Lok Sabha Question No. 62 (STARRED), answered on 2021-02-05
Subject: Patent Applications for New Inventions
Ministry: SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
Asked by: Ramcharan Bohra

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY LOK SABHA

## DEPARTMENT OF SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY STARRED QUESTION NO.62 TO BE ANSWERED ON 05/02/2021

## PATENT APPLICATIONS FOR NEW INVENTIONS

## 62.    SHRI RAMCHARAN BOHRA

Will the Minister of SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY वान और ौयोगक मंी be pleased to state:

- (a)     the number of patent applications filed for new inventions by other
- Indian Scientists in comparison to the scientists in developed/developing countries during the last three years; and
- (b)      the  steps  taken  by  the  Government  to  address  the  issue  of slow progress rate in the field of  research and development in the country?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE; MINISTER OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY; AND MINISTER OF EARTH SCIENCES (DR. HARSH VARDHAN)

वाय और परवार कयाण मंी , वान और ौयोगक मंी और पृवी वान मंी ( डॉ . हषवधन )

(a) & (b):  A statement is laid on the Table of the House.

## STATEMENT AS REFERRED IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) and (b) OF LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 62 FOR 05/02/2021 REGARDING PATENT APPLICATIONS FOR NEW INVENTIONS

- (a)     As per data available from World Intellectual Property Organization's (WIPO), IP Statistics, released on January 5, 2021, India ranks 8 th in patent filed by resident Scientists/Innovators from respective country.  Country-wise data pertaining to patents filed by resident researchers/ scientists/ innovators at top 10 patent offices in last three years, including India, is given below:

| Year                     | Year          | Year     | 2017    | 2018    | 2019    | Growth in 2019 from 2018   |
|--------------------------|---------------|----------|---------|---------|---------|----------------------------|
| Country of Origin        | Origin (Code) | Type     |         |         |         |                            |
| China                    | CN            | Resident | 1245709 | 1393815 | 1243568 | -10.8%                     |
| United States of America | US            | Resident | 293904  | 285095  | 285113  | +0.006%                    |
| Japan                    | JP            | Resident | 260292  | 253630  | 245372  | -3.2%                      |
| Republic of Korea        | KR            | Resident | 159084  | 162561  | 171603  | +5.6%                      |
| European Patent Office   | EP            | Resident | 78555   | 81565   | 82584   | +1.2%                      |
| Germany                  | DE            | Resident | 73345   | 73333   | 73448   | +0.16%                     |
| Russian Federation       | RU            | Resident | 23115   | 25333   | 23764   | -6.2%                      |
| India                    | IN            | Resident | 14961   | 16289   | 19454   | +19.4%                     |
| Australia                | AU            | Resident | 2503    | 2757    | 2637    | -4.4%                      |
| Canada                   | CA            | Resident | 4053    | 4349    | 4238    | -2.5%                      |

Source: WIPO statistics database. Last updated: January 2021 (accessed on January 27, 2021)

(b)    No Sir. The progress in recent past has not been slow. The Gross expenditure on R&D (GERD), in the country has been consistently increasing over the years and has been tripled in last 10 years.  The Ministry of Science and technology through its three wings i.e. Department of Science Technology (DST), Department of Biotechnology (DBT) and Department of Scientific and Industrial Research (DSIR)/ Council  of Scientific  and  Industrial  Research  (CSIR)  is  implementing  various schemes and programmes. These initiatives not only promote Science, Technology and Innovation (STI) ecosystem in the country but also reach out to various cross sections of the society through support in

-  Research& Development
-  Human Capacity Building
-  Innovation, Technology, Development and Deployment for Socio Economic Development

Together a vast network of 70 Institutes across the country working in niche research areas of Science & Technology (S&T) has been created.

Some of the noteworthy schemes and programmes of the Ministry are

-  Fund for Improvement of S&T Infrastructure (FIST)
-  Sophisticated Analytical Instrument Facilities (SAIF)
-  Intensification of Research in High Priority Areas (IRHPA)
-  Innovation in Science Pursuit for Inspired Research (INSPIRE)
-  Women Scientist Scheme (WOS) and Biotechnology Career Advancement & Reorientation Programme (BioCARE)
-  Technology Business Incubators (TBI)
-  National Initiative for Development and Harnessing Innovations (NIDHI)
-  Technology Mission Initiative
-  State Science and Technology Programme (SSTP)
-  Science and Society Programme (SSP)
-  Tribal Sub Plan (TSP)
-  Scheduled Caste Sub Plan (SCSP)
-  Mission Programme on Characterization of Genetic Resources
-  National Mission on Interdisciplinary Cyber-physical Systems

Due to implementation of these schemes and programmes:

-  India ranks 3 rd in  the  No.  of  PhD degrees awarded (24,474) in Science and Engineering.
-  India ranks 3 rd in  terms  of  No.  of  papers  published as per  National Science Foundation (NSF) database with 1,35,788 publication in Science and Engineering (2018).
-  Our gender participation in R&D has increase to 16.6% (as per R&D statistics 2019-20) from 13.9 % (as per R&D Statistics 2017-18).
-  No. of researchers per 1 million have increased to 255 in 2017 as compared to 110 in 2015.
-  Numerous state of art research facilities have been created across country in more than 600 academic Institutes and PG College benefitting more than 1 lakh researchers.
-  More than 14 lakhs school students were engaged under INSPIRE program.
-  More than 45,000 scholarship /fellowship were given under INSPIRE, CSIRNET and HRD Schemes of DBT.
-  More than 2,500 young scientists were supported under National Postdoctoral Fellowships, INSPIRE Faculty Programme and Scheme for Young Scientists and Technologists (SYST).
-  More  than  50  accomplished  overseas  scientists  have  been  identified  for collaborative research visits under Visiting Advanced Joint Research (VAJRA) programme.
-  Four STI Hubs  for tribal population and & seven  STI hubs for SC Population have  been  established  for  socio-economic  development  of  disadvantaged section of the society.
-  More  than  150  Technology  Business  Incubators  (TBI),  50  Bio-incubators, nearly 3800 entrepreneurs were supported under Innovation and Entrepreneurship  development  programmes  of  DST  &  DBT  and  it  has generated more than 60,000 jobs in last five years.

Apart from the achievements mentioned above this year the during the budget announcement Government has allocated of Rs 50,000 crore over 5 years for the

National  Research  Foundation  (NRF) and autonomous body envisaged to support researchers  working  across  several  streams  of  S&T  especially  in  Universities. Besides this Rs 4000 crore was allocated for Deep Ocean Mission over five years.

These significant efforts have accelerated the progress of R&D in the country tremendously  which  is  evident  from  the  no.  of  publications,  patents  and  PhDs awarded.

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