GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
DEPARTMENT OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

LOK SABHA
UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.82
ANSWERED ON 01-12-2004

PATENTS

82. SHRI AJIT JOGI:

Will the Minister of SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY be pleased to state :

(a) whether patents have been obtained in respect of Scientific and Technological inventions at national and international levels;

(b) if so, the details thereof; and

(c) the efforts being made by the Government in getting the help from individuals and small organizations for obtaining patents?

ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) OF THE MINISTRY OF SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY AND MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) OF THE DEPARTMENT OF OCEAN DEVELOPMENT

(SHRI KAPIL SIBAL)

(a) Yes, Sir.

Contd….2/-

: 2 :

(b) (i) Patents have been granted by the Indian Patent Office to Indian applicants and the information is given below :

Year No. of patents sealed

1999-2000 557
2000-2001 399
2001-2002 654
2002-2003 494

(ii) Indian scientists/technologists/institutions have also been increasingly filing patents in other countries. For example, according to the official website of the US Patents and Trademark Office, patents granted to Indian applicants by this office have been on the increase since 1999, the number has grown from 73 in 1999 to 237 in 2003.

(c) Government have been creating awareness about patents among individual scientists, technologists, teachers etc. and universities, industries, including small scale industries for many years so that they could take steps to protect their inventions by obtaining patents. Science departments have also established Patent Facilitating Centres to enable scientists to file patents in India and abroad.

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