THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY(SHRI ASHWANI KUMAR)
(a) & (b) : The details of patent applications received and the patents granted during the
last three years is as under:
2004-05 2005-06 2006-07
Patent Applications filed 17,466 24,505 28,882
Patents Granted 1,911 4,320 7,539
About 600,000 patents were granted worldwide in the year 2005 as per the World Intellectual
Property Organisation (WIPO) Patent Report: Statistics on Worldwide Patent Activities (2007
Edition). This number includes patents obtained in different countries for the same invention
also.
(c): The action taken by the Government to modernise and strengthen the Intellectual Property
Office is as under:
(i) A scheme of Modernisation of Intellectual Property offices was implemented at a cost of
Rs.153.00 crore during the 9th and 10th Five Year Plans for Infrastructure development,
computerization, human resource development and training and awareness.
(ii) Four new integrated Intellectual Property Offices were set up in Delhi, Kolkata, Chennai
and Mumbai.
(iii) Work for the setting of the National Institute of Intellectual Property Management at
Nagpur for strengthening training, education, research and think tank activities in the field
of intellectual property has commenced.
(iv) E-filing of patent applications has been made operational with effect from 20th July, 2007.
(v) Seminars/Conferences/Workshops at national and international level have been organized for
creating awareness and promotion of Intellectual Property Rights.
(vi) Memoranda of Understanding (MoU) have been signed between India and France, United States
of America, United Kingdom, European Patent Office, Japan, Switzerland and Germany for cooperation
in the field of Intellectual Property Rights.
