Weekly Patent and Industrial Design Statistics- 22nd April 2022 to 29th April 2022

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 29th 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 1,016 patent applications have been published in the 17th issue of the Patent Journal, 2022. Out of the 1,016 applications published in the journal, 313 applications account for early publications while 703 applications account for ordinary publications or publications occurring after the 18 – month period. A total of 567 applications have been granted last week as compared to 420 grants in the week preceding the last thereby marking a increase of about 35%

Early Publications

Ordinary Publications

TOTAL PUBLICATIONS (Previous Week): 1,287
TOTAL PUBLICATIONS (This Week): 1,016
Percentage difference: 21.06% decrease

FIRST EXAMINATION REPORT (FER) STATISTICS

A total of 1,095 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 1,016 patent applications published in the journal last week, Delhi, Mumbai, Pune, Chennai, Bangalore, Hyderabad and Kolkata have contributed a total of 178 applications. The total applications from each of the previously mentioned cities are as follows – 33 applications from Delhi, 33 applications from Mumbai, 31 applications from Pune, 42 applications from Bangalore, 34 applications from Chennai, 20 applications from Hyderabad and 3 applications for Kolkata.

PATENT STATISTICS SUMMARY (1ST OF JANUARY TILL DATE)

INDIAN INDUSTRIAL DESIGN STATISTICS

• Total designs registered in the last to last Week: 350
• Total designs registered this Week: 594