The Indian Patent Office granted 567 patents in the month of April 2007. The table below shows the top twelve companies that received patent grants. HLL tops the list with 19 patents, followed by Honda Giken and Intel with 13 and 11 patents respectively.

INDIAN PATENT GRANTS IN THE MONTH OF APRIL - 2007

SL.NO.	NAME OF THE COMPANY	PATENTS GRANTED
1	HINDUSTAN LEVER LIMITED	19
2	HONDA GIKEN KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA, A CORPORATION OF JAPAN	13
3	INTEL CORPORATION	11
4	SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO. LTD.	11
5	TELEFONAKTIEB OLAGET LM ERICSSON (PUBL)	11
6	ASTRAZENECA AB	10
7	INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY	09
8	BAYER AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT	05
9	E. I. DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANY	05
10	MCNEIL PPC, INC	05
11	OUTOKUMPU OYJ	05
12	OWENS CORNING	05