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Per capita research applications and patent filings received in India is very low compared with other countries, the government said on Wednesday.
“As per the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) latest statistics, India registered far fewer research applications (patents) than other top filing nations,” YS Chowdary, Minister of State for Science & Technology, told the Lok Sabha in a written reply. On a query on the number of women researchers in the country, the Minister said as per latest available statistics, 27,532 (14.3 per cent) women researchers were engaged in research and development activities, in comparison to the total 1.93 lakh researchers in the country.
Also, in 2014, India registered only 42,854 patents in comparison to China (9,28,177), the US (5,78,802), Japan (3,25,989), Republic of Korea (2,10,292), Germany (65,965) and Russian Federation (40,308) etc. “The main reason for less number of patent application filing are lack of awareness on patent system, its benefits among individuals, academic institutions and industries and low spending on research and development by private sector,” the Minister said.
As per WIPO statistics, during 2014, India registered 33.2 patents per million population in comparison to 4,205.8 by Republic of Korea, 2,566.8 by Japan, 1,782.6 by the US and 680.3 by China, etc.
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