Weekly Patent and Industrial Design Statistics – 2nd December 2022 to 9th December 2022

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 9th of December 2022. 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 1068 patent applications have been published in the 49th issue of the Patent Journal, 2022. Out of the 1068 applications published in the journal, 535 applications account for early publications while 533 applications account for ordinary publications or publications occurring after the 18 – month period. A total of 616 applications have been granted this week as compared to 1052 grants in the week preceding thereby marking a decrease of about 41.44%.

Early Publications

Ordinary Publications

TOTAL PUBLICATIONS (Previous Week): 1299
TOTAL PUBLICATIONS (This Week): 1068
Percentage difference: 17.78% decrease

First Examination Report (FER) Statistics

A total of 976 FER’s were issued this week. Applicants and their agents can check if any of their patent applications have been examined by referring to the journal available here.

Publications under Grant

Number of Applications published based on ‘Applicant City’

Of the total 1068 patent applications published in the journal this week, Delhi, Mumbai, Pune, Chennai, Bangalore, Hyderabad and Kolkata have contributed a total of 231 applications. The total applications from each of the previously mentioned cities are as follows – 5 applications from Delhi, 42 applications from Mumbai, 38 applications from Pune, 62 applications from Bangalore, 50 applications from Chennai, 28 applications from Hyderabad and 6 applications from Kolkata.

Patent Statistics Summary (1st Of January 2022 till 9th December 2022)

INDIAN INDUSTRIAL DESIGN STATISTICS