The Indian Patent Office granted 633 patents in Dec, 2009. The top three consisted of QUALCOMM INCORPORATED, which had a patent count of 29 patents, followed by BASF AKTIENGESELL SCHAFT, with 16 patents and BASF AKTIENGESELLSC HAFT with 13 patents. The table below shows the top twelve companies that received the maximum number of patents in the month of Dec, 2009.
Sl.No. |
Name of the company |
No. of. Patents Granted |
1 |
QUALCOMM INCORPORATED |
29 |
2 |
BASF AKTIENGESELL SCHAFT |
16 |
3 |
COUNCIL OF SCIENTIFIC & INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH |
13 |
4 |
NOKIA CORPORATION |
9 |
5 |
THOMSON LECENSING S.A. |
9 |
6 |
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO.LTD. |
8 |
7 |
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA |
6 |
8 |
HINDUSTAN UNILEVER LIMITED |
6 |
9 |
MOTOROLA INC |
6 |
10 |
SHELL INTERNATIONALE RESEARCH MAATSCHAPPIJ BV |
6 |
11 |
SUMITOMO CHEMICAL COMPANY,LIMITED |
6 |
12 |
F. HOFFMANN-LA ROCHE AG |
5 |
