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 22nd of April 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 1,287 patent applications have been published in the 16th issue of the Patent Journal, 2022. Out of the 1,287 applications published in the journal, 378 applications account for early publications while 909 applications account for ordinary publications or publications occurring after the 18 – month period. A total of 420 applications have been granted last week as compared to 369 grants in the week preceding the last thereby marking a increase of about 13.82%
Early Publications
Ordinary Publications
TOTAL PUBLICATIONS (Previous Week): 1,008
TOTAL PUBLICATIONS (This Week): 1,287
Percentage difference: 27.68% increase
FIRST EXAMINATION REPORT (FER) STATISTICS
A total of 514 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.
Publications under Grant
Number of Applications published based on ‘Applicant City’
Of the total 1,287 patent applications published in the journal last week, Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai, Bangalore, Hyderabad and Kolkata have contributed a total of 192 applications. The total applications from each of the previously mentioned cities are as follows – 23 applications from Delhi, 33 applications from Mumbai, 32 applications from Pune, 29 applications from Bangalore, 53 applications from Chennai, 13 applications from Hyderabad and 9 applications for Kolkata.
PATENT STATISTICS SUMMARY (1ST OF JANUARY TILL DATE)
INDIAN INDUSTRIAL DESIGN STATISTICS
- Total designs registered in the last to last Week: 351
- Total designs registered this Week: 350
Data compiled by Jaya Pandey, Patent Associate, BananaIP Counsels