Page 2 - Patents

IIT Madras claims top slot in patents; count more than doubled in FY24

Premier campus achieves dream of filing 'patent a day', has some 1,100 granted to it

IP office granted over 100,000 patents in FY24 assuring 'no delay'

India granted 1.03 lakh patents in financial year 2023-24, Controller General of Patents, Designs and Trademarks Unnat Pandit said on Thursday, as he assured that there will be "no delay" in the Intellectual Property Office as it prioritises timely clearance of applications. Addressing an Assocham event here, he shared that 40 per cent of the applications were disposed of within 30 months of the request for examination. "We are going to have no delay in the IP office, that's the motive with which we have .. that IP should be granted and under Chapter 8 of the Act it should also be utilised by the applicant ... that will generate the economic value of IP," Pandit said. "All the pendency got cleared so now whatever application which is going to come for examination or hearing will be within the period of 30-36 months. So there is no delay which is going to happen now," he said on the sidelines of the event. Pandit emphasised that India needs to strengthen its Intellectual Property ..

IIT Madras records 92% jump in Indian patents granted during 2023

The number of international patents filed, including those granted under the Patent Cooperation Treaty, also recorded a significant increase, going up to 105 in 2023, from 58 in the preceding year

India granted record 41,010 patents in 2023-24 so far: Piyush Goyal

The Indian patent office has granted "highest" number of 41,010 patents till November 15 this fiscal year, Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal has said. In 2013-14 fiscal year, 4,227 patents were granted. "It's a record. Highest ever number of patents granted so far in 2023-24," he said in a post on social media platform X. On this, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said this is a "notable feat" and it marks a milestone in India's journey towards an innovation-driven knowledge economy. " India's youth will be great beneficiaries of such strides," he said. The prime minister recently stated that the rise in patent applications in India demonstrates the rising innovative zeal of its youth and is a very positive sign for the times to come. According to a World Intellectual Property Organization report, patent applications by Indians grew 31.6 per cent in 2022, extending an 11-year run of growth unmatched by any other country among the top 10 filers.

Patient Groups raise concerns over proposed draft of patent rules

Public health experts concerned changes could make it more difficult to access affordable medicines

Patent infringement case: Oppo challenges Delhi HC order favouring Nokia

Nokia maintained that the 2018 Agreement did not include patents relating to 5G standards

Patents rights disputes to be examined under Patents Act: Delhi HC

This order has now barred the jurisdiction of CCI in examining patent-related disputes

50 months on average: Delayed patent examinations stifle inventors

Waiting time in India thrice that of Japan; largeer firms better placed than startups to have their applications cleared

Financial institution 1 Finance bags psychology patent for screening tool

MoneySign assessment framework, for which the financial institution has won the psychology patent has been developed with the help of global psychology experts

'HPE India won over 350 patents in last 3 yrs, complexity increased'

We are no longer just an infrastructure company that sells computing, storage, and networking, said Cynthia Swarnalatha, VP - Engineering, SW CoE, Compute Business Group, and HPE India Site R&D leader

Indians acquire 100 patents for 6G technology, says Ashwini Vaishnaw

Indian scientists, engineers and academicians have acquired 100 patents for 6G technology, IT and Telecom Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said on Thursday. While speaking at the Bharat Startup Summit organised by the PHD Chamber of Commerce, the minister said India is taking a leap in 5G technology with the fastest rollout of networks in the world. "Electronics is very complex, but despite the complexity, our scientists, engineers and academicians have together acquired 100 patents in 6G," Vaishnaw said. The minister shared that the 5G network rollout has far exceeded the government of 200 cities by March 31, 2023, with coverage in 397 cities at present. He said India has become USD 3.5 trillion, and it can become the world's largest economy with transformation across governance, infrastructure and businesses. "When a country or economy has to reach this level then thousands of systems are required to be changed. Governance systems, logistics systems, banking systems and change in the o

Samsung replaces IBM to gain top spot in 2022 US patent league table

Samsung has replaced the International Business Machines Corporation (IBM) from its top spot in the number of patents registered in the US in 2022, which has been on the top for almost 29 years

Algo rhythm: India's global patent share now higher than UK, shows data

Patent applications rose 1.9 per cent, from around 52,000 on average annually in the three years leading up to the pandemic to 53,000 in the two years since

Nissan Motor likely to snub Renault revamp over sharing technology

While both sides appeared near a final agreement two weeks ago, Nissan's board and management have recently expressed concern over Renault's plans for the intellectual property

Patent officers' body moves CAT against high work targets: Report

The petition states that such high standards were adversely impacting the association's service conditions and hurting India's economic interests

After HC rap, patent office promises to settle 200K trademark cases by 2025

Agency under DPIIT draws up plan for speedy redressal

Tata Motors files all-time high of 125 patents across innovations in FY22

The firm has also been granted 56 patents during the same period

Algo Rhythm: Indian technology innovation gaining pace, shows data

Indian companies filed 138,000 tech patents in India between 2015 and 2021

Five-fold increase in patent grant annually since 2014: Commerce ministry

On the occasion of this World IP day, the ministry will be organising a conference on 'Leveraging India's Demographic Dividend through IP' here tomorrow

Domestic patent filings surpass international ones after 11 years

Total of 19,796 patent applications filed, 10,706 54% were filed by Indian applicants as compared to 9,090 by non-Indian applicants