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 10th of April 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 290 patent applications have been published in the 15th issue of the Patent Journal, 2020. Out of the 290 applications published in the journal, 8 applications account for early publications while 282 applications account for ordinary publications or publications occurring after the 18 – month period. No applications have been granted last week.
Early Publications
| City | Previous Week | This Week | Percentage of change |
| Delhi | 1 | — | — |
| Mumbai | 2 | 3 | 50% increase |
| Chennai | 5 | 2 | 60% decrease |
| Kolkata | 0 | 3 | — |
| Total | 8 | 8 | — |
Ordinary Publications
| City | Previous Week | This Week | Percentage of change |
| Delhi | 119 | 103 | 13.45% decrease |
| Mumbai | 55 | 62 | 12.72% increase |
| Chennai | 209 | 109 | 47.85% decrease |
| Kolkata | 25 | 8 | 68% decrease |
| Total | 408 | 282 | 30.88% decrease |
TOTAL PUBLICATIONS (Previous Week): 416
TOTAL PUBLICATIONS (This Week): 290
Percentage difference: 30.29% decrease
FIRST EXAMINATION REPORT (FER) STATISTICS
No FER’s have been issued in the referenced week.
| City | No. of FER Issued |
| Delhi | 0 |
| Mumbai | 0 |
| Chennai | 0 |
| Kolkata | 0 |
| Total | 0 |
Publications under Grant
| City | Previous Week | This Week | Percentage of change |
| Delhi | 139 | — | — |
| Mumbai | 54 | — | — |
| Chennai | 132 | — | — |
| Kolkata | 81 | — | — |
| Total | 406 | — | — |
Number of Applications published based on ‘Applicant City’
Of the total 290 patent applications published in the journal last week, Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai, Bangalore, Hyderabad and Kolkata have contributed a total of 69 applications. The total applications from each of the previously mentioned cities are as follows – 8 applications from Delhi, 19 applications from Mumbai, 14 applications from Pune, 12 applications from Bangalore, 9 applications from Chennai and 7 applications from Hyderabad.
| List of Cities | 1st of January till date | 3rd April 2020 to 10th April 2020 |
| Delhi | 311 | 8 |
| Mumbai | 468 | 19 |
| Pune | 267 | 14 |
| Bangalore | 351 | 12 |
| Chennai | 338 | 9 |
| Hyderabad | 183 | 7 |
| Kolkata | 42 | 0 |
PATENT STATISTICS SUMMARY (1ST OF JANUARY TILL DATE)
| Total early publications | 1,733 |
| Total ordinary publications | 11,583 |
| Total applications published | 13,316 |
| Total grants in Delhi | 2,650 |
| Total grants in Mumbai | 1,221 |
| Total grants in Chennai | 2,468 |
| Total grants in Kolkata | 1,260 |
| Total Grants | 7,599 |
| Total applications examined | 23,143 |
INDIAN INDUSTRIAL DESIGN STATISTICS
The design office has not registered any designs last week. The total designs registered from the 1st of January 2020 till date stands at a total of 2824 applications.
Authored and compiled by Jaya Pandey
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