Andhra Pradesh gets all India 9th Rank with 1445 Patents Filings
Andhra University as a State IPR Nodal Agency played a catalytic role in creating IPR Awareness and increased patent filings in the State- Prof PVGD Prasad Reddy Vice Chancellor Andhra university
Visakhapatnam: The Indian Patent Office Government of India has released the much-awaited annual report on the IP filings in India yesterday. The report was analysed by DPIIT-IPR Chair Andhra University Visakhapatnam. Prof HanumanthuPurushotham DPIIT-IPR Chair statedthat asper recent annual report the total patents filed in India by both residents and non-residents are 82,811.
DPIIT-IPR Chair Prof. H. Purushotham
Andhra Pradesh has crossed filing 0ver 1000 patents for the first time and filed 1445 patents in the year 2022-23 compared to 934 patents last year and registered growth rate of about 55 percent. Andhra Pradesh has also achieved ninth rank in India compared to 10 th rank last year in patent filings. The top five IndianStates are Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh, Karnataka and Panjab with 7686,5626,5564,5408 and 3405 patent filings respectively.
Prof HanumanthuPurushothampresented 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 the Andhra Pradesh to Prof PVGD Prasad Reddy the Vice Chancellor.
Prof PVGD Prasad Reddy expressed his happiness, appreciated the efforts and initiatives of DPIIT-IPR Chair and said Andhra University as a State IPR Nodal Agency played a catalytic role in creating IPR Awareness and increased patent filings in the State. He further said that the AP State Council for Higher Education may direct all the Higher Educational Institutes in AP to adopt the model IPR policy brought out and being implemented effectively by Andhra University to enhance the growth of patentfilings from Andhra Pradesh.
