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India way behind China in filing patent applications
New Delhi, Jun 26 (PTI) - India and China might be the
competing economic giants globally, but when it comes to
innovation, the land of dragon is way ahead, filing nearly
seven times more patent applications compared to our country.
According to global research and analytics firm
Evalueserve, India filed 35,000 patent applications during the
fiscal year 2007-08, whereas China had more than 2.45 lakh
applications in 2007.
About 35,000 patent applications were filed at the Indian
Patent Office (I.P.O.) during the 2007-08 fiscal year, which
is an increase of 21 percent compared to the previous year.
Once granted, these patents have a validity of 20 years from
their filing date.
However, the State Intellectual Property Office of China
(S.I.P.O.) received a total of 245,161 20-year patent
applications in 2007.
"This made China the third most prolific patent-filing
country in the world after the United States and Japan. Patent
filing has been growing both in India and China at about 20
percent per year.
However, the S.I.P.O. received approximately the same
number of 20-year applications in 1997 as the I.P.O. did in
2007-08.
This implies that India is approximately 10 years behind
China," Evalueserve said.
In 2007, filings by domestic applicants in China
accounted for 62.4 percent of the 20-year patent applications
with the S.I.P.O.
During the same period, the year-on-year increase in
domestic 20-year patent application filing in China was at 25
percent, whereas that of foreign filings stood at 4.5 percent.
On the other hand, only 24,505 patent applications were
filed at the I.P.O. in 2005–06. Among them, domestic
applicants filed about 20 percent (4,855 applications) while
foreign applicants filed 80 percent (19,650 applications).
Evalueserve report noted that even though the number of
patent applications filed by foreigners in India rose
dramatically, the same by domestic entities witnessed a
relatively slower growth.
"... the number of patent applications filed by
foreigners in India rose dramatically and witnessed an annual
growth of 77 percent in 2005-06, the corresponding growth in
domestic application filing (applications first filed with the
I.P.O. and then elsewhere) was only 20 percent during the same
period."
The report pointed out that low patenting activity in
domestic companies would hurt their global competitiveness in
the long run. This could be mainly due to lack of awareness
among local firms, time taken for granting a patent by the
I.P.O. and the high fee.
In view of these factors, "... India should allow a
second category of patents, known as utility model patents,
which have a validity of 10 years from their filing date and
which can be granted within 6 to 12 months since they are not
examined substantively," the report said.
Germany, Japan, France, South Korea, Australia and China
are some of the countries whose patent offices grant such
10-year patents. PTI
competing economic giants globally, but when it comes to
innovation, the land of dragon is way ahead, filing nearly
seven times more patent applications compared to our country.
According to global research and analytics firm
Evalueserve, India filed 35,000 patent applications during the
fiscal year 2007-08, whereas China had more than 2.45 lakh
applications in 2007.
About 35,000 patent applications were filed at the Indian
Patent Office (I.P.O.) during the 2007-08 fiscal year, which
is an increase of 21 percent compared to the previous year.
Once granted, these patents have a validity of 20 years from
their filing date.
However, the State Intellectual Property Office of China
(S.I.P.O.) received a total of 245,161 20-year patent
applications in 2007.
"This made China the third most prolific patent-filing
country in the world after the United States and Japan. Patent
filing has been growing both in India and China at about 20
percent per year.
However, the S.I.P.O. received approximately the same
number of 20-year applications in 1997 as the I.P.O. did in
2007-08.
This implies that India is approximately 10 years behind
China," Evalueserve said.
In 2007, filings by domestic applicants in China
accounted for 62.4 percent of the 20-year patent applications
with the S.I.P.O.
During the same period, the year-on-year increase in
domestic 20-year patent application filing in China was at 25
percent, whereas that of foreign filings stood at 4.5 percent.
On the other hand, only 24,505 patent applications were
filed at the I.P.O. in 2005–06. Among them, domestic
applicants filed about 20 percent (4,855 applications) while
foreign applicants filed 80 percent (19,650 applications).
Evalueserve report noted that even though the number of
patent applications filed by foreigners in India rose
dramatically, the same by domestic entities witnessed a
relatively slower growth.
"... the number of patent applications filed by
foreigners in India rose dramatically and witnessed an annual
growth of 77 percent in 2005-06, the corresponding growth in
domestic application filing (applications first filed with the
I.P.O. and then elsewhere) was only 20 percent during the same
period."
The report pointed out that low patenting activity in
domestic companies would hurt their global competitiveness in
the long run. This could be mainly due to lack of awareness
among local firms, time taken for granting a patent by the
I.P.O. and the high fee.
In view of these factors, "... India should allow a
second category of patents, known as utility model patents,
which have a validity of 10 years from their filing date and
which can be granted within 6 to 12 months since they are not
examined substantively," the report said.
Germany, Japan, France, South Korea, Australia and China
are some of the countries whose patent offices grant such
10-year patents. PTI
