This week’s Patent & Design data has been compiled from the Official Journal of Patents and Designs published by the patent office on the 17th of January 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 1425 patent applications have been published in the 3rd issue of the Patent Journal, 2020. Out of the 1425 applications published in the journal, 147 applications account for early publications while 1278 applications account for ordinary publications or publications occurring after the 18 – month period. A total of 337 applications have been granted last week as compared to 348 grants in the week preceding the last thereby marking a decrease of about 3.26%
Early Publications
| City | Previous Week | This Week | Percentage of change |
| Delhi | 36 | 21 | 41.66% decrease |
| Mumbai | 50 | 39 | 22% decrease |
| Chennai | 47 | 65 | 38.29% increase |
| Kolkata | — | 22 | — |
| Total | 133 | 147 | 10.52% increase |
Ordinary Publications
| City | Previous Week | This Week | Percentage of change |
| Delhi | 242 | 746 | 208.26% increase |
| Mumbai | 238 | 253 | 6.30% increase |
| Chennai | 180 | 265 | 47.22% increase |
| Kolkata | 80 | 14 | 82.50% decrease |
| Total | 740 | 1278 | 72.70% increase |
TOTAL PUBLICATIONS (Previous Week): 873
TOTAL PUBLICATIONS (This Week): 1425
Percentage difference: 63.23% increase
First Examination Report (FER) Statistics
A total of 1237 FER’s have been 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 | 442 |
| Mumbai | 211 |
| Chennai | 428 |
| Kolkata | 156 |
| Total | 1237 |
Publications under Grant
| City | Previous Week | This Week | Percentage of change |
| Delhi | 104 | 126 | 21.15% increase |
| Mumbai | 54 | 61 | 12.96% increase |
| Chennai | 125 | 87 | 30.4% increase |
| Kolkata | 65 | 63 | 3.07% decrease |
| Total | 348 | 337 | 3.16% decrease |
Number of Applications published based on ‘Applicant City’
Of the total 1425 patent applications published in the journal last week, Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai, Bangalore, Hyderabad and Kolkata have contributed a total of 124 applications. The total applications from each of the previously mentioned cities are as follows – 18 applications from Delhi, 30 applications from Mumbai, 27 applications from Bangalore, 29 applications from Chennai, 17 applications from Hyderabad and 3 applications from Kolkata.
| List of Cities | 1st of January till date | 10th January 2020 to 17th January 2020 |
| Delhi | 116 | 18 |
| Mumbai | 180 | 30 |
| Bangalore | 75 | 27 |
| Chennai | 136 | 29 |
| Hyderabad | 47 | 17 |
| Kolkata | 10 | 3 |
Patent statistics summary (1st of January till date)
| Total early publications | 554 |
| Total ordinary publications | 3216 |
| Total applications published | 3770 |
| Total grants in Delhi | 510 |
| Total grants in Mumbai | 235 |
| Total grants in Chennai | 515 |
| Total grants in Kolkata | 262 |
| Total Grants | 1522 |
| Total applications examined | 5169 |
Indian Industrial Design Statistics
The designs office has registered a total of 187 designs this week. The total designs registered from the 1st of January 2020 till date now adds to a total of 745 applications.
- Total designs registered in the previous Week: 313
- Total designs registered this Week: 187
Total designs registered from the 1st of January 2020 till date: 745
Authored and compiled by Vibha Amarnath
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