PATENTS
A total of 70,924 patent applications were examined in 2020 as opposed to the total of 83,226 patent applications examined in 2019. The total number of grants in 2020 also shot up by as much as 12% in comparison to the total number of grants in 2019. The patent office on an average examined and issued 194 first examination reports (FERs) per day.
Particulars
2018
2019
2020
Applications Published
38961
49351
51325
Granted
13813
23257
26309
Examined
81406
83226
70924
INDUSTRIAL DESIGNS
2020 certainly appears to have been a great year for Industrial designs. A total…
