Vijayawada: The Indian Patent Office, Government of India has released the much-awaited annual report on the IP filings in India in which Andhra Pradesh has ranked ninth in filing of patents.
The report was analysed by DPIIT-IPR Chair Andhra University Visakhapatnam. Prof. Hanumanthu Purushotham, DPIIT-IPR Chair stated that as per recent annual report the total patents filed in India by both residents and non-residents are 82,811. Andhra Pradesh has crossed filing of over 1,000 patents for the first time and filed 1445 patents in 2022-23 compared to 934 patents the previous year and registered growth rate of about 55%.
He said Andhra Pradesh has achieved ninth rank in India compared to 10th rank the previous year in patent filing. The top five Indian States are Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh, Karnataka and Punjab with 7686,5626,5564,5408 and 3405 patent filings respectively.
Prof. Purushotham presented the progress and achievement of Andhra Pradesh in the IPR area and the role played by Andhra University as State IPR nodal agency in enhancing the IPR awareness and patent filings from Andhra Pradesh to Prof. PVGD Prasad Reddy, Vice Chancellor.