The Indian Patent Office granted 383 patents in June, 2009. The top three consisted of COUNCIL OF SCIENTIFIC & INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH, which had a patent count of 14 patents, followed by THOMSON LICENSING S.A. with 7 patents and LG ELECTRONICS INC. with 6 patents. The table below shows the top twelve companies that received the maximum number of patents in the month of June, 2009.
Sl.No. |
Name of the company |
No. of. Patents Granted |
1 |
COUNCIL OF SCIENTIFIC & INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH |
14 |
2 |
THOMSON LICENSING S.A. |
7 |
3 |
LG ELECTRONICS INC. |
6 |
4 |
KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V |
5 |
5 |
MOTOROLA, INC. |
5 |
6 |
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO. LTD. |
5 |
7 |
PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANY |
4 |
8 |
ASTRAZENECA AB |
3 |
9 |
BOEHRINGER INGELHEIM PHARMA GMBH & CO. KG. |
3 |
10 |
CARRIER CORPORATION |
3 |
11 |
DSM IP ASSETS B V |
3 |
12 |
ETHICON ENDOSURGERY, INC |
3 |