This week’s Patent & Design data has been compiled from the Official Journal of the Patents and Designs published by the patent office on the 23rd of October 2020. 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 654 patent applications have been published in the 43rd issue of the Patent Journal, 2020. Out of the 654 applications published in the journal, 205 applications account for early publications while 449 applications account for ordinary publications or publications occurring after the 18 – month period. A total of 323 applications have been granted last week as compared to 431 grants in the week preceding the last thereby marking a decrease of about 25.06%
Early Publications
| City | Previous Week | This Week | Percentage of change |
| Delhi | 156 | 158 | 1.28% increase |
| Mumbai | 24 | 15 | 37.5% decrease |
| Chennai | 109 | 27 | 75.23% decrease |
| Kolkata | 22 | 5 | 77.27% decrease |
| Total | 311 | 205 | 34.08% decrease |
Ordinary Publications
| City | Previous Week | This Week | Percentage of change |
| Delhi | 94 | 65 | 30.85% decrease |
| Mumbai | 61 | 64 | 4.92% increase |
| Chennai | 264 | 180 | 31.82% decrease |
| Kolkata | 22 | 140 | 536.36% increase |
| Total | 441 | 449 | 1.81% increase |
TOTAL PUBLICATIONS (Previous Week): 752
TOTAL PUBLICATIONS (This Week): 654
Percentage difference: 13.03% decrease
FIRST EXAMINATION REPORT (FER) STATISTICS
A total of 1,278 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 | 532 |
| Mumbai | 247 |
| Chennai | 374 |
| Kolkata | 125 |
| Total | 1,278 |
Publications under Grant
| City | Previous Week | This Week | Percentage of change |
| Delhi | 154 | 114 | 25.97% decrease |
| Mumbai | 62 | 54 | 12.90% decrease |
| Chennai | 150 | 105 | 30% decrease |
| Kolkata | 65 | 50 | 23.08% decrease |
| Total | 431 | 323 | 25.06% decrease |
Number of Applications published based on ‘Applicant City’
Of the total 654 patent applications published in the journal last week, Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai, Bangalore, Hyderabad and Kolkata have contributed a total of 102 applications. The total applications from each of the previously mentioned cities are as follows – 23 applications from Delhi, 26 applications from Mumbai, 8 applications from Pune, 9 applications from Bangalore, 18 applications from Chennai and 11 applications from Hyderabad and 7 applications from Kolkata.
| List of Cities | 1st of January till date | 16th October 2020 to 23rd October 2020 |
| Delhi | 1,153 | 23 |
| Mumbai | 1,421 | 26 |
| Pune | 809 | 8 |
| Bangalore | 1,217 | 9 |
| Chennai | 1,230 | 18 |
| Hyderabad | 661 | 11 |
| Kolkata | 185 | 7 |
PATENT STATISTICS SUMMARY (1ST OF JANUARY TILL DATE)
| Total early publications | 6,261 |
| Total ordinary publications | 38,751 |
| Total applications published | 45,012 |
| Total grants in Delhi | 7,661 |
| Total grants in Mumbai | 3,184 |
| Total grants in Chennai | 7,268 |
| Total grants in Kolkata | 3,527 |
| Total Grants | 21,640 |
| Total applications examined | 58,598 |
INDIAN INDUSTRIAL DESIGN STATISTICS
The design office has registered a total of 204 designs this week. The total designs registered from the 1st of January 2020 till date now adds to a total of 7,463 applications.
- Total designs registered in the previous Week: 205
- Total designs registered this Week: 204
Total designs registered from the 1st of January 2020 till date: 7,463
Data compiled by Jaya Pandey
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