The Indian Patent Office granted 1024 patents in the month of March 2007. The table below shows the top twelve companies that received patent grants. CSIR tops the list with 55 patents, followed by Honda Giken and Samsung with 34 and 27 patents respectively.

INDIAN PATENT GRANTS IN THE MONTH OF MARCH - 2007

SL.NO.	NAME OF THE COMPANY	PATENTS GRANTED
1	COUNCIL OF SCIENTIFIC & INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH	55
2	HONDA GIKEN KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA, A CORPORATION OF JAPAN	34
3	SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO. LTD.	27
4	HINDUSTAN LEVER LIMITED	14
5	SIEMENS	14
6	LG ELECTRONICS INC	13
7	INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY	11
8	MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.	11
9	EATON CORPORATION	10
10	PHILIPS ELECTRONICS	9
11	STEEL AUTHORITY OF INDIA LIMITED	9
12	INTEL CORPORATION	8