Patent Grant for the Month of March

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The Indian patent office granted 677 Patents for the month of March, 2014. The Top three consisted of Qualcomm Incorporated,GM Global Technology Operations Inc and Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, with a count of 42, 18 and 18 patents respectively. The table below shows the top ten Companies that received the maximum number of patents for the month of March, 2014.

Sl No.	Name of the Company	No of patents
1	QUALCOMM INCORPORATED	42
2	GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS, INC	18
3	COUNCIL OF SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH	18
4	TELEFONAKTIEBOLA GET L.M. ERICSSON (publ)	15
5	RESEARCH IN MOTION LIMITED	11
6	THOMSON LICENSING S.A	10
7	SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO. LTD.	8
8	HINDUSTAN UNILEVER LIMITED	7
9	SAMSUNG R& D INSTITUTE INDIA BANGALORE PRIVATE LIMITED	7
10	SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT	7