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India Patents Landscape Continues to Focus on Emerging Technologies
India Patents Landscape Continues to Focus on Emerging Technologies

April 29, 2022

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On this year’s World IP day, NASSCOM released “INDIA PATENTS REPORT - INNOVATIONS FROM INDIA: TRANSCENDING BARRIERS”, it is the next edition in the series of reports which focuses on Emerging technologies patents filed by India Domiciled Companies in the US.

Some of the key trends that the report highlighted include:

  • Technology patents maintained the majority share of patents filed in the US over 2015-21
    • Over 9,500 patents were filed in the US by India domiciled companies during the period 2015 -2021, an increase of over 40% from 2015-2019
    • More than 65% of the total patents filed in the US in 2020/21 by India domiciled companies were in the technology domain, as compared to 55% in 2019
    • 45% of the technology patents filed have been granted

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Source: India Patents Report; Innovations from India: Transcending Barriers

  • Indian companies continue to lead the diverse set of tech patent assignees, while software applications continue to be the major focus area
    • 60% + of the technology patents were filed by Indian companies and start-ups
    • 16.7% of the technology patents were filed by Individual inventors/ Academia-Research which witnessed the highest growth
    • 21% of the technology patents were related to Software Applications and Healthcare and Medical Devices, the leading segments
    • 400+ technology patents were filed by Indian start-ups during 2015-2021, an increase of ~45% from 280 patents in 2015-2019 period

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                      Source: India Patents Report; Innovations from India: Transcending Barriers

 

  • Share of emerging technologies continues to grow in technology patents
    • Over 50% of the patents filed during 2015-2021 were related to emerging technologies
    • AI patents more than doubled in the period 2015-2021 compared to 2015-19

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Source: India Patents Report; Innovations from India: Transcending Barriers

Though the US patent filing numbers look promising, the government continues to make efforts toward pushing organizations and individuals to protect their IP. Considering the same this year’s report looked at some of the major government initiatives which have been implemented over the last two years including:

  • Setting up of Centre of Excellence in IP
  • Providing financial support for international patent filing
  • Providing IP facilitation support
  • Raising IPR awareness
  • Providing help-desk services for IPR
  • Creation of IPR awareness through digital media
  • Scheme to facilitate start-ups Intellectual Property Protection
  • MSME National Manufacturing Competitiveness Programme

The efforts made by the government are in the right direction and are working as a push for inventors to work towards IP creation.

However, according to the recent 2022 Special 301 Report by the office of the US Trade Representative (USTR), India remains one of the most challenging major economies with respect to the protection and enforcement of intellectual property. It also highlights that though India has made meaningful progress to promote IP protection and enforcement in some areas over the past year, there have been lapses in resolving recent and long-standing challenges, creating new concerns for rights holders. This highlights enforcement as one of the key areas that the authorities need to focus on to make India a leader in IP creation and enforcement.

Apart from the authorities, Indian inventors also need to work towards making IP a priority for them rather than an afterthought. The recent NASSCOM report covers specific recommendations for inventors and filing entities including:

  • First to File –Secure the Date First
  • Plan it Right–Tradeoff b/w early priority and product development
  • Leveraging IP knowledge for improving products
  • File Quality Patents –Claims that withstand their ground during litigation

For more information on government initiatives related to IP and details of recommendations for inventors, do read NASSSCOM’s report “INDIA PATENTS REPORT - INNOVATIONS FROM INDIA: TRANSCENDING BARRIERS”.  

 

 


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Neha Jain
Senior Analyst

Neha Jain

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