Indians in India Fill 21104 Patents Applications in First Ten months of 2021-22

·         Outsiders File 30,836

Easing The Process Of Filing Patents

The details of patents filed in India over the last five years is as below:

Financial Year

2016-17

2017-18

2018-19

2019-20

2020-21

2021-22 (Upto 31st Jan, 2022)

No. of applications filed

45444

47854

50659

56267

58503

51940

The number of patents filed by Indians in India over the last five years is as under, which shows steady increase:

Financial Year

2016-17

2017-18

2018-19

2019-20

2020-21

2021-22 (Upto 31 Jan 2022)

No. of applications filed

10978

14284

16276

20824

24284

21104

This information was given by the Minister of State in the Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Som Parkash, in a written reply in the Rajya Sabha on 11 February 2022.