18,230 patents granted in 2008-09

Business Standard
The Indian Patent Office has granted 18,230 new patents in 200809, the Lok Sabha was informed on Monday. “The Indian Patent Office has received a large number of applications during the last three years,” the Minister of State for Commerce and Industry Jyotiraditya Scindia said in a written reply in the Lower House. Of the 36,877 applications filed in 2008-09, 18,230 were granted patents.