Amazon seeks a patent in India for a technology dealing with propeller safety for automated aerial vehicles such as drones. This move will increase its investments to $5 billion in India.

The patent is titled ‘Propeller safety for automated aerial vehicles (AAV)’ and was filed in the earlier part of this year. The application is yet to be examined by the Indian patent office. It may take at least two to three years before the Indian patent office comes back with a report after examining the application.

The demonstration by Amazon of a Prime Air drone delivery in the U.S. earlier this year is only an indication of how useful this technology actually is for safe and efficient delivery.

And he also said this technology can be applied in India, but in India stakeholders still looking into framing regulations for drones.

Amazon also filed the similar patent applications in the U.S. and the Canada. The examiner at the USPTO has examined and rejected a patent for this technology.

The Author is a Patent Specialist from MR Technollect Solutions (www.MRTechnollect.com).