a plurality of nozzles 111 connected to a box 112 stored with extinguishing agents to suppress flames, a Peltier unit 113 maintains food freshness, a plurality of air blowers 114 to maintain an optimal temperature."

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