The Indian Patent Office granted 11927 patents in the year 2009. The top three consisted of COUNCIL OF SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH, which had a patent count of 572 patents, followed by QUALCOMM INCORPORATED with 308 patents and KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N. V. with 216 patents. The table below shows the top ten companies that received the maximum number of patents in the year 2009.
Sl.No. |
Name of the company |
No. of. Patents Granted |
1 |
COUNCIL OF SCEINTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH |
572 |
2 |
QUALCOMM INCORPORATED
|
308 |
3 |
KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V
|
216 |
4 |
HINDUSTAN UNILEVER LIMITED
|
160 |
5 |
BASF AKTIENGESELLSC HAFT
|
127 |
6 |
SAMSUNG ELECTRONIC CO. LTD.
|
115 |
7 |
TELEFONAK TIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON
|
85 |
8 |
NOVARTIS AG
|
83 |
9 |
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
|
81 |
10 |
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
|
80 |
