Strategic Patent Landscape Analysis: Enhancing IP Management And Accelerating Sustainable Development Goal In India
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Kavyashree. R, LLM, Christ Deemed To be University (Central Campus), Bengaluru
ABSTRACT
India's focus on an innovation-led development path and the commitment to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) face a substantial gap: a lack of a structured, data-informed framework for leveraging patent data for decision making on intellectual property management and policy. This study introduces a structured framework for Patent Landscape Analysis (PLA) to address India's limited ability to leverage patent data, especially in sustainability-focused fields such as clean energy, health care, or agriculture, by linking patent applications to development outcomes. India has experienced 44 percent growth in patent grants over five years, and there were over 61,000 green technology patents granted between 2016 and 2022. Even India being a largest contributor to IP still they lack analytical systems which can translate patent use into R&D and other investments. By providing a framework that links India's current IP infrastructure with global best practice, the PLA framework provides a structured approach to chart technology pathways, locate white spaces for innovation, and create a bridge to collaborative R&D paths. This framework will be implemented by building analytical capabilities within existing institutions, deploying sophisticated data-processing and machine-learning tool, and incentivizing collaboration across sectoral and stakeholder groups. Intended outputs include greater alignment of innovation agendas with SDG priorities, faster technology transfer, and improved global competitiveness through proactive IP intelligence. Application of the PLA within the national innovation policy from sector-level analytical units to the National Patent Intelligence Initiative will facilitate a move from intuition-based decision- making to evidence-based decision-making, leading to better resource allocation within priority sector and facilitating investments that are consistent with the goals of India’s Vision 2047 for development. Eventually, PLA could restart the innovation ecosystem for India by appropriate IP management and unleash the full potential of India's growing portfolio of patents for sustainable development, economic competitiveness, collaborative innovation ecosystems, and contributions toward global targets for SDGs.
Keywords: Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), patent data, intellectual property management, Patent Landscape Analysis (PLA), Vision 2047.
