Weekly Patent and Industrial Design Statistics- 22nd April 2022 to 29th April 2022

Summary

This post presents a detailed analysis of patent and industrial design statistics in India for the week of 22nd to 29th April 2022, as compiled from the official patent journal. The report covers the total number of published patent applications, differentiating between early and ordinary publications, and provides a comparison with the previous week’s data. It also discusses the number of granted patents, first examination reports issued, and application distribution by major Indian cities. Additionally, the post includes a summary of industrial design registrations, offering a comprehensive overview of recent intellectual property trends in India.

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 29th of April 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 1,016 patent applications have been published in the 17th issue of the Patent Journal, 2022. Out of the 1,016 applications published in the journal, 313 applications account for early publications while 703 applications account for ordinary publications or publications occurring after the 18 – month period. A total of 567 applications have been granted last week as compared to 420 grants in the week preceding the last thereby marking a increase of about 35%

Early Publications

City	Previous Week	This Week	Percentage of change
Delhi	113	85	24.78% decrease
Mumbai	80	65	18.75% decrease
Chennai	154	161	4.55% increase
Kolkata	31	2	93.55% decrease
Total	378	313	17.2% decrease

Ordinary Publications

City	Previous Week	This Week	Percentage of change
Delhi	373	245	34.32% decrease
Mumbai	206	246	19.42% increase
Chennai	249	156	37.35% decrease
Kolkata	81	56	30.86% decrease
Total	909	703	22.66% decrease

TOTAL PUBLICATIONS (Previous Week): 1,287
TOTAL PUBLICATIONS (This Week): 1,016
Percentage difference: 21.06% decrease

FIRST EXAMINATION REPORT (FER) STATISTICS

A total of 1,095 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.

City	No. of FER Issued
Delhi	467
Mumbai	199
Chennai	349
Kolkata	80
Total	1,095

Publications under Grant

City	Previous Week	This Week	Percentage of change
Delhi	140	216	54.29% increase
Mumbai	84	78	7.14% decrease
Chennai	144	194	34.72% increase
Kolkata	52	79	51.92% increase
Total	420	567	35% increase

Number of Applications published based on ‘Applicant City’

Of the total 1,016 patent applications published in the journal last week, Delhi, Mumbai, Pune, Chennai, Bangalore, Hyderabad and Kolkata have contributed a total of 178 applications. The total applications from each of the previously mentioned cities are as follows – 33 applications from Delhi, 33 applications from Mumbai, 31 applications from Pune, 42 applications from Bangalore, 34 applications from Chennai, 20 applications from Hyderabad and 3 applications for Kolkata.

List of Cities	1st of January till date	22nd April 2022 to 29th April 2022
Delhi	487	33
Mumbai	513	33
Pune	447	31
Bangalore	591	42
Chennai	783	34
Hyderabad	425	20
Kolkata	169	3

PATENT STATISTICS SUMMARY (1ST OF JANUARY TILL DATE)

Particulars	No. of Applications
Total early publications	6,341
Total ordinary publications	15,674
Total applications published	22,015
Total grants in Delhi	3,861
Total grants in Mumbai	1,615
Total grants in Chennai	3,769
Total grants in Kolkata	1,374
Total Grants	10,619
Total applications examined	25,471

INDIAN INDUSTRIAL DESIGN STATISTICS

The design office has registered a total of 594 designs this week. The total designs registered from the 1st of January 2022 till date now adds to a total of 5,673 applications.

Total designs registered in the last to last Week: 350
Total designs registered this Week: 594

Total designs registered from the 1st of January 2022 till date: 5,673

Data compiled by Mahasweta Bhattacharjee, Junior Patent Associate, BananaIP Counsels

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