India

Population (Million): 1,393.41 (2021)

Gross Domestic Product (Billion US$)(Constant 2017 US$ (PPP)): 9,301.49 (2021)

IP Filings (Resident + Abroad, Including Regional) and Economy

Year	Patent	Trademark (class count)	Industrial Design (design count)	GDP (Constant 2017 US$)
2012	18,250	197,877	7,139	5,801.29
2013	20,945	204,982	7,010	6,171.77
2014	22,476	237,484	8,032	6,629.11
2015	24,018	283,493	9,264	7,159.19
2016	25,887	294,414	7,885	7,750.27
2017	28,010	272,672	10,382	8,276.93
2018	30,035	333,386	15,216	8,811.12
2019	34,052	369,871	12,754	9,140.47
2020	37,895	418,661	11,849	8,537.56
2021	43,163	476,574	19,770	9,301.49

Patent

Patent Applications

Year	Resident	Non-Resident	Abroad
2012	9,553	34,402	8,697
2013	10,669	32,362	10,276
2014	12,040	30,814	10,436
2015	12,579	33,079	11,439
2016	13,199	31,858	12,688
2017	14,961	31,621	13,049
2018	16,289	33,766	13,746
2019	19,454	34,173	14,598
2020	23,141	33,630	14,754
2021	26,267	35,306	16,896

Patent Grants

Year	Resident	Non-Resident	Abroad
2012	722	3,606	2,877
2013	594	2,783	3,759
2014	720	5,433	4,294
2015	822	5,200	5,000
2016	1,115	7,133	5,584
2017	1,712	10,675	5,811
2018	2,311	11,597	6,039
2019	3,690	19,888	7,113
2020	4,988	21,373	8,081
2021	6,384	24,337	8,238

Patents in Force

Year	Patents in Force
2012	42,991
2013	45,103
2014	49,272
2015	47,113
2016	49,575
2017	60,777
2018	60,865
2019	76,556
2020	92,897
2021	110,879

Utility Model Applications

Year	Resident	Non-Resident	Abroad
2012			15
2013			50
2014			43
2015			34
2016			24
2017			34
2018			34
2019			36
2020			513
2021			2,371

Trademark (class count)

Number of Classes Specified in Trademark Applications

Year	Resident	Non-Resident	Abroad
2012	176,044	14,806	21,833
2013	183,172	17,220	21,810
2014	200,144	37,586	37,340
2015	250,586	39,144	32,907
2016	264,662	48,786	29,752
2017	242,483	41,091	30,189
2018	297,751	44,916	35,635
2019	322,297	45,467	47,574
2020	382,294	42,254	36,367
2021	435,580	52,946	40,994

Number of Classes Specified in Trademark Registrations

Year	Resident	Non-Resident	Abroad
2012	48,014	7,177	16,728
2013	52,117	9,858	19,432
2014	45,720	24,502	24,199
2015	53,520	32,784	26,505
2016	158,415	43,502	24,468
2017	287,139	52,614	26,137
2018	306,469	53,330	27,120
2019	272,129	50,877	35,602
2020	214,223	44,288	34,775
2021	302,633	52,330	33,930

Industrial Design (design count)

Number of Designs in Industrial Design Applications

Year	Resident	Non-Resident	Abroad
2012	5,100	3,445	2,039
2013	5,182	3,315	1,828
2014	6,168	3,141	1,864
2015	6,829	3,461	2,435
2016	6,753	3,920	1,132
2017	7,534	3,583	2,848
2018	8,928	3,704	6,288
2019	9,381	4,342	3,373
2020	8,962	3,831	2,887
2021	17,497	3,949	2,273

Number of Designs in Industrial Design Registrations

Year	Resident	Non-Resident	Abroad
2012	3,959	2,819	1,829
2013	4,156	2,819	1,821
2014	4,179	2,878	1,805
2015	4,801	2,660	2,201
2016	4,901	2,430	1,032
2017	6,622	3,566	2,492
2018	5,422	2,776	6,529
2019	9,652	4,058	2,713
2020	5,872	2,849	3,266
2021	9,885	3,128	2,066

International Applications via WIPO Administered Treaties

Applications via WIPO Administered Treaties

Year	PCT System	Madrid System	Hague System
2012	1,310	16
2013	1,321	45	1
2014	1,429	165
2015	1,412	157
2016	1,528	177
2017	1,583	250	1
2018	2,009	321	1
2019	2,041	448	2
2020	1,907	339	1
2021	2,087	358	3

PCT National Phase Entry (Direct and via Regional Office)

Year	Resident	Non-Resident	Abroad
2012	247	29,071	3,339
2013	172	27,420	4,178
2014	258	26,082	3,569
2015	129	27,753	3,914
2016	140	25,756	4,338
2017	168	26,205	4,368
2018	203	27,485	4,092
2019	148	28,007	4,478
2020	188	26,768	4,732
2021	181	28,671	5,304

PCT Top Applicants

Applicant	2019	2020	2021
Tvs Motor Company Limited	11	51	92
Indian Institute Of Technology	58	78	57
Council Of Scientific And Industrial Research An Indian Registered Body Incorporated Under The Regn. Of Soc. Act (act Xxi Of 1860)	45	46	35
Tata Consultancy Services Ltd.	11	35	33
Padmini Vna Mechatronics Pvt. Ltd	10	2	29
Cadila Healthcare Limited	6	9	21
Upl Limited	22	30	21
Dr. Reddy's Laboratories Ltd.	22	25	17
Lohia Corp Limited	2	10	16
Lupin Limited	4	7	15

Madrid Top Applicants

Applicant	2019	2020	2021
M/s. Himatsingka Seide Limited			30
Patanjali Ayurved Limited	1	8	11
S.b. Adani Family Trust ( Mr. Gautam S. Adani,;mr. Rajesh S. Adani, Mr. Vinod S. Adani )			8
Upl Ltd.	15	1	8
Maitribodh Parivar Private Limited			7
Dr. Reddy's Laboratories Ltd.		3	6
Grasim Industries Limited		3	6
Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Limited	8	1	6
3one4capital Advisors Llp			5
Hcl Technologies Ltd.	4	4	5

Hague Top Applicants

Applicant	2019	2020	2021
Sanjay Kothari			2

Source: WIPO statistics database; last updated: 02/2023
• The statistics are based on data collected from IP offices or extracted from WIPO's operational databases. Data might be missing for some years and offices or may be incomplete for some origins. The data relating to population and gross domestic product (GDP) are from the UN Statistics Division and the World Bank.
• A resident filing refers to an application filed in the country by its own resident; whereas a non-resident filing refers to the one filed by a foreign applicant. An abroad filing refers to an application filed by this country's resident at a foreign office.
• Where an office provides total filings without breaking them down into resident and non-resident filings, WIPO divides the total count using the historical share of resident filings at that office.
• IP filings and Economy lists patent, trademark and industrial design filings worldwide by applicants from this country (resident + abroad).
• One application at the Eurasian Patent Organization (EAPO), the African Intellectual Property Organization (OAPI), the Benelux Office for Intellectual Property (BOIP), the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) or the Patent Office of the Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf (GCC Patent Office) is multiplied by the corresponding number of member states ; whereas one application at the European Patent Office (EPO) or the African Regional Intellectual Property Organization (ARIPO) is counted as one application abroad if the applicant does not reside in a member state, or as one resident application and one application abroad (two applications) if the applicant resides in a member state, due to lack of information on designations.
• Application class count: The number of classes specified in a trademark application. In the international trademark system and at certain national and regional offices, an applicant can file a trademark application that specifies one or more of the 45 goods and services classes of the Nice Classification. Offices use a single- or multi-class filing system. To capture the differences in application numbers across offices, it is useful to compare their respective application and registration class counts.
• Application design count: The number of designs contained in an industrial design application. Under the Hague System for the International Registration of Industrial Designs, it is possible for an applicant to obtain protection for up to 100 industrial designs for products belonging to one and the same class by filing a single application. Some national or regional IP offices allow applications to contain more than one design for the same product or within the same class, while others allow only one design per application. In order to capture the differences in application numbers across offices, it is useful to compare their respective application and registration design counts.
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