The Indian Patent Office granted 1752 patents in August, 2008. The top three consisted of CSIR, which had a patent count of 129 patents, followed by HONDA GIKEN KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA, with 37 patents and HINDUSTAN UNILEVER LIMITED with 34 patents. The table below shows the top twelve companies that received the maximum number of patents in the month of August, 2008.
Sl.No |
Name of the company |
No. of. Patents Granted |
1 |
COUNCIL OF SCIENTIFIC & INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH |
129 |
2 |
HONDA GIKEN KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA, |
37 |
3 |
HINDUSTAN UNILEVER LIMITED |
34 |
4 |
SAMSUNG ELECTONICS CO., LTD. |
29 |
5 |
MOTOROLA, INC, a corporation of the State of Delaware, USA |
27 |
6 |
PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANY |
25 |
7 |
SONY CORPORATION |
25 |
8 |
QUALCOMM INCORPORATED |
24 |
9 |
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION. |
23 |
10 |
INTEL CORPORATION |
17 |
11 |
BHARAT HEAVY ELECTRICALS LIMITED |
16 |
12 |
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY, |
14 |
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