More than 2 lakh patent applications pending at India Patent Offices in 4 cities
Updated: Jul 31, 2015 04:48:31pm
New Delhi, July 31 (KNN) More than two lakh patent applications are pending in the Indian Patent Offices in Delhi, Chennai, Kolkata and Mumbai.
Pendency of patent applications is measured in terms of pending Requests of Examination which are awaiting disposal at different stages of processing in Patent Offices, Minister of State (Independent Charge) in the Ministry of Commerce & Industry Nirmala Sitharaman today said in a written reply in Lok Sabha.
According to the data - 83,291 Requests for Examinations are pending in Delhi; 74, 390 in Chennai; 40, 558 in Kolkata; and 28, 100 in Mumbai.
Meanwhile, Government has taken several measures to clear the pending applications.
The Government has approved additional 252 posts of Examiners and 76 posts of Controllers (supervisory officers) in the 12th Plan under the Plan Scheme for ‘Modernisation and Strengthening of Intellectual Property Offices’.
With this, the total sanctioned strength of Examiners and Controllers has become 589 and 170 respectively. The process of recruitment to 459 vacant posts of Examiners has already been initiated and advertisement issued in this regard, Commerce Minister said.
Besides, as a short-time measure, 263 posts of Contract Examiners of Patents have also been sanctioned.
In order to facilitate the examination work and optimise the speed and quality of examination, number of measures like - computerised work-flow, automation and IT enablement in the functioning of Patent Office have been initiated.
Prior Art Search facility has been strengthened by subscribing to the global patent databases. A common search engine for rapid Prior Art Search has also been initiated. These modern facilities have contributed in expediting the examination work of the Patent Examiners, she said. (KNN Bureau)
Pendency of patent applications is measured in terms of pending Requests of Examination which are awaiting disposal at different stages of processing in Patent Offices, Minister of State (Independent Charge) in the Ministry of Commerce & Industry Nirmala Sitharaman today said in a written reply in Lok Sabha.
According to the data - 83,291 Requests for Examinations are pending in Delhi; 74, 390 in Chennai; 40, 558 in Kolkata; and 28, 100 in Mumbai.
Meanwhile, Government has taken several measures to clear the pending applications.
The Government has approved additional 252 posts of Examiners and 76 posts of Controllers (supervisory officers) in the 12th Plan under the Plan Scheme for ‘Modernisation and Strengthening of Intellectual Property Offices’.
With this, the total sanctioned strength of Examiners and Controllers has become 589 and 170 respectively. The process of recruitment to 459 vacant posts of Examiners has already been initiated and advertisement issued in this regard, Commerce Minister said.
Besides, as a short-time measure, 263 posts of Contract Examiners of Patents have also been sanctioned.
In order to facilitate the examination work and optimise the speed and quality of examination, number of measures like - computerised work-flow, automation and IT enablement in the functioning of Patent Office have been initiated.
Prior Art Search facility has been strengthened by subscribing to the global patent databases. A common search engine for rapid Prior Art Search has also been initiated. These modern facilities have contributed in expediting the examination work of the Patent Examiners, she said. (KNN Bureau)
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