The Indian Patent office granted 676 Design patents in January, 2014. The top ten designs consisted of designs like Textile Fabric, Handle, Bottle & drivers cab of a utility vehicle etc. The table below shows the top ten designs that received the maximum number of protection in the month of January, 2014.
| Sl no | Name of the Design | No of applications |
|
1 |
TEXTILE FABRIC |
75 |
|
2 |
HANDLE |
33 |
|
3 |
CLOCK |
14 |
|
4 |
BOTTLE |
12 |
|
5 |
CURTAIN BRACKET |
8 |
|
6 |
WATER HEATERS |
7 |
|
7 |
CONTAINER |
6 |
|
8 |
LEG OF A FURNITURE |
6 |
|
9 |
SELF POWERED PROTECTIVE RELAY |
6 |
|
10 |
BALL POINT PEN |
5 |
by Akshatha Karthik
ipMetrix Blog 