MUMBAI, India, Aug. 17 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202641096848 A) filed by Vellore Institute Of Technology on August 11, 2026, for Self-Calibrating Biodegradable Bacterial Nanocellulose Sensor Patch For Soil Health Monitoring.

Inventors include Than Garamya K; and Shanjai Kumar S.

The application for the patent was published on August 14, 2026, under issue no. 33/2026.

Abstract: ABSTRACT SELF-CALIBRATING BIODEGRADABLE BACTERIAL NANOCELLULOSE SENSOR PATCH FOR SOIL HEALTH MONITORING The present disclosure provides a soil health monitoring system comprising a biodegradable bacterial nanocellulose substrate (100) configured for deployment within a soil environment, an adaptive molecularly imprinted polymer electrode array (200) integrated onto the biodegradable bacterial nanocellulose substrate (100), the adaptive molecularly imprinted polymer electrode array (200) configured to selectively detect target soil analytes and generate electrochemical sensing signals, an automatic self-calibration module (300) communicatively coupled to the adaptive molecularly imprinted polymer electrode array (200), the automatic self-calibration module (300) configured to receive the electrochemical sensing signals and compensate for sensor drift and environmental variations to output calibrated data, a TinyML interface engine (400) communicatively coupled to the automatic self-calibration module (300), the TinyML interface engine (400) configured to process the calibrated data locally and generate soil health analytics, and a wireless communication module (500) configured to transmit the soil health analytics to a remote location. (FIG. 1)

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