The Indian Patent Office granted 317 patents in Sept, 2009. The top three consisted of HINDUSTAN UNILEVER LIMITED, which had a patent count of 13 patents, followed by QUALCOMM INCORPORATED with 8 patents and SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO. LTD with 7 patents. The table below shows the top twelve companies that received the maximum number of patents in the month of Sept, 2009.
Sl.No. |
Name of the company |
No. of. Patents Granted |
1 |
HINDUSTAN UNILEVER LIMITED |
13 |
2 |
QUALCOMM INCORPORATED |
8 |
3 |
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO. LTD |
7 |
4 |
COUNCIL OF SCIENTIFIC & INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH |
6 |
5 |
JOHNSON & JOHNSONVISION CARE, INC |
5 |
6 |
MOTOROLA, INC. |
5 |
7 |
SIEMENS AKTIENGESE LLSCHAFT |
5 |
8 |
LG ELECTRONICS INC. |
4 |
9 |
BHARAT HEAVY ELECTRICALS LIMITED |
3 |
10 |
CADILA HEALTHCARE LIMITED |
3 |
11 |
INTEL CORPORATION |
3 |
12 |
LG CHEM, LTD |
3 |
