Huawei, Samsung, Ericsson among top 5 companies to publish priority patents in India

NEW DELHI: A total of 60,355 India priority patents were published in the country between 2016 and 2018, up from 54,481 publications in 2015-17, according to Clarivate Analytics India Innovation report. The share of India priority publications within the overall patents published in India has grown from 25 per cent in 2016 to 34 per cent in 2018, indicating a steady growth in inventive idea of local origin and the importance of India as a market to protect IP, it said.

India priority patent publications refer to patents that are first filed in India.

“In the years from 2014 to 2018, India priority patent publications grew at a CAGR to 16 per cent. 60,355 India priority patents were published in the country between 2016 and 2018, an increase over previous study period (2015-17) that had 54,481 publications,” the study said.