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 2nd of December 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 1299 patent applications have been published in the 48th issue of the Patent Journal, 2022. Out of the 1299 applications published in the journal, 581 applications account for early publications while 718 applications account for ordinary publications or publications occurring after the 18 – month period. A total of 1052 applications have been granted this week as compared to 622 grants in the week preceding thereby marking an increase of about 69.13%.
Early Publications
Ordinary Publications
TOTAL PUBLICATIONS (Previous Week): 1746
TOTAL PUBLICATIONS (This Week): 1299
Percentage difference: 25.60% decrease
First Examination Report (FER) Statistics
A total of 1148 FER’s were issued this 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 1299 patent applications published in the journal this week, Delhi, Mumbai, Pune, Chennai, Bangalore, Hyderabad and Kolkata have contributed a total of 267 applications. The total applications from each of the previously mentioned cities are as follows – 18 applications from Delhi, 29 applications from Mumbai, 10 applications from Pune, 114 applications from Bangalore, 44 applications from Chennai, 31 applications from Hyderabad and 21 applications from Kolkata.
