Patent trends from India for the year 2015-16, based on data from PatSeer Patent database platform.
**The info graphics  covers publication from 1st April 2015 – 31st March 2016. The statistics are as follows:

Publications

• Application – 44258
• Patent – 5890
• Design application – 7543

Top Attorneys   

(**Covers 2016 grants only)

• Remfry & Sagar – 33.27%
• M S Depenning & Depenning – 27.76%
• Anand & Anand – 18.90%
• K & S Partners – 7.68%
• R K Dewan – 6.30%
• Lex Orbis – 6.10%

Applicant Type

• Firm – 46715
• Government – 884
• Institute- 1845
• University- 1550
• Hospital- 454

Top Companies

• Qualcomm Inc- 1065
• Ericsson Telefon Ab L M- 723
• Robert Bosch Gmbh- 505
• Samsung Electronics Co Ltd- 480
• Siemens Ag- 412
• Koninklijke Philips Nv- 357
• General Electric Co- 346
• Honda Motor Co Ltd- 343
• Lg Electronics Co Ltd- 320
• Sony Corp- 294
• Tata Consultancy Services Ltd- 290
• Basf Ag- 271
• Procter & Gamble Ltd- 268
• Larsen & Toubro Limited- 251
• Gm Global Technology Operations Inc- 232
• Jfe Steel Corp- 217
• Dow Global Technologies Inc- 215
• Suzuki Motor Corp- 211

Inventions originating from?

• US -17012
• IN- 12134
• JP- 6489
• EP- 4259
• DE- 2912
• CN- 1690
• FR- 1506
• GB- 1450
• KR- 1141
• IT- 649
• SE- 507
• AU- 367
• DK- 232
• FI- 177
• AT- 170
• CH- 144
• IB- 140
• RU- 138
• ES- 131
• NL- 122

Top Bio Pharma Applicants

• Novartis Ag-100
• Wockhardt Ltd-68
• Cadila Healthcare Limited-51
• Bristol Myers Squibb Co-45
• Boehringer Sohn Ingelheim -40
• F Hoffmann La Roche & Co Ag-40
• Janssen Pharmaceutica Nv-39
• Sanofi Sa-31
• Merck Patent Gmbh-26
• Allergan Inc-24

Research Areas

• Chemistry-17079
• Electrical Engineering-12029
• Mechanical Engineering-10873
• Instruments-6383
• Civil Engineering-1262

Top Automobile Applicants

• Honda Motor Co Ltd-127
• Suzuki Motor Corp-95
• Robert Bosch Gmbh-65
• Toyota Motor Corp-52
• Michelin & Cie-51
• Tvs Motor Co Ltd-45
• Tata Motors Ltd -42
• Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd-36
• Nissan Motor Co Ltd-34
• Siemens Ag-32

Top Institutes / Research Organizations

• Council Of Scientific & Industrial Research-288
• Indian Inst Of Technology Mumbai-87
• Indian Inst Of Technology Chennai-69
• Fraunhofer Ges Zur Förderung Der Angewandten Forschung E V- 59
• National Institute Of Design-58
• Indian Council Of Agricultural Research-50
• Indian Institute Of Technology Delhi-32
• G H Raisoni College Of Engineering-30
• Indian Institute Of Technology Kanpur-30
• Massachusetts Inst Technology-29

Publication trend for

• 1st Apr 2014 – 31st March 2015 – 50719
• 1st Apr 2013 – 31st March 2014 – 40361
• 1st Apr 2012 – 31st March 2013 – 38020
• 1st Apr 2011 – 31st March 2012 – 39295
• 1st Apr 2010 – 31st March 2011 – 45601