Weekly Patent and Industrial Design Statistics – 25th November 2022 to 2nd December 2022

Summary

This blog post provides a comprehensive analysis of Indian patent and industrial design statistics for the week of 25th November to 2nd December 2022. Key highlights include a total of 1,299 patent applications published and 1,052 granted, reflecting a 69.13 percent increase in grants compared to the previous week. The post details early and ordinary publications, FER issuances, and city-wise application distribution. Additionally, it covers industrial design registrations, with 444 designs registered this week and a cumulative total of 12,490 since January 2022. Data is sourced from the official patent journal and compiled by BananaIP Counsels’ experts.

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 2nd 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 1299 patent applications have been published in the 48th issue of the Patent Journal, 2022. Out of the 1299 applications published in the journal, 581 applications account for early publications while 718 applications account for ordinary publications or publications occurring after the 18 – month period. A total of 1052 applications have been granted this week as compared to 622 grants in the week preceding thereby marking an increase of about 69.13%.

Early Publications

City	Previous Week	This Week	Percentage of change
Delhi	247	159	35.62% decrease
Mumbai	124	60	51.61% decrease
Chennai	247	106	57.08% decrease
Kolkata	79	28	64.55% decrease
Total	697	353	49.35% decrease

Ordinary Publications

List of Cities	1st of January 2022 till 23rd December 2022	16th December 2022 to 23rd December 2022
Delhi	1,359	16
Mumbai	1,784	22
Pune	1,272	20
Bangalore	2,683	69
Chennai	2,466	45
Hyderabad	1,286	31
Kolkata	464	0

TOTAL PUBLICATIONS (Previous Week): 1746
TOTAL PUBLICATIONS (This Week): 1299
Percentage difference: 25.60% decrease

First Examination Report (FER) Statistics

A total of 1148 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.

Particulars	No of Applications
Total early publications	22,734
Total ordinary publications	46,390
Total applications published	69,124
Total grants in Delhi	11,203
Total grants in Mumbai	4,795
Total grants in Chennai	10,644
Total grants in Kolkata	3,694
Total Grants	30,336
Total applications examined	60,249

Publications under Grant

City	Previous Week	This Week	Percentage of change
Delhi	132	796	503.03% increase
Mumbai	60	78	30.00% increase
Chennai	141	781	453.90% increase
Kolkata	7	31	342.86% increase
Total	340	1686	395.88% increase

Number of Applications published based on ‘Applicant City’

Of the total 1299 patent applications published in the journal this week, Delhi, Mumbai, Pune, Chennai, Bangalore, Hyderabad and Kolkata have contributed a total of 267 applications. The total applications from each of the previously mentioned cities are as follows – 18 applications from Delhi, 29 applications from Mumbai, 10 applications from Pune, 114 applications from Bangalore, 44 applications from Chennai, 31 applications from Hyderabad and 21 applications from Kolkata.

City	Previous Week	This Week	Percentage of change
Delhi	206	460	123.30% increase
Mumbai	118	272	130.51% increase
Chennai	79	465	488.61% increase
Kolkata	12	22	83.33% increase
Total	415	1219	193.73% increase

Patent Statistics Summary (1st Of January 2022 till 2nd December 2022)

City	No. of FER issued
Delhi	325
Mumbai	207
Chennai	321
Kolkata	55
Total	908

INDIAN INDUSTRIAL DESIGN STATISTICS

The design office has registered a total of 444 designs this week. The total designs registered from the 1st of January 2022 till date now adds to a total of 12,490 applications.

● Total designs registered in the last Week: 413

● Total designs registered this Week: 444

Total designs registered from the 1st of January 2022 till date: 12,490

Data compiled by Sushma H.A, Associate Patents, BananaIP Counsels.

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