MUMBAI, India, Jan. 23 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202521100614 A) filed by Pankaj Kunekar; Mahesh Shinde; Aadi Nitin Harale; Rehan Rahim Shaikh; Khushi Anchanesh Kharche; Komal Vijaykumar Suravase; and Sourabh Baburao Shinde, Pune, Maharashtra, on Oct. 17, 2025, for 'universal hardware-based pc health monitoring device with os-independent functionality.'

Inventor(s) include Mahesh Shinde; Aadi Nitin Harale; Rehan Rahim Shaikh; Khushi Anchanesh Kharche; Komal Vijaykumar Suravase; Sourabh Baburao Shinde; and Pankaj Kunekar.

The application for the patent was published on Jan. 23, under issue no. 04/2026.

According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "The invention discloses a universal, external, OS-independent hardware device for comprehensive PC health monitoring. Unlike conventional software tools that depend on host drivers and fail during operating system crashes, the proposed device operates completely out-of-band. It non-intrusively acquires physical telemetry-such as current, voltage, fan speed, and temperature-through dedicated interfaces on the PC's power rails (EPS12V, PCIe, ATX), fan tachometer/PWM channels, and thermal probes. The system features a microcontroller unit (MCU) coupled with a real-time clock (RTC) and non-volatile storage to continuously sample, process, and log timestamped data. It computes derived metrics including CPU/GPU utilization proxies, thermal stress indices, and PSU health indicators directly from electrical and thermal behavior-without relying on the operating system. A USB-C interface provides both power and read-only data export to external systems, while an optional network module enables remote telemetry streaming. Since the device performs all sensing externally, it maintains complete monitoring functionality during OS hangs, kernel failures, or reboots, ensuring uninterrupted diagnostics. The device is portable, universal, and compatible across multiple platforms including Windows, Linux, and macOS. By offering crash-resilient telemetry and consistent cross-platform diagnostics, the invention simplifies system maintenance, improves fault detection accuracy, and enables faster root-cause analysis in both enterprise and consumer environments."

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