The Indian Patent Office ranks 9th in the number of patents filed- WIPO
As per the latest data released by the World Intellectual Property Organisation's (WIPO), the ranking of India is 9th in the number of patents filed and 12th in the number of patents granted. World Intellectual Property Indicators-2009 report is recently being released by Geneva based organisation's which shows the total number of patents filed in India is 28,940. The interesting fact about this data is this greater part of the patents filed and granted by it was to non-residents, including both companies and individuals. 23,626 out of 28,940 were by non-residents.
The total number of patents filed in the US amounted to 4,56,254, Japan 3,96,291, China 2,45,161, the Republic of Korea 1,72,469, European Patent Office 1,40,763, Germany 60,992, Canada 40,131 and the Russian Federation 39,439 while if we talk about the number of patent granted then Japan 1,64,954, the US 1,57,283, the Republic of Korea 1,23,705, China 67,948, European Patent Office 54,699, the Russian Federation 23,028, Canada 18,550, Germany 17,739, France 12,112, Australia 11,236 and Mexico 9,957 and in the end India at 7, 539.
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