Patent activity at the Indian Patent Office escalates this week, over 2000 FER’s issued

The Patent and Design Statistics illustrated below have been compiled from the Official Journal of the Patents and Designs Office published by the patent office on Fridays, every week. 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 842 patent applications have been published in the 44th issue of the Patent Journal, 2019. Out of the 842 applications published in the journal, 112 applications account for early publications while 730 applications account for ordinary publications or publications occurring after the 18 – month period. A total of 359 applications have been granted last week as compared to 562 grants in the week preceding the last thereby marking a decrease of about 36.12%.

Early Publications

City Previous Week This Week Percentage of change
Delhi 11 15 36.36% increase
Mumbai 47 32 31.91% decrease
Chennai 77 64 16.88% decrease
Kolkata 14 1 92.85% decrease
Total 149 112 24.83% decrease

Ordinary Publications

City Previous Week This Week Percentage of change
Delhi 379 268 29.28% decrease
Mumbai 156 126 19.23% decrease
Chennai 235 280 19.14% increase
Kolkata 10 56 459% increase
Total 780 730 6.41% decrease

TOTAL PUBLICATIONS (Previous Week): 929
TOTAL PUBLICATIONS (This Week): 842
Percentage difference: 9.36% decrease
 

FIRST EXAMINATION REPORT (FER) STATISTICS

A total of 2211 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 808
Mumbai 391
Chennai 720
Kolkata 292
Total 2211

 Publications under Grant

 

City Previous Week This Week Percentage of change
Delhi 209 145 30.62% decrease
Mumbai 80 69 13.75% decrease
Chennai 172 189 9.88% increase
Kolkata 101 86 14.85% decrease
Total 562 359 36.12% decrease

Number of Applications published based on ‘Applicant City’
Of the total 842 patent applications published in the journal last week, Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai, Bangalore, Hyderabad and Kolkata have contributed a total of 113 applications. The total applications from each of the previously mentioned cities are as follows – 4 applications from Delhi, 61 applications from Mumbai, 11 applications from Bangalore, 13 applications from Chennai, 19 applications from Hyderabad and 5 applications from Kolkata.
 

List of Cities 1st January 2019 to 1st November 2019 25th October 2019 – 1st November 2019
Delhi 1030 4
Mumbai 798 61
Bangalore 979 11
Chennai 899 13
Hyderabad 423 19
Kolkata 240 5

Patent statistics summary (1st January 2019 –till date)

 

Total early publications 4572
Total ordinary publications 36571
Total applications published 41143
Total grants in Delhi 7279
Total grants in Mumbai 2657
Total grants in Chennai 6086
Total grants in Kolkata 3061
Total Grants 19083
Total applications examined 65665

 

INDIAN INDUSTRIAL DESIGN STATISTICS

The designs office has registered a total of 168 designs this week. The total designs registered from the 1st of January 2019 till date now adds to a total of 12606 applications.

  • Total designs registered in the previous Week: 168
  • Total designs registered this Week: 188

Total designs registered from the 1st of January 2019 till date: 12606
 
Authored and compiled by Vibha Amarnath
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