Want a Patent ? Be patient !

Newspaper Pravasi ( 26 Feb 2012 ) gives following interesting – but far more distressing – info about working of India’s Patent Office in Mumbai :
 No of patent applications pending ………………………………… 100,000
 Which will take to clear ………………………………………………….. 3 years
 No of requests being examined / year ………………………….. 12,000
 Additional Patent Examiners being trained …………………….. 250
 Which will help clear no of applications / year ………………… 40,000
 New requests being received / year ………………………………… 25,000 +
 Annual growth-rate of requests ……………………………………… .. 20 %
I would not be surprised if Indian scientists working in foreign labs are filing more patent applications abroad than the Indian scientists working in Indian labs !
Innovation will get a huge boost if Patents can be granted – or even rejected – in 6 months !

With regards

hemen parekh