India jumps from 7th to 3rd global ranking in scientific publications.

• India has jumped from 7th to 3rd global ranking in scientific publications.
• According to the report of National Science Foundation (NSF)’s Science & Engineering Indicators 2022 of the United States, India’s scholarly output has increased from 60,555 papers in 2010 to 1,49,213 papers in 2020.
• India now ranks 3rd in terms of number of PhDs in science and
• The number of patents granted to Indian scientists at India Patent Office (IPO) during the last three years has also increased from 2511 in 2018-19 to 4003 in 2019-20 and 5629 in 2020-21.
• The National Science Foundation is an independent agency of the United States government that supports fundamental research and education in all the non-medical fields of science and engineering.

About Controller General of Patents, Designs, and Trade Marks

• The Office of the Controller General of Patents, Designs & Trade Marks (CGPDTM) is located at Mumbai.
• The Head Office of the Patent office is at Kolkata and its Branch offices are located at Chennai, New Delhi and Mumbai.
• The Trade Marks registry is at Mumbai and its Branches are located in Kolkata, Chennai, Ahmedabad and New Delhi.
• The Design Office is located at Kolkata in the Patent Office. The Offices of The Patent Information System (PIS) and National Institute of Intellectual Property Management (NIIPM) are at Nagpur.
• The Controller General supervises the working of the Patents Act, 1970, as amended, the Designs Act, 2000 and the Trade Marks Act, 1999 and also renders advice to the Government on matters relating to these subjects.
• In order to protect the Geographical Indications of goods a Geographical Indications Registry has been established in Chennai to administer the Geographical Indications of Goods (Registrationand Protection) Act, 1999 under the CGPDTM.