The Indian Patent Office granted 862 patents in Jan, 2010. The top three consisted of QUALCOMM INCORPORATED, which had a patent count of 51 patents, followed by COUNCIL OF SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH , with 18 patents and BHARAT HEAVY ELECTRICALS LTD with 14 patents. The table below shows the top twelve companies that received the maximum number of patents in the month of Jan, 2010.
Sl.No. |
Name of the company |
No. of. Patents Granted |
1 |
QUALCOMM INCORPORATED |
51 |
2 |
COUNCIL OF SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH |
18 |
3 |
BHARAT HEAVY ELECTRICALS LTD. |
14 |
4 |
BASF AKTIENGESELLS CHAFT |
10 |
5 |
NOVARTIS AG |
10 |
6 |
SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLS CHAFT |
8 |
7 |
THOMSON LICENSING |
8 |
8 |
KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V. |
7 |
9 |
MOTOROLA, INC. |
7 |
10 |
TATA STEEL LIMITED |
7 |
11 |
ETHICON ENDOSURGERY INC. |
6 |
12 |
HINDUSTAN UNILEVER LIMITED |
6 |
