The Indian Patent Office granted 261 patents in May, 2009. The top three consisted of COUNCIL OF SCIENTIFIC & INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH, which had a patent count of 10 patents, followed by QUALCOMM INC with 10 patents and F. HOFFMANNLA ROCHE AG with 8 patents. The table below shows the top twelve companies that received the maximum number of patents in the month of May, 2009.
| Sl.No. |
Name of the company |
No. of.
Patents Granted |
| 1 |
COUNCIL OF SCIENTIFIC & INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH |
10 |
| 2 |
QUALCOMM INC |
10 |
| 3 |
F. HOFFMANNLA ROCHE AG |
8 |
| 4 |
NOVARTIS AG |
8 |
| 5 |
TELEFONAKT IEBOLAGETLM ERICSSON (PUBL.) |
4 |
| 6 |
THOMSON LICENSING |
4 |
| 7 |
DSM IP Assets B.V |
3 |
| 8 |
ZYMOGENETICS, INC |
3 |
| 9 |
AKZO NOBEL N.V |
2 |
| 10 |
AVENTIS PHARMA S.A |
2 |
| 11 |
BASF AKTIENGESELLS CHAFT |
2 |
| 12 |
BIOCON LIMITED |
2 |
