MUMBAI, India, Feb. 6 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202541084970 A) filed by R. V. College Of Engineering, Bengaluru, Karnataka, on Sept. 8, 2025, for 'reputation-weighted, quality-tier tokenization and fair retirement of carbon credits on a blockchain.'
Inventor(s) include Vinod A R; Jyoti Shetty; Eshaan Mathur; Manoj Kumar; and Jigyasa Agrawal.
The application for the patent was published on Feb. 6, under issue no. 06/2026.
According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "The disclosure provides a block chain-based carbon credit management system incorporating quality-tier tokenization, dynamic reputation scoring, and a dual-pool retirement mechanism to enhance transparency and fairness in voluntary carbon markets. Verified carbon credits undergo automated quality assessment using environmental datasets, including real-time site data and computational models such as machine learning models to determine carbon sequestration levels and are assigned to defined quality tiers with corresponding token multipliers. Credits are divided into a contributor-controlled priority pool and a general pool. Contributor reputation is calculated from both quality-weighted credit contributions and staked tokens, with staking influence capped. Retirement of credits occurs in two phases: direct selection from the priority pool and reputation-weighted allocation from the general pool. All processes are executed via block chain smart contracts, ensuring immutable record-keeping, verifiable audit trails, and protection against quality dilution. The system incentivizes the generation of high-quality credits, mitigates greenwashing risks, and promotes equitable allocation based on historical performance and contributor reputation."
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