The Indian Patent Office granted 1193 patents in February, 2009. The top three consisted of HINDUSTAN UNILEVER LIMITED, which had a patent count of 45 patents, followed by QUALCOMM, INCORPORATED with 30 patents and COUNCIL OF SCIENTIFIC & INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH with 26 patents. The table below shows the top twelve companies that received the maximum number of patents in the month of February, 2009.
Sl.No. |
Name of the company |
No. of. Patents Granted |
1 |
HINDUSTAN UNILEVER LIMITED |
45 |
2 |
QUALCOMM INCORPORATED |
30 |
3 |
COUNCIL OF SCIENTIFIC & INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH |
26 |
4 |
KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N. V. |
21 |
5 |
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO LTD |
15 |
6 |
SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT |
13 |
7 |
3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY |
12 |
8 |
MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO. LTD |
11 |
9 |
LG ELECTORNICS INC. |
10 |
10 |
BASF AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT |
9 |
11 |
BAYER AKTIENGESELLS CHAFT |
8 |
12 |
HONDA GIKEN KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA |
8 |
