: Nearly 45,000 patent applications are filed in India in a year; of them, 17,000 are filed from Chennai, said R. Devan, Deputy Controller of Patents and Designs, Patents Office, Chennai here.
Inaugurating a workshop on Patents and Designs organised by University Business Collaboration Centre and Controller General of Patents, Designs and Trade Marks, Department of Industrial Policy and Promotions, Union Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Mr. Devan said ever since the Patents Act and Rules came into existence in 1970, 2,16,000 patent applications have been filed in India. The Act was amended in 2005. Many patents were from the field of computer science and engineering.
2,16,000 patent applications have been filed in India