CU emerges as Leading Institution of India for filling highest number of Patents in a year

Chandigarh University emerges as Leading Institution of India for filling highest number of Patents in a year

Functioning vigorously towards contributing in making India self-reliant, Chandigarh University, Gharuan (Mohali) has emerged as Top Stand-Alone University in India for filling the highest number of 336 patents in a year. The annual rankings for the year 2018-19 was recently released by Office of Controller General of Patents, Designs and Trademarks, Government of India which comprises Academic Institutions and Multinational Companies. As per the Intellectual Property India annual report released by Government of India, in the overall patents filing category, 27 Indian Institute of Technology (IIT’s) have collectively filed 557 patents and are leading the table but with 336 patents filed in a year, Chandigarh University Gharuan has emerged as the leading stand-alone institution to file highest number of patents which is followed by Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) with 239 patent applications, Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) with 202 applications and Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd (BHEL) with 173 applications.

In addition, with the filing of 148 patents Chandigarh University has also bagged third position in the Top 5 Indian Applicants for patents in the field of Information Technology and is just placed behind the top Indian IT Companies TCS and Wipro. With Chandigarh University emerging as the leading institution of India in the field of Research and Innovation, the Punjab state has managed to barge into rankings of the Top 10 States of India in the field of Research & Innovation for the first time in history.

Categorically, the highest number of patents have been filed by Chandigarh University in the field of Product Manufacturing (203) followed by Information Technology (148), Domestic Category which comprises Health & Hygiene, Human Safety, Appliances (113) and Automation (85).