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Reassessing India’s Patent Strategy: Prioritizing Quality Over Quantity

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For a nation like India, aiming to establish itself as a developed global force by 2047, achieving excellence in patent quality is essential for its growth objectives. However, most of our policy focus is currently on increasing the quantity of patents, often neglecting their quality, according to Policy Consultant Mohitkumar Daga.

Patents serve as a fundamental indicator of innovation within a contemporary economy. As developments in science and technology play an increasingly vital role in differentiating national economies and influencing global relations, the inherent quality of patents has become arguably more important for a country’s ‘innovation competitiveness’ than the mere count of patents.

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