Intellectual Property Rights (IPR)
Patent: India received 61,573 patent applications in 2021, up from 56,771 in 2020.
- Almost 43% of the Indian patent applications were local, and filed by resident applicants.
Non-resident Applicant: As per WPO report, 57.3% of the patent applications filed in India were by non-resident applicants.
Patent Grants: India registered a 16.5% growth in patent grants in 2021, though the percentage of pending patent applications shot up 91.5% during the same period.
Composition:India saw 4,88,526 trademark applications being filed during the year, a 6.7% increase as compared to 2020.
- The applications for design registrations have also seen an increase in India in 2021.
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