The Indian Patent Office granted 828 patents in the month of May 2007. The table below shows the top twelve companies that received patent grants. HLL tops the list with 42 patents, followed by Ericsson and Honda Giken with 15 and 14 patents respectively.

INDIAN PATENT GRANTS IN THE MONTH OF MAY - 2007

SL.NO.	NAME OF THE COMPANY	PATENTS GRANTED
1	HINDUSTAN LEVER LIMITED	42
2	TELEFONAKTIE BOLAGET LM ERICSSON (PUBL)	15
3	HONDA GIKEN KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA	14
4	BAYER AKTIENGESELL SCHAFT	13
5	INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY	11
6	INTEL CORPORATION	11
7	E I DU PONT DE NEMOURS & COMPANY	9
8	ASTRAZENECA AB	8
9	MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO. LTD.	8
10	SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS	8
11	STEEL AUTHORITY OF INDIA	8
12	SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT	7