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The Indian Patent Office granted 2114 patents in March, 2008. The top three consisted of CSIR, which had a patent count of 182 patents, followed by Honda Giken Kyogo Kabushiki Kaisha with 129 patents and Proctor and Gamble with 61 patents. The table below shows the top twelve companies that received the maximum number of patents in the month of March, 2008. INDIAN PATENT GRANTS IN THE MONTH OF
MARCH 2008
|
SL.NO. |
NAME OF THE COMPANY |
PATENTS GRANTED |
|
1 |
COUNCIL OF SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH |
182 |
|
2 |
HONDA GIKEN KYOGO KABUSHIKI KAISHA |
129 |
|
3 |
PROCTOR AND GAMBLE COMPANY |
61 |
|
4 |
HINDUSTAN UNILEVER LIMITED |
48 |
|
5 |
SONY CORPORATION |
30 |
|
6 |
PRAXAIR TECHNOLOGY INC. |
28 |
|
7 |
BAYER AKTIENGESELL SCHAFT |
23 |
|
8 |
TELEFONAKTIE BOLAGET LM ERICSSON |
21 |
|
9 |
BHARAT HEAVY ELECTRICALS LIMITED
|
19 |
|
10 |
MOTOROLA INC. |
18 |
|
11 |
QUALCOMM INCORPORATED |
18 |
|
12 |
E.I. DU PONT DE NEMOURS & COMPANY |
17 |
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