Patents: India - Revision history

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 Over the last few years, the government has been laying emphasis on patents and has sought to streamline the system for filing applications, their examination and grant. As a result, there has been a 39% jump in the number of applications filed between 2017-19 (47,854) and last year (66,440). The patents granted rose at a much sharper pace of 131% to 30,074 last year, compared to 13,045 in 2017-18.
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 Aside from these two firms, Huawei had filed 1,393 patents in the said period, while other big firms like Google, Microsoft Technology Licencing, Siemens, Robert Bosch and others also filed hundreds of applications.
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	He added the rules aim to remove bottlenecks in the process, clear pendency and encourage more filings, technological advancement and innovation. The modified rules will allow future applicants to put applications on fast track if they select India as an ISA, or International Preliminary Examining Authority , and file applications in India first.		He added the rules aim to remove bottlenecks in the process, clear pendency and encourage more filings, technological advancement and innovation. The modified rules will allow future applicants to put applications on fast track if they select India as an ISA, or International Preliminary Examining Authority , and file applications in India first.
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		+	==Intellectual Property Organization: a new treaty: 2024==
		+	[https://epaper.indiatimes.com/article-share?article=26_05_2024_011_007_cap_TOI May 25, 2024: ''The Times of India'']
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		+	New Delhi : Members of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) have finalised a new treaty that will make it mandatory for patent applicants to disclose the country of origin or the source of genetic resources if the claimed invention is based on those materials or associated traditional knowledge.
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		+	The treaty, that will provide additional protection for Indian genetic resources and traditional knowledge, such as yoga, siddhi and ayurveda, has been a key demand of the developing world, led by India.
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		+	The Geneva-based agency, responsible for evolving rules related to patents and trademarks, finalised the agreement Friday, which will require several countries to re- work their domestic regulations. India has insisted on global giants giving credit to the vast traditional knowledge and genetic resources instead of seeking to exploit them by registering patents.
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		+	While protection against misappropriation is available in India, countries, which do not have disclosure of obligations, the disclosure requirements will provide for protection across countries. At present, 35 countries have some form of disclosure obligations, most of which aren’t mandatory and don’t have appropriate sanctions in place for effective implementation.
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		+	The WIPO treaty on intellectual property, genetic resources and associated traditional knowledge, will for the first time take note of the knowledge and wisdom which have supported economies, societies and cultures for centuries and are now inscribed into the global IP system.
		+	“These are historic achievements championed by India as a provider of traditional knowledge and wisdom and repository of biodiversity. s a significant win for countries of the global South and for India,” said a govt official.
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		+	The resistance from countries such as the US and multinationals is evident from the fact that it took 150 countries to evolve a consensus after two decades of negotiations.
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	“We need to bring in the patent culture, which is not there in all institutes. We have a handful of people whose innovations are good enough for patents, and that needs to change,” said K Kasturirangan, former Isro chairman and head of the committee formulating India’s new education policy. In the period between 2013-14 and 2016-17, 1.9 lakh patent applications were filed in India, of which 1.37 lakh (72%) were filed by foreigners.		“We need to bring in the patent culture, which is not there in all institutes. We have a handful of people whose innovations are good enough for patents, and that needs to change,” said K Kasturirangan, former Isro chairman and head of the committee formulating India’s new education policy. In the period between 2013-14 and 2016-17, 1.9 lakh patent applications were filed in India, of which 1.37 lakh (72%) were filed by foreigners.
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		+	== Patent success rate: 2010-19==
		+	[https://epaper.timesgroup.com/Olive/ODN/TimesOfIndia/shared/ShowArticle.aspx?doc=TOIDEL%2F2021%2F03%2F01&entity=Ar00701&sk=B45D5068&mode=text Chethan Kumar, March 1, 2021: ''The Times of India'']
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		+	[[File: Patent applications filed by Indians, 2010-19.jpg\|Patent applications filed by Indians, 2010-19 <br/> From: [https://epaper.timesgroup.com/Olive/ODN/TimesOfIndia/shared/ShowArticle.aspx?doc=TOIDEL%2F2021%2F03%2F01&entity=Ar00701&sk=B45D5068&mode=text Chethan Kumar, March 1, 2021: ''The Times of India'']\|frame\|500px]]
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		+	Indian researchers, scientists and innovators appear to have more success in obtaining patents when they file applications in another country. Analysis of data for 10 years shows that on an average, four out of every 10 applications filed by Indians abroad fetch a patent, while it is one-in-10 in India.
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		+	From slow disposal to indiscriminate filing and low cost of registering patents, experts and researchers point to a variety of reasons for this trend.
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		+	According to data from the World Intellectual Property Organisation, Indians filed 1.2 lakh applications in the country between 2010 and 2019 and 13,670 were granted patents. Comparatively, 44,477 of the 1.07 lakh applications filed by Indians abroad were granted. “The process is really timeconsuming in India. It takes four to five years,” Sourabh Gargav of JNCASR said.
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		+	''' 3.2L applications filed by foreigners in India in 10 years, 76k got patents '''
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		+	Muniasamy Neerathilingam, a translational researcher, echoing Gargav’s views said another reason could be that those filing abroad are more serious claims. An official from the Indian patent office said a lot of applications filed in India are to pip competition and obtain first mover’s advantage, and that researchers take time to strengthen their claims.
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		+	Rajendra Ratnoo, controller general of patents, designs & trademarks, told TOI: “In the last five years, the disposal rate has increased. While we encourage patent applications, we also have a robust system that’s meticulous in selection, which may be resulting in many applications not getting converted into patents. Given the cost of filing abroad, applicants are careful and file only such claims they know have a chance of getting cleared.”
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		+	Another official said the cost of the entire official filing fee is less than Rs 10,000 compared to $2,000 (around Rs 1.5 lakh) in the US. “...There are other costs like attorney fees, which are also affordable in India but the cheapest lawyers in other countries are expensive. Applicants are mindful of making claims, which is why more applications are cleared abroad,” he said. Year-on-year data shows an increase in clearance in the last five years. For example, just 8.7% and 5.9% of the applications were granted patents in 2011 and 2014, respectively, the same jumped to 14.8% and 18.9% in 2018 and 2019. With 43.9% and 48.5% of the applications filed abroad getting grants in 2018 and 2019, the gap in the success rate continues to persist.
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		+	Foreigners continue to file more applications in India compared to domestic researchers. This data shows that foreign patent filers have a better chance of getting a patent in India with 23.4% of all applications getting approved compared to just 10.8% filed by Indians. Foreigners filed over 3.2 lakh applications in India in these 10 years, of which 76,637 were granted patents.
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	the Indian Patent Office granted 13,045 patents in 2017-18, compared to 9,847 in the previous year with a bulk of the applications processed being filed by overseas companies and individuals.		the Indian Patent Office granted 13,045 patents in 2017-18, compared to 9,847 in the previous year with a bulk of the applications processed being filed by overseas companies and individuals.
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		+	==2015-19: Expedited patents for all==
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	While India is currently in the process of finalizing an IPR policy and a separate policy for pricing of patented medicines in the country, bilateral talks between the two nations along with Obama's visit to India assume significance not only for the Indian pharma industry but for patients across the world.		While India is currently in the process of finalizing an IPR policy and a separate policy for pricing of patented medicines in the country, bilateral talks between the two nations along with Obama's visit to India assume significance not only for the Indian pharma industry but for patients across the world.
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		+	==2005-18==
		+	[https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/76-of-patents-filed-in-india-in-last-13-years-were-by-foreign-companies/articleshow/78028763.cms Chethan Kumar, 76% of patents filed in India in last 13 years were by foreign companies, September 10, 2020: ''The Times of India'']
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		+	[[File: Patents filed by Indians & Foreigners % their share.jpg\|Patents filed by Indians & Foreigners % their share <br/> From: [https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/76-of-patents-filed-in-india-in-last-13-years-were-by-foreign-companies/articleshow/78028763.cms Chethan Kumar, 76% of patents filed in India in last 13 years were by foreign companies, September 10, 2020: ''The Times of India'']\|frame\|500px]]
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		+	[[File: Top countries whose people, firms filed patents.jpg\|Top countries whose people, firms filed patents <br/> From: [https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/76-of-patents-filed-in-india-in-last-13-years-were-by-foreign-companies/articleshow/78028763.cms Chethan Kumar, 76% of patents filed in India in last 13 years were by foreign companies, September 10, 2020: ''The Times of India'']\|frame\|500px]]
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		+	BENGALURU: Nearly eight out of every ten patent applications filed in India in more than a decade have been by foreigners residing abroad. A majority are by foreign firms, even as the number of Indian applications is slowly increasing.
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		+	More than 5.1 lakh patent applications were filed in the country between 2005-06 and 2017-18 according to the data compiled by the Department of Science and Technology (DST) as part of the latest Science & Technology Indicators (STI 2019-20) released last month.
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		+	And, an analysis of the data shows that more than 76% of these applications were filed by "foreigners resident abroad", as the government classifies them and the rest were by "Indians."
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		+	This is a trend experts say India must arrest. “We have to be more innovative,” Biocon Ltd executive chairperson Kiran Mazumdar Shaw said.
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		+	A senior defence scientist told TOI that India does not lack talent and that even investments are improving, especially in the private sector. He said India lacked the right ecosystem. The TOI had reported last month about how R&D investments by the private sector has been growing at twice the rate of public/government investment.
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		+	In March 2016, noted scientist Prof CNR Rao, who has consistently batted for increased funding for science and had remarked: “Researchers are relaxing with too much furniture!”
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		+	Among the patents filed by foreigners, most are individuals or companies from the US, Japan and Germany, accounting for more than 45% of the patents in the said period, while the UK, France, Switzerland, Russia, Netherlands and Italy also had hundreds of applications filed.
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		+	With nearly 1.4 lakh applications, patents filed by those from the US alone accounted for more than 27% of total applications filed in the said period.
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		+	Former Isro chairman K Kasturirangan, who also headed India’s committee on new education policy told TOI: “...We need to really improve research content at major institutions and particularly at the 900-odd universities in the country. We have to make sure that pure research becomes part of applied research, which goes into translational and industrial research. Unless this four-pronged attack is made on research to create more innovation and ideas, the question of patent doesn’t arise.”
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		+	In fact, the proposal for the National Research Foundation (NRF) in the education policy, he said, is the reflection of concerns about some of these outcomes of research. “I hope that we improve research as fast as we can and create an environment that leads to an ecosystem of more innovation and products that are patentable,” he added.
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		+	'''Qualcomm, Huawei Top Foreign Cos'''
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		+	The STI-2019-20 also provides data on top foreign companies filing patents in the five years between 2013-14 and 2017-18. Analysis shows that most of the top 19 companies were tech and telecom firms, including Chinese MNC Huawei Technologies.
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		+	Qualcomm Incorporated—an American semiconductor and telecommunications equipment firm — tops the table with 6,960 applications, followed by Dutch multinational firm Koninklijke Philips, which had 3,670 applications.
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		+	The TOI had reported in July 2018 on how Qualcomm alone had filed more than twice the number of patents than the collective number of applications from 50 labs under the DRDO, 38 labs under CSIR, 23 IITs, 31 NITs, more than 40 labs in the IISc and six major research facilities under Isro, in 2016-17.
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		+	Aside from these two firms, Huawei had filed 1,393 patents in the said period, while other big firms like Google, Microsoft Technology Licencing, Siemens, Robert Bosch and others also filed hundreds of applications.
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	Worldwide patent applications reached a whopping 3.17 million in 2017. This is a 5.2% increase over the previous year. Interestingly, it is China patent offices that received the most number of applications, followed by the US and Japan. Asian patent offices received 65% of all applications filed worldwide. India received 46, 582 applications.		Worldwide patent applications reached a whopping 3.17 million in 2017. This is a 5.2% increase over the previous year. Interestingly, it is China patent offices that received the most number of applications, followed by the US and Japan. Asian patent offices received 65% of all applications filed worldwide. India received 46, 582 applications.
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		+	==2018: India Leads In Top 15 With 27% Growth==
		+	[https://epaper.timesgroup.com/Olive/ODN/TimesOfIndia/shared/ShowArticle.aspx?doc=TOIDEL%2F2019%2F03%2F27&entity=Ar02411&sk=1B24333E&mode=text Rupali Mukherjee, In a 1st, Asia generates over half of patents filed in 2018, March 27, 2019: ''The Times of India'']
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		+	''India Leads In Top 15 With 27% Growth''
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		+	Asia-based innovators filed over 50% of all international patent applications for the first time in 2018. The development came on the back of significant growth from India, China and Republic of Korea (South Korea), according to data from the global intellectual property (IP) services of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO).
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		+	India filed a total of 2,013 international patent applications, registering the highest growth of 27% among the top 15 countries. India and China are the only two middle-income countries among the top 15 origins of Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) applications. Though India showed huge growth, its share in global filings was a minuscule 0.8%, while China was ranked second with a huge 21% share.
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		+	Top patent filers from India are led by Chennai-based TVS Motor Company. Institutions like Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, and Indian Institute of Technology are ranked second and third, followed by Reliance Industries, and educational institution Indian Institute of Science. But the list is dominated by pharmaceutical companies including Dr Reddy’s, Cipla, Lupin and Sun Pharma. Mylan, Hetero, MSN Labs and Wockhardt are the other pharma companies that made it to the list of top filers.
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		+	Overall, WIPO’s PCT passed a record-breaking quarter million (253,000) filings in 2018 — a nearly 4% increase. USbased applicants filed 56,142 PCT applications, followed by China (53,345) and Japan (49,702). Germany and South Korea ranked fourth and fifth, respectively, with 19,883 and 17,014 filings. Over half of all PCT applications came from Asia (50.5%), with Europe (24.5%) and North America (23%) accounting for about a quarter each.
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		+	“Asia is now the majority filer of international patent applications, which is an important milestone for that economically dynamic region and underscores the historical geographical shift of innovative activity from West to East,” said WIPO director general Francis Gurry.
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		+	Among fields of technology, digital communication (8.6%) overtook computer technology (8%) with the largest share of published PCT applications, followed by electrical machinery (7%), medical technology (6.7%) and transport (4.6%). Among the top 10 technologies, transport (11%), digital communication (10%) and semiconductors (9.8%) showed the highest rates of growth during the year.
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		+	Globally, the top 10 applicant list comprises six companies from Asia, two each from Europe and the US. China-based telecom giant Huawei Technologies, with a record number of 5,405 PCT applications, was the top corporate filer in 2018. Japan-based Mitsubishi Electric ranked second (2,812 filings), followed by Intel (2,499) and Qualcomm (2,404), both from US, and ZTE of China (2,080).
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		+	Among educational institutions, University of California was the largest user of the PCT system with 501 applications, extending a leading position it has held since 1993. Massachusetts Institute of Technology (216) ranked second, followed by Shenzhen University (201), South China University of Technology (170) and Harvard University (169).