According to WIPO Patent Report: Statistics on Worldwide Patent Activity (2006 Edition), India ranked 12th in the world for the number of patent applications filed in 2004. Japan (ranked 1st) and the US (ranked 2nd) saw the highest number of patent applications filed, followed by Europe, the Republic of Korea and China, all of which account for 75% of all patent applications filed in 2004. The number of patent applications filed worldwide has increased from 884,400 in 1985 to 1,599,000 in 2004.
Interestingly, Indian Patent Office also witness phenomenon growth in the number of patent applications filed by residents, increased by +365% between 1995 to 2004, while patent applications filing by non-residents increased by +105%. Compared to India, China Intellectual Property Office patent applications filing increased by +557% between 1995 to 2004 by residents and +644% by non-residents signifying a considerable edge over India’s patenting scenario, particularly when it comes to patent applications filed by non—residents. That means inventors and MNCs from other countries are considering China as a huge potential market and industrially-innovative economy than India.
Apart from filing large number of patent applications in India, Indians also filed 2,400 patent applications in other countries lagging behind Chinese and Koreans which filed 3,100 and 30,900 patent applications in other countries.
Considering patents signifies country’s innovative capacity, India ranked very low rate of resident patent filings per million populations, standing 7 patent filings per million inhabitants. China and Korean witness 51 and 2,189 patent filings per million inhabitants.
Applications filed with Indian Patent Office in 2004: 18,145
Patents issued by Indian Patent Office in 2004: 2,317
Patent Filings Per $ Million R&D Expenditures (India) in 2004: 0.22
Total Number of Patents in Force Worldwide in 2004: 5.4 million
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