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Crunch of Patent Examiners- 55 examiners left the organization during 2004-09 and no new recruitment took place and 47 examiners were promoted as Assistant Controllers in January 2009, thus not available for examination.
Closer2patents observation- Earlier annual reports showed a trend of more patents been granted despite shrinking number of examiners, (in 2006-07 7539 patents were granted with a workforce of 133 examiners and 33 assistant controllers, while in 2008-09 16061 patents were granted with a much lesser staff of 75 examiners and 70 assistant controllers.)
During the 11th plan, the Government of India has sanctioned further 414 posts for the Patents and Trademarks office for strengthening of human resources to achieve the enhanced targets.
The Patent Office have facilitated the general public to have web based interactive guidance for information and procedure for filing the patent applications from August 2008.
Modernization and streamlining measures taken may show a positive result eventually.
The comparative bar chart beside shows a positive trend in domains of chemical, electrical, mechanical and computer/electronics.
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Real time updating of information, removal of arbitrariness, reduction in complaints from stakeholders.
Money Talk
The office of the Controller General of Patents, Designs and Trademarks Total revenue earned - Rs.215.25 crores, showing 5% decrease from previous year. Total non-plan expenditure- Rs.33.03 crores. Revenue surplus- Rs.182.22 crores.
Patent office Revenue- Rs. 142.61 crores. Expenditure- Rs. 21.87 crores. Trademark registry Revenue- Rs.71.6 crores Expenditure- Rs.8.94 crores. Patent offices in respect of Design Patents Revenue- Rs.0.91 crores.
Note: 1 Indian Rupee = 0.02226 US Dollar 1 US Dollar(USD) = 44.92140 Indian Rupee (INR) Date : Mon, 11 Jul 2011 13:49:24 GMT 1 crore = 10 million i.e. 10,000,000 (107)
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Foreign Applications
Convention applications filed- 2986, decrease of 29.83% from last year. PCT applications- 23431, decrease of 8.85% from last year. Maximum applications by USA(8087), followed by Germany(2582), Japan(2386) and so on as the following pie chart shows. International applications filed by Indian applicants through PCT- 752, decrease of 15%. Major contributors for PCT international applications- CSIR, Hetero Research, Matrix Laboratories Ltd., Lupin Ltd., Tata Steel Ltd, Pnacea Biotech Ltd, Reliance Life Sciences Ltd. etc. USA Germany Japan Switzerland Netherlands France UK Sweden Korea China Italy Finland
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The Annual report of the office of the Controller General of Patents, Designs, Trademarks and Geographical Indications (CGPDTM), encapsulates the detailed activities of the various offices under CGPTDM. CGPDTM office also known as Intellectual Property Office (IPO) comes under the Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion under, Ministry of Commerce and Industry. IPO is responsible for administration of Patents Act 1970, Designs Act 2000, Trademarks Act 1999, and Geographical Indications of Goods (Registration and Protection) Act, 1999 through its offices located at Mumbai, Delhi, Kolkata, Chennai And Ahmedabad. The Patent Information System (PIS) and National Institute Of Intellectual Property Management (NIIPM) located at Nagpur are also under superintendence of CGPTDM. PIS maintains a comprehensive collection of patent specification and patent related literature on a worldwide basis and NIIPM as a national centre of excellence for training, management, research, and education in the field of IPR related issues imparts training to Intellectual Property Examiners. It also facilitates research on IPR.