Minister of State of Commerce and Industry, C R Chaudhary today said, the government has taken a multi-pronged approach to increase disposal of patent applications.
In a written reply to a question in the Lok Sabha, the Minister said, the pendency of patent applications at examination stage, has come down from over two lakh from March, 2017 to 1.72 lakh as on 28th of February this year.
He said 6,235 applications were examined in February 2018 as against 3,925 during the corresponding period last year. He said, patent offices have been established in Delhi, Chennai, Kolkata and Mumbai and necessary physical and IT infrastructure is established in all the patent offices.
Mr Chaudhary also said, the manpower has been augmented for examination and disposal of patent applications. He said, timelines have been imposed to ensure speedy disposal and the number of admissible adjournments, has been limited under the amended Patent Rules.
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