MUMBAI, India, Feb. 27 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202641017435 A) filed by R. M. K. Engineering College, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, on Feb. 17, for 'q-neuroshield: a post-quantum cryptographic framework for preserving neural sovereignty in brain-computer interfaces.'
Inventor(s) include Ms G Nishanthi; Mr Vimal Prakashan S; Mr Uppili Srinivasan P; and Mr Kishore S.
The application for the patent was published on Feb. 27, under issue no. 09/2026.
According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "The rapid convergence of neural interfaces and machine intelligence-once a medical fantasy-now presents urgent security challenges. As brain-computer integration expands, encrypted neural data capturing attention states, mood signatures, and internal monologue becomes a high-value target. Adversaries may adopt a "Harvest Now, Decrypt Later" strategy, exfiltrating protected neural scans today and awaiting future quantum computers capable of breaking conventional encryption. Unlike compromised financial credentials, neural patterns cannot be reissued or reformatted; their exposure constitutes irreversible loss of mental privacy. This patent introduces Q-NeuroShield, a post-quantum neural data protection architecture designed to safeguard neural signatures before, during, and after externalization from the body. Leveraging high-dimensional lattice-based cryptography and quantum-resilient key exchange, Q-NeuroShield surpasses traditional post-quantum schemes, including CRYSTALS-Kyber, by embedding geometrically structured, adaptive encryption directly into neural data pipelines. The system establishes enduring Neural Sovereignty, ensuring that connected cognition remains private, secure, and resistant to both present and future quantum decryption threats."
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