According to the World Intellectual Property Indicators 2025 report, in 2024 India emerged as the world’s sixth largest patent filer with more than 63,000 patents, of which more than 55 percent patents were filed by Indian innovators.
- Minister of State for Science and Technology Dr. Jitendra Singh said that India has emerged as the world’s sixth largest patent filer with more than 63,000 patents, of which more than 55 percent patents were filed by Indian innovators.
- Addressing the annual Tech Fest in New Delhi, Dr. Singh highlighted that the country has moved from 81st place to 38th place in the Global Innovation Index. He also appreciated the country’s milestones such as Chandrayaan-3, development of the world’s first DNA vaccine, indigenous antibiotic drugs and others.
World Intellectual Property Indicators 2025 report
- According to the World Intellectual Property Indicators 2025 report, in 2024 innovators around the world submitted a record-breaking 3.7 million patent applications, which is 4.9% more than in 2023.
- China’s IP office received 1.8 million patent applications in 2024. The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) – with 603,194 applications – is in second place, followed by the Japan Patent Office (JPO) (306,855), the Korea Intellectual Property Office (KIPO) (246,245) and the European Patent Office (EPO) (199,402).
- In India, 63,217 patent applications were filed by residents and 41,940 by non-residents. With this India got sixth place globally.
- Among the top 20 origin countries, applicants residing in Finland (+15.4%), India (+19.1%) and Turkey (+14.6%) recorded double-digit growth in applications in 2024.
- Most of the top 20 offices – 13 out of 20 – received more patent applications in 2024 than in 2023 (Figure A8). The largest growth occurred in the offices of Turkey (+18.4%), India (+16.5%), China (+9%) and Italy (+7.1%).
- For India, this was the eighth consecutive year of growth, with a 16.5% increase in 2024, marking the third consecutive year of double-digit growth due to substantial growth in resident applications.
Trademark applications
- China’s office had an application class count of around 7 million, much higher than that of the United States (US), which had a class count of 795,337. The Russian Federation (567,227), India (555,613) and Brazil (468,667) were among the top five filing offices.
Designs
- In 2024, China’s office received a total of 825,330 design applications, which was equal to more than half (52.9%) of global activity. After China, the offices of the European Union (EU) (123,743) and the UK (78,567), the US (68,575) and the Republic of Korea (60,683). India climbed from 11th place to 7th place and surpassed France.
- Thirteen offices recorded growth, of which five registered double-digit growth: India (+43.2%), Brazil (+27.3%), Indonesia (+25.3%), Morocco (+23.4%) and the US (+14.3%)
Geographical indications
- In 2024, an estimated 62,300 GIs were in force across 94 national and regional authorities.
- In 2024, China (9,946) had the highest number of geographical indications (GIs) in force, followed by Germany (7,661), Hungary (7,365), Czech Republic (6,782) and Portugal (6,466).
- Apart from Europe, India (658), Mexico (1,266), Japan (565), the Islamic Republic of Iran (569) and the United States (US) (610) also reported a substantial number of GIs in force in their jurisdictions
World Intellectual Property Organization
- The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) is one of the oldest specialized agencies of the United Nations, established in 1967 to promote creative activity and to protect intellectual property worldwide. It administers 26 international treaties and its headquarters is in Geneva, Switzerland.
- WIPO has 193 member countries.
- India joined WIPO in 1975. India is also a member of the following important WIPO-administered international treaties and conventions related to IPR:
- Budapest Treaty, 2001 – to recognize microorganisms for the purposes of patent procedure as part of the patent process
- Paris Convention, 1998 – for the protection of industrial property
- Berne Convention, 1928 – for the protection of literary and artistic works
- Patent Cooperation Treaty, 1998
