Lok Sabha Question No. 3763 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-12-11
Subject: IT Patent
Ministry: COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY
Asked by: Jayant Sinha

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF COMMERCE & INDUSTRY DEPARTMENT FOR PROMOTION OF INDUSTRY AND INTERNAL TRADE

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3763. TO BE ANSWERED ON WEDNESDAY, THE 11 TH  DECEMBER, 2019.

## IT PATENT

## 3763.  SHRI JAYANT SINHA:

Will the Minister of COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY be pleased to state:

वाणिज्य

## एवं उद्योग मंत्री

- (a) the number of international Information Technology (IT) patent requests filed by  Indian  citizens  in  the  year  2018-2019  and  the  country's  rank  globally  in patents filed in the IT sector;
- (b) whether  the  Government  is  taking  measures  to  encourage  patent  filing  by individuals or organisations in the IT sector, and if so, the details thereof; and
- (c) the  number  of  functional  startup  incubation  centres,  State/UT-wise  and  the number  of  technological  startups  incubated  by  the  Government  so  far, State/UT-wise?

## ANSWER वाणिज ् य एवं उद्योग मंत्री श्री पीयूष गोयल THE MINISTER OF COMMERCE & INDUSTRY

## ( ) (SHRI  PIYUSH GOYAL)

- (a): As per information available with Controller General of Patents, Designs and Trade  Marks  (CGPDTM), a  total  of  5,852  requests  seeking  permission  for filing  applications  outside  India  were  received  during  2018-19.  Out  of  this, 3,522 requests were from Information Technology (IT) sector.

Further, 966 International applications under Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) were filed during 2018-19 by Indian applicants at Indian Patent Office with a request  to  forward  the  same  to  World  Intellectual  Property  Organization (WIPO).  Besides,  1,061  International  applications  under  PCT  were  filed  by Indian applicants directly to WIPO.

India's ranking in PCT Filing is 13 th during the year 2018 as per WIPO Report.

- (b): As  a  measure  to  encourage  patent  filing  by  individuals  and  organizations, awareness programmes and workshops on creation, protection, management and  enforcement  of  IPRs  are  regularly  organised  by  Cell  for  Intelectual Property Rights Promotion and Management (CIPAM), Rajiv Gandhi National Institute  of  Intellectual  Property  Management  (RGNIIPM)  and    the  office  of Controller  General  of  Patents,  Designs  and  Trade  Marks  (CGPDTM)  with collaboration with Ministry of Micro Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME),

industry  associations,    universities,  colleges,  schools,  Law  Enforcement Authorities and Judiciary for the benefit of various types of stakeholders.

National and international symposia/ seminar/ workshops, roving seminars  on Intellectual Property are conducted  in collaboration  with  WIPO and Foreign Patent Offices to facilitate the Indian stakeholders to protect their  IPRs on the global platform.

- (c): As  per  the  information  available  with  Department  for  Promotion  of  Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT), State/UT-wise functioning incubation centres are as under:

|   S.No. | State           |   Number of Incubators and Accelerators |
|---------|-----------------|-----------------------------------------|
|       1 | Tamil Nadu      |                                      66 |
|       2 | Karnataka       |                                      42 |
|       3 | Kerala          |                                      36 |
|       4 | Uttar Pradesh   |                                      31 |
|       5 | Rajasthan       |                                      30 |
|       6 | Telangana       |                                      30 |
|       7 | Delhi           |                                      22 |
|       8 | Gujarat         |                                      21 |
|       9 | Madhya Pradesh  |                                      21 |
|      10 | Maharashtra     |                                      21 |
|      11 | Odisha          |                                      18 |
|      12 | Andhra Pradesh  |                                      12 |
|      13 | Punjab          |                                      12 |
|      14 | Goa             |                                       8 |
|      15 | West Bengal     |                                       6 |
|      16 | Assam           |                                       5 |
|      17 | Haryana         |                                       5 |
|      18 | Jammu & Kashmir |                                       4 |
|      19 | Jharkhand       |                                       3 |
|      20 | Chhattisgarh    |                                       2 |
|      21 | Mizoram         |                                       2 |
|      22 | Bihar           |                                       1 |
|      23 | Chandigarh      |                                       1 |
|      24 | Nagaland        |                                       1 |
|      25 | Pondicherry     |                                       1 |
|      26 | Sikkim          |                                       1 |
|      27 | Tripura         |                                       1 |
|      28 | Uttarakhand     |                                       1 |

The list of technological start-ups incubated by Government, State/UT-wise, is not centrally compiled.

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