The Indian Patent Office granted 3926 patents in the year 2006. The table below shows the top twelve companies that received patent grants. CSIR tops the list with 310 patents, followed by HLL and HONDA with 75 patents each.

INDIAN PATENT GRANTS IN THE YEAR 2006 

 

Sl.No	Name of the company	Patents Granted
1	CSIR	310
2	HINDUSTAN LEVER LIMITED	75
3	HONDA GIKEN KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA	75
4	SAMSUNG ELECTRON ICS CO. LTD.	58
5	SIEMENS	46
6	INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY	43
7	INTEL CORPORATION	38
8	STEEL AUTHORITY OF INDIA	36
9	MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO LTD	35
10	IBM	32
11	SONY	30
12	MOTOROLA, INC.	26