This week’s Patent and Design data has been compiled from the Official journal of patents and designs, published by the patent office on the 20th of August 2021. These statistics are presented to you by the Patent attorneys and experts of BananaIP Counsels, India’s leading Intellectual Property Firm.
INDIAN PATENT STATISTICS
A total of 1,136 patent applications have been published in the 34th issue of the Patent Journal, 2021. Out of the 1,136 applications published in the journal, 238 applications account for early publications while 898 applications account for ordinary publications or publications occurring after the 18 – month period. A total of 396 applications have been granted last week as compared to 504 grants in the week preceding the last thereby marking a decrease of about 21.43%
Early Publications
| Particulars | Last Week | This Week | Percentage Change |
| Total Trademark Applications Examined by Trademark Office | 5261 | 4994 | A decrease of 5.08% |
| Total Applications Disposed through Show Cause Hearings | 2376 | 2181 | A decrease of 8.2% |
| Total Applications Published in the Trademark Journal | 7006 | 5949 | A decrease of 15.09% |
| Total Registrations Granted | 2624 | 2601 | A decrease of 1% |
| Total Hearing Notices Issued | 2991 | 4908 | An increase of 64.09% |
| Total Renewal Notices Issued | 2458 | 1977 | A decrease of 19.57% |
Ordinary Publications
| Sr. No | Jurisdiction | New Applications | Examined | Published | Registered |
| 1. | AHMEDABAD | 1497 | 839 | 1329 | 403 |
| 2. | CHENNAI | 1944 | 972 | 1027 | 407 |
| 3. | DELHI | 3381 | 1637 | 2000 | 1125 |
| 4. | KOLKATA | 672 | 376 | 360 | 182 |
| 5. | MUMBAI | 2180 | 1170 | 1233 | 484 |
| Total | | 9674 | 4994 | 5949 | 2601 |
TOTAL PUBLICATIONS (Previous Week): 773
TOTAL PUBLICATIONS (This Week): 1,136
Percentage difference: 46.96% increase
FIRST EXAMINATION REPORT (FER) STATISTICS
A total of 940 FER’s were issued last week. Applicants and their agents can check if any of their patent applications have been examined by referring to the journal available here.
| Particulars | No. of Applications |
| Total Number of Trademark Applications Filed | 289949 |
| Total Number of Trademark Applications Examined | 146194 |
| Total Number of Trademark Applications Published | 105977 |
| Total Number of Trademark Applications Registered | 233907 |
Publications under Grant
| City | Previous Week | This Week | Percentage of change |
| Delhi | 72 | 87 | 20.83% increase |
| Mumbai | 63 | 46 | 26.98% decrease |
| Chennai | 89 | 86 | 3.37% decrease |
| Kolkata | 14 | 6 | 57.14% decrease |
| Total | 238 | 225 | 5.46% decrease |
Number of Applications published based on ‘Applicant City’
Of the total 1,136 patent applications published in the journal last week, Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai, Bangalore, Hyderabad and Kolkata have contributed a total of 197 applications. The total applications from each of the previously mentioned cities are as follows – 77 applications from Delhi, 18 applications from Mumbai, 22 applications from Pune, 40 applications from Bangalore, 20 applications from Chennai, 15 applications from Hyderabad and 5 applications from Kolkata.
| City | Previous Week | This Week | Percentage of change |
| Delhi | 347 | 390 | 12.39% increase |
| Mumbai | 187 | 203 | 8.56% increase |
| Chennai | 219 | 197 | 10.05% decrease |
| Kolkata | 145 | 20 | 86.21% decrease |
Total
| 898 | 810 | 9.8% decrease |
PATENT STATISTICS SUMMARY (1ST OF JANUARY TILL DATE)
| City | No. of FER Issued |
| Delhi | 423 |
| Mumbai | 233 |
| Chennai | 316 |
| Kolkata | 91 |
| Total | 1,063 |
INDIAN INDUSTRIAL DESIGN STATISTICS
The design office has registered a total of 207 designs this week. The total designs registered from the 1st of January 2021 till date now adds to a total of 6,759 applications.
- Total designs registered in the previous Week: 252
- Total designs registered this Week: 207
- Total designs registered from the 1st of January 2021 till date: 6,759
Data compiled by Jaya Pandey, Patent Associate, BananaIP Counsels
If you have any questions, or need any clarifications, please feel free to write to contact@bananaip.com
Disclaimer: Kindly note that the news bulletin has been put together from different sources, primary and secondary, and BananaIP’s reporters may not have verified all the news published in the bulletin. You may write to contact@bananaip.com for corrections and take down.
Post Views: 7
