The Indian Patent Office granted 829 patents in July, 2009. The top three consisted of HINDUSTAN UNILEVER LIMITED, which had a patent count of 27 patents, followed by QUALCOMM INCORPORATED with 24 patents andBASF AKTIENGESELL SCHAFT with 16 patents. The table below shows the top twelve companies that received the maximum number of patents in the month of July, 2009.
Sl.No. |
Name of the company |
No. of. Patents Granted |
1 |
HINDUSTAN UNILEVER LIMITED |
27 |
2 |
QUALCOMM INCORPORATED |
24 |
3 |
BASF AKTIENGESELL SCHAFT |
16 |
4 |
COUNCIL OF SCIENTIFIC & INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH |
14 |
5 |
KONINKLIJE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V |
11 |
6 |
HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD |
9 |
7 |
HONDA GIKEN KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA |
8 |
8 |
INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY |
7 |
9 |
CIBA HOLDING INC |
6 |
10 |
F HOFFMANNLA ROCHE AG |
6 |
11 |
HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD |
6 |
12 |
TELEFONAKT IEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON (PUBL), |
6 |
