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 23rd 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 755 patent applications have been published in the 51st issue of the Patent Journal, 2022. Out of the 755 applications published in the journal, 340 applications account for early publications while 415 applications account for ordinary publications or publications occurring after the 18 – month period. A total of 353 applications have been granted this week as compared to 697 grants in the week preceding thereby marking a decrease of about 49.35%.
Early Publications
| City | Previous Week | This Week | Percentage of change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Delhi | 100 | 132 | 32.00% increase |
| Mumbai | 66 | 60 | 9.09% decrease |
| Chennai | 194 | 141 | 27.31% decrease |
| Kolkata | 6 | 7 | 16.66% increase |
| Total | 366 | 340 | 7.10% decrease |
Ordinary Publications
| City | Previous Week | This Week | Percentage of change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Delhi | 219 | 206 | 5.93% decrease |
| Mumbai | 219 | 118 | 46.11% decrease |
| Chennai | 131 | 79 | 39.69% decrease |
| Kolkata | 15 | 12 | 20.00% decrease |
| Total | 584 | 415 | 28.93% decrease |
TOTAL PUBLICATIONS (Previous Week): 950
TOTAL PUBLICATIONS (This Week): 755
Percentage difference: 20.52% decrease
First Examination Report (FER) Statistics
A total of 876 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.
| City | No. of FER issued |
|---|---|
| Delhi | 313 |
| Mumbai | 176 |
| Chennai | 327 |
| Kolkata | 60 |
| Total | 876 |
Publications under Grant
| 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 |
Number of Applications published based on ‘Applicant City’
Of the total 755 patent applications published in the journal this week, Delhi, Mumbai, Pune, Chennai, Bangalore, Hyderabad and Kolkata have contributed a total of 203 applications. The total applications from each of the previously mentioned cities are as follows – 16 applications from Delhi, 22 applications from Mumbai, 20 applications from Pune, 69 applications from Bangalore, 45 applications from Chennai, 31 applications from Hyderabad and 0 application from Kolkata.
| 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 |
Patent Statistics Summary (1st Of January 2022 till 23rd December 2022)
| 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 |
INDIAN INDUSTRIAL DESIGN STATISTICS
About BananaIP Counsels Patent Attorneys
The patent statistics is brought to you by the patent division of BananaIP Counsels, a top-ranked patent and IP firm in India. Led by Senior Partners, Somashekar Ramakrishna, Nitin Nair and Vinita Radhakrishnan. BananaIP Counsels’ Patent Attorneys are among the leading patent practitioners in the country. They work with clients such as Mahindra and Mahindra, Samsung, HCL, Eureka Forbes, to name a few. The patent attorneys at BananaIP Counsels have strong technical and legal expertise in areas such as IT/Software, Artificial Intelligence (AI), Machine Learning, Data Analytics, Electronics and Telecommunication, Mechanical, Automotive, Green Energy, Traditional Medicine and Bio/Pharma domains. The firm is a first choice for clients looking for support in patent filing, prosecution, management and strategy in India, and across the world.
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Disclaimer
Kindly note that the statistics 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 [email protected] for corrections and take down.
