India is favorite destination for Drone Technology Patent, said Mr. Binod Singh
Number of applications filed originating from India as priority is getting an upward trend. US applicants top the filing, followed by Europe and India as third in the category October 1: Drones are being used commercially all around the world and in India its technology is the point of discussion post high-level policy changes by […]

Number of applications filed originating from India as priority is getting an upward trend. US applicants top the filing, followed by Europe and India as third in the category
October 1: Drones are being used commercially all around the world and in India its technology is the point of discussion post high-level policy changes by Government of India. Beside defense drone tech has vast application in commercial field as well as socio economic sectors like agriculture. Drone technology investments are surging fast as research forecasts show explosive growth. Drones are currently a rapidly expanding industry and so its IPR requirement is also getting more attention. To check the status of Drone Technology Patent filing trends in India ‘Einfolge Technologies – a global leader in Patent and Market research’ recently conducted a study and findings are quite impressive.
In this study, Einfolge have covered last two decade’s patent filing trend and did in-depth analysis. According to the findings, drone technology patent filing is getting momentum. It shows increase in filing during first quarter of 2022 (Jan- Mar 22). While in 2021 total 559 applications were filed but this year (2022) 258 application have been filed only in first quarter and the number of applications filed considering India as priority is getting an upward trend. There was fluctuation in filing drone patents in India during 2020-21. The drop was due to Covid-19 pandemic repercussion.
If we look closely at the filing trend in the last two decades. Drone technology applications filed prior to 2000 was only 744. Post 2000 especially looking in the last 5 years through the first quarter of 2022 the total no. of filing has crossed 14334. Interestingly, there are more foreign applicants filing in India in the field of drone-related technology compared to resident Indian applicants. US applicants top the filing, followed by Europe and India as third in the category.