India Leads Global Rise in Patent Applications: 2023 WIPO Report

9 Nov 2023

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  • According to a World Intellectual Property Organization report World Intellectual Property Indicators 2023, patent application filings by Indians surged by 31.6% in 2022, the sharpest increase globally, reflecting the country’s growing innovation ecosystem.

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Global Patent Trends 2022: India Surges in Innovation with Notable Rise in Patent Applications:

  • Global Status: Innovators worldwide filed 3.46 million patent applications in 2022, which is 1.7% higher when compared with the previous year.

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  • Indian scenario: Indians filed 15,495 more patent applications in 2022 than in the previous year, while China received 33,605 more applications than in 2021. 
  • Share of women: In absolute terms, India accounts for the sixth largest number of patent applications globally. 
World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO): 

  • It is the global forum for intellectual property (IP) services, policy, information and cooperation.
  • It is designed to promote the worldwide protection of both industrial property (inventions, trademarks, and designs) and copyrighted materials (literary, musical, photographic, and other artistic works). 
  • The organization, established by a convention signed in Stockholm in 1967, began operations in 1970 and became a specialized agency of the United Nations in December 1974. 
  • It is headquartered in Geneva.

 

  • Patent: A patent is an invention-based legal document that defines and provides the bearer with exclusive rights to exclude others from producing, selling, or distributing such an invention
  • Trademark: A trademark can be any word, phrase, symbol, design, or a combination of these things that identifies your goods or services.
    • It distinguishes similar goods or services originating from a different undertaking.
  • Geographical indication(GI): A GI is a sign used on products that have a specific geographical origin and possess qualities or a reputation that are due to that origin. 
  • Women had a share of 23.9 percent of all the Patent Cooperation Treaty applications
  • Major IP filing region: The bulk of IP filing activity in 2022 occurred in Asia, with the region accounting for 67.9%, 67.8% and 70.3% of global patent, trademarks and industrial designs filing activity. 
  • Featured technology in published patent applications: Computer technology accounted for 11.1% of the world total in 2021. 
    • It was followed by electrical machinery (6.4%), measurement (5.8%), medical technology (5.2%) and digital communication (4.9%).
  • Trademark filings: India was in the top four with 467,918 filings in 2022, behind the US (945,571), Turkey (482,567), and Germany (479,334).  
  • Geographical indication (GI): China had the most GIs in force within its territory, with 9,571, followed by Hungary (7,843), Germany (7,386) and the Czech Republic (6,383).

News Source: Economic Times

 

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