Patent Portfolio of Major Indian IT Companies 2010 - Report

Patent Portfolio
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Major Indian
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A Measure of Innovation
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This report provides an insight into the impor-
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folio of five major Indian Information Technol-
ogy Companies - HCL Technologies, Infosys Tech-
nologies, Mahindra Satyam, Tata Consultancy
Services and Wipro.

Patent Portfolio
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Contents
Executive Summary 9
Introduction 10
Vertical Market for Indian IT Sector 10
Exhibit 1: Vertical Market for Indian IT Sector 2007 - 08 10
Scope of the study & Research Methodology 11
Databases and Tools 11
Organizations Considered for the Study 12
HCL Technologies Limited 12
Infosys Technologies Limited 13
Mahindra Satyam 14
Tata Consultancy Services Limited 15
Wipro Limited 15
Company Speak 17
Infosys 17
TCS 17
Wipro 17
HCL Technologies Limited 19
Exhibit 2: Geographical Distribution of Patent Filings - HCL 19
Exhibit 3: IPC category-wise Distribution - HCL 19
Exhibit 4: Granted Patents and Pending Applications - HCL 20
Exhibit 5: Timeline of Patent filings - HCL 20
Infosys Technologies Limited 22
Exhibit 6: Geographical Distribution of Patent Filings - Infosys 22
Exhibit 7: IPC category-wise Distribution - Infosys 22
Exhibit 8: Granted Patents and Patent Pending - Infosys 23
Exhibit 9: Timeline of Patent filings - Infosys 23
Mahindra Satyam 25
Exhibit 10: Geographical Distribution of Patent Filings - Mahindra Satyam 25
Exhibit 11: IPC category-wise Distribution - Mahindra Satyam 25
Exhibit 12: Granted Patents and Pending Applications - Mahindra Satyam 26
Exhibit 13: Timeline of Patent filings - Mahindra Satyam 26
Tata Consultancy Services Limited 28
Exhibit 14: Geographical Distribution of Patent Filings - TCS 28
Exhibit 15: IPC category-wise Distribution - TCS 28

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Patent Portfolio of Major Indian IT Companies - A Measure of Innovation
Exhibit 16: Granted Patents and Patent Pending - TCS 28
Exhibit 17: Patent Filing Trend - TCS 29
Wipro Limited 31
Exhibit 18: Geographical Distribution of Patent Filings - Wipro 31
Exhibit 19: IPC category-wise Distribution - Wipro 31
Exhibit 20: Granted Patents and Patent Pending - Wipro 31
Exhibit 21: Timeline of Patent filings - Wipro 32
Comparative Analysis 34
Geographical Distribution of Patent pending & Granted patents 34
Distribution according to IPC classification 35
Exhibit 22: Patent Filed in Classification ‘Computer Technology’ 35
Exhibit 23: Patent Filed in Classification ‘IT Methods for Management’ 35
Exhibit 24: Patent Filed in Classification ‘Audio Visual Technology’ 36
Exhibit 25: Patent Filed in Classification ‘Telecommunication’ 36
Timeline Depicting Patent Applications 37
Exhibit 26: Filing Trends of HCL, Infosys, Mahindra Satyam, TCS and Wipro in USA 37
Exhibit 27: Filing Trends of HCL, Infosys, Mahindra Satyam, TCS and Wipro in India 37
Comment 38
Conclusion 39
Appendix 42
HCL’s List of filings in India 43
Infosys List of its filings in India 44
Infosys List of its filings in USA 50
Mahindra Satyam’s List of its filings in USA 55
TCS’s List of its filings in India 57
TCS’s List of its filings in USA 61
TCS’s List of its filings in European Union 61
TCS’s List of its filings in Japan 62
TCS’s List of its filings in Korea 63
TCS’s List of its filings in Australia 63
TCS’s List of its filings in Canada 63
TCS’s List of its filings in China 64
TCS’s List of its filings in South Africa 64
Wipro’s List of its filings in India 65
Wipro’s List of its filings in US 66
About Us 67
Notes 68

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Look at the richest men a hundred years ago, they all made their
money extracting natural resources or moving them around.
All today’s richest men make their money out of
Intellectual Property.
- Mark Getty
Founder of Getty Images
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Patent Portfolio of Major Indian IT Companies
- A Measure of Innovation
Executive Summary
The purpose of the study was to analyze the importance given by selected major Indian IT
firms to innovation based on their Patent portfolio as a measure. Analysis of the Patenting
activity provides an insight into current trends in intellectual property generation apart
from providing an account of innovation and technological development taking place in the
Information Technology sector. The study summarizes results of the research that was
conducted on HCL Technologies Limited, Infosys Technologies Limited, Mahindra Satyam ,
Tata Consultancy Services Limited and Wipro Limited.
This report covers filing trends of the above mentioned companies along with status of
Patents, International Patent Classification and Priority Date. The study also provides the
filing trends and status with the field of engineering to which they belong, along with details
of all Patents filed by these companies since their inception.
Our research suggests that after a moderate retrenchment in the years 2008-2009, the IT
industry in India is recommitted to pursue innovation. The fact that the said companies
consider innovation to be one of their key assets and are committed to boost their spending
on Research & Development and innovation is evident from the increase in number of Patents
that have been filed by these companies in US Patent Office, European Patent Office and
Intellectual Property Office India. The study details the challenges associated with software
Patenting in India and postulates that despite the restrictions of obtaining a software Patent
per se in India, the IT industry is taking a prominent stand on generating and protecting
Intellectual Property in India and abroad.
Since the year 2000, awareness about Innovation and Intellectual Property Management
has been on the rise in the IT industry. It is evident from the Patent filing statistics of the
Intellectual Property Office India that the number of Patent filings in the field of computer
science has been on the rise since 2004. Across the world, a large number of organizations
are considering innovation as top priority, and consequently raising the investment on
innovation. In this study, the trends indicate that innovation has been geared towards minor
improvements to existing products and services as against innovation targeting newer
products. However, the companies are broadening types of innovation functions they are
targeting. The emphasis on product development and idea generation is increasing.

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Introduction
The Information Technology sector in India experienced an exceptional growth as a result
of increased globalization and has emerged as a key sector of the economy in terms of its
contribution to export earnings, investments, employment opportunities and overall socio-
economic development. Notwithstanding competitive pressures from around the world,
India continues to be an attractive source for IT sourcing due to low cost of operations, high
quality of products and services and availability of highly skilled manpower.1
Vertical Market for Indian IT Sector
Banking, Financial Services & Insurance (BFSI) and Hi-Tech/Telecom are two key verticals
served by the IT industry in India. These two account for more than 60 percent of the IT
space in India. Other key verticals include Manufacturing, Retail, HealthCare, Airlines &
Transportation, Construction and Utilities in the decreasing order of percentage of the total
IT Market.
Exhibit 1: Vertical Market for Indian IT Sector 2007-08 1
BFSI – Banking, Financial, Services and Insurance;
In 2008-2009, the global recession emerged as a key concern to the sector since the industry
has a significant dependence on external demand. It forced clients to cut their IT budgets,
delay payments and vouch for severe price cuts & waivers. This necessitated a transformation
for the IT industry and it began to re-engineer the challenges posed by the macro-economic
environment. The change in the demand outlook prompted the industry to adopt greater
robustness and flexibility in its business models which would benefit the industry in the
long run. The changed environment encouraged companies to, concentrate more on the
domestic market and to diversify beyond their core offerings and markets in order to have
a larger market penetration and operational flexibility. These measures adopted by the
industry have widened its leadership position in the ever-growing global sourcing market.2
Another approach for Indian IT companies to maintain their global competitive advantage
has been to move up the value chain. In order to achieve this, they have started focusing on
innovation and intellectual property generation through their domain knowledge and
transforming themselves into Innovation centers. Several multinational companies are
already generating significant Intellectual Property (IP) through their Research &
Development centers established in India. 3
As a measure of innovation, Indian publication activity in the field of Information and
Communication Technology (ICT) grew slowly during years 1990 to 2001, gradually picked
up thereafter during 2002-2006 and showed a significant rise during 2007. Fields such as
communication systems, cyber security systems, network management and digital
computing devices witnessed a rise in the number of Indian publications related to them.
To supplement the increase in publications, Indian patenting activity has also grown slowly
since year 1990, but a sudden spurt in growth was witnessed during the years 2002-2007.
1
NASSCOM 2009, Perspective 2020:Transform Business, Transform India, April
2
NASSCOM 2010, NASSCOM Strategic Review 2010: Executive Summary, Page 1
3
Innovation – Imperative for Indian Software Service Industry: Lokesh V & Kunal Katdare, Innomantra Consulting, INDIA Science &
Technology 2008, NISTADS & CSIR, Page 271

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Publications by IT Companies accounted for 10% of overall publications relating to ICT sector.
However, IT Companies accounted for 40% of the patents files in India. This clearly indicates
an increased interest in research & development and innovation among IT companies in
India.3
As Indian IT companies strive to move up the value-chain, they seem to have realized
the importance of Innovation and Intellectual Property as an important aspect of their
credentials.
Although software per se cannot be patented in India, companies have sought patents for
their software in other parts of the world. These companies also continue to seek non-
software patents in India. Several patents related to IT processes have been filed. This
indicates a level of maturity for the Indian IT industry to remain a preferred IT source.
As Indian IT companies restructure their operations, they are focused on innovation and
intellectual property generation. They are seeking protection for their intellectual property
through patents filed in different parts of the world. As such, their Patent Portfolio provides
a measure of Innovation.
Scope of the study & Research Methodology
This study provides an insight into the Patent Portfolio of key Information Technology (IT)
companies in India, namely HCL Technologies (‘HCL’), Infosys Technologies (‘Infosys’),
Mahindra Satyam (formerly Satyam Computer Services Limited), Tata Consultancy Services
(‘TCS’) and Wipro Limited (‘Wipro’).
The analysis looks at all the Patents applied by the above mentioned companies in USA,
European Union, India and Canada. This includes Patents at all stages – application,
publication and granted - of their lifecycle. For each company, the following data is presented
in addition to the complete list of patents filed:
Geographical Distribution of Patent Filings
International Patent Classification (IPC) category wise Status
Granted Patents and Pending Applications
Timeline of Patent filings in year wise
Apart from a comparative look at these five IT companies and an insight into the areas of
possible patent generation, this report also highlights certain key aspects of Patenting for IT
companies in India.
Patent databases such as Thomson Reuter’s Delphion and several other Patent information
sites mentioned below were searched for Patents filed by companies indicated. As on 15th
August 2010, records of all the Patent documents filed by above mentioned companies
were extracted and analyzed. The results of the search have been tabulated in Exhibits. The
entire process was verified using multiple Patent databases to ensure accuracy of the results.
The Patent Databases of United States Patent and Trademarks Office (USPTO), European
Patent Office (EPO), Canada intellectual Property Office (CIPO) and Indian Patent Office
(IPO) were searched for ‘Live Patents’, and these results were also recorded in the report.
It is important to note that Patent applications filed during the last 18 months are not
reflected in the report since Patent databases only include patents in the publication phase.
In most cases, patent applications get published 18 months after the date of filing as per
the Patent filing norms except in the case of early publications, where they may appear in
the patent databases a little sooner. For this reason, all graphs indicate data until and including
the year 2008 only, to ensure uniform comparison across companies.
Databases and Tools
United States Patent and Trademarks Office (USPTO)
Canada intellectual Property Office (CIPO)
Intellectual Property Office, INDIA (IPO)
World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)
European Patent Office (EPO)
Boliven Patent Database
Google Patent Database
Thomson Reuter’s Delphion

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Organizations Considered for the Study 4
HCL Technologies Limited
Founded: 1976
CEO: Mr. Vineet Nayar
Number of Employees: 60,000+
HCL Technologies is a global IT services company, working towards ‘transformational
outsourcing’, underlined by innovation and value creation, and offering integrated portfolio
of services including software-led IT solutions, remote infrastructure management,
engineering and R&D services and BPO. HCL leverages its extensive global offshore
infrastructure and network of offices in 26 countries to provide holistic, multi-service delivery
in key industry verticals including Financial Services, Manufacturing, Consumer Services,
Public Services and Healthcare.
HCL is a $5 billion global Technology and IT Enterprise that comprises two companies listed
in India - HCL Technologies & HCL Infosystems. HCL’s range of offerings spans Product
Engineering, Custom & Package Applications, BPO, IT Infrastructure Services, IT Hardware,
Systems Integration, and distribution of ICT products across a wide range of focused industry
verticals. HCL team comprises over 60,000 professionals who operate from 26 countries
including over 500 points of presence in India. HCL has global partnerships with several
leading Fortune 1000 firms, including leading IT and Technology firms.
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Infosys Technologies Limited
Founded: 1981
CEO: Mr. Kris Gopalakrishnan
Infosys was started in 1981. The offerings of Infosys span business and technology consulting,
application services, systems integration, product engineering, custom software
development, maintenance, re-engineering, independent testing and validation services,
IT infrastructure services and business process outsourcing. Infosys pioneered Global Delivery
Model (GDM), which led to the rise of offshore outsourcing. GDM is based on the principle
of taking work to location where the best talent is available, where it makes the best
economic sense, with the least amount of acceptable risk. Infosys has a global footprint
with over 50 offices and development centers in India, China, Australia, the Czech Republic,
Poland, the UK, Canada and Japan. Infosys and its subsidiaries have 100,000+ employees as
of now.
Infosys has developed a corporate R&D wing called Software Engineering and Technology
Labs (SET Labs). SET Labs was founded in year 2000 to carry out applied research for the
development of processes, frameworks and methodologies to effectively capture customer
requirements and to iron out common critical issues during a project life cycle.

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Mahindra Satyam
Founded: 1987
CEO: Mr. C P Gurnani
Number of Employees: 25,000*
Mahindra Satyam (formerly known as Satyam Computer Services Ltd) is a leading global
business consulting and IT services company. The company operates in three segments: IT
services, Business Process Outsourcing (BPO), and Software Products. The IT Services
segment provides a range of services, including software development, packaged software
integration, system maintenance, and engineering design services. Its BPO segment provides
services covering human resource, finance and accounting, customer contact and transaction
processing. Its Software Products segment engages in the product development and creation
of propriety software. The company offers services to customers in a range of industries,
including insurance, banking and financial services, manufacturing, telecommunications,
transportation, and engineering services.
Mahindra Satyam excels at providing enterprise solutions, client relationship management,
business intelligence, business process quality, operations management, engineering
solutions, product lifecycle management, and infrastructure services. The company markets
its services primarily to companies in the United States, Europe, the Middle East, and the
Asia-Pacific region. The company has a strategic alliance with MindFlow Technologies Inc.
Satyam was organized in 1987 and is headquartered in Hyderabad, India. Mahindra Satyam’s
development and delivery centers are located across the US, Canada, Brazil, the UK, Hungary,
Egypt, UAE, India, China, Malaysia, Singapore, and Australia serve numerous clients, including
many Fortune 500 companies. Mahindra Satyam is a part of the $6.3 billion Mahindra Group,
a global industrial conglomerate. The Group’s interests span financial services, automotive
products, trade, retail and logistics, information technology and infrastructure development.
*Source: The Hindu Businessline 18th Feb 2010

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Tata Consultancy Services Limited
Founded: 1968
CEO: Mr. Natarajan Chandrasekaran
Tata Consultancy Services is an IT services, business solutions and outsourcing organization
that offers consulting-led, integrated portfolio of IT and IT-enabled services delivered through
its Global Network Delivery Model™. It has over 160,000 IT consultants in 42 countries and
142 offices. TCS is the first to setup R&D for Software in India and now has 20 R&D Centers
in different parts of the world. TCS had revenue of over $6.3 billion (fiscal year ending 31
March, 2010). In the year 1968 it began as the ‘Tata Computer Centre’, a division of the Tata
Group whose main business was to provide computer services to other group companies.
One of TCS’ first assignments was to provide punched card services to a sister concern, Tata
Steel (then TISCO). It later bagged the country’s first software project, the Inter-Branch
Reconciliation System (IBRS) for Central Bank of India. It also provided bureau services to
Unit Trust of India, thus becoming one of the first companies to offer BPO services. In 1981,
TCS set up a software research and development center, the Tata Research Development
and Design Center (TRDDC) which now is considered as one of the top R&D facilities in
India. TRDDC houses three R&D labs namely Process Engineering, Software Engineering
and Systems Research. TRDDC aims to create tools and processes that could simplify
development, maintenance and management of large IT and engineering systems. In
addition, several of the projects of TRDDC are directed at improving environment, healthcare
and education. In 1999, TCS set up its E-Business division and by 2004, E-Business was
contributing half a billion dollars (US) to TCS. On 9 August 2004, TCS became a publicly
listed company, much later than Infosys, Wipro and Mahindra Satyam.

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Wipro Limited
Founded: 1945
Chairman & MD: Mr. Azim H. Premji
Number of Employees: 110,000+*
Wipro is one of the providers of integrated business, technology and process solutions on a
global delivery platform. Wipro was the first CMMi Level 5 certified software services
company and the first outside USA to receive the IEEE Software Process Award. Wipro has
50+ ‘Centre of Excellence’ that create customized solutions. Wipro entered information
technology sector in the year 1977. India and Middle East IT business unit of Wipro Limited
is one of the fastest growing companies in the Middle East. This unit offers a 360 degree
service portfolio spanning the entire IT life cycle. This includes Consulting, Business Solutions,
System Integration, Infrastructure and Application Management and Total Outsourcing
services where it serves all IT needs of a customer, end-to-end. The range of services offered
by Wipro extends from Enterprise Application Services (CRM, ERP, e-Procurement and SCM)
to e-Business solutions. Wipro’s enterprise solutions serve a host of industries such as Energy
and Utilities, Finance, Telecom, and Media and Entertainment.
Wipro is also one of the independent providers of R&D services in the world. Wipro Uses
‘Extended Engineering’ model for leveraging R&D investment and accessing new knowledge
and experience across the globe, people and technical infrastructure. Wipro’s Technology
Infrastructure Services (TIS) is one of the largest Indian IT infrastructure service providers in
terms of revenue, people and customers.
Wipro also provides business process outsourcing services in areas Finance & Accounting,
Procurement, HR Services, Loyalty Services and Knowledge Services. In 2002, Wipro acquiring
Spectramind and became one of the largest BPO service players.
*Source: PCWorld 23 April 2010

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Company Speak
The companies included in this study speak of Innovation and Intellectual Property in their
Annual Reports for Financial Year 2009-10.
Infosys
“ SET Labs’ IP cell filed 31 Patents applications in the USPTO and IPO.”
“We now have an aggregate of 224 patent applications pending in India and the US.
USPTO has granted 9 Patents”
TCS
“TCS has stepped up Patent filing and 87 Patents were filed during the year in several
countries. During this financial year, there were 6 Patent grants.”
Wipro
“In financial year 2009-2010 we have filed for 7 Patents and 6 have been granted.”

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IP Management is the Cinderella of the modern organization,
whose value has long been unrecognized, but
is now being swept into prominence.
- Anonymous

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HCL Technologies Limited
Exhibit 2 represents the number of Patents filed by HCL Technologies in India and abroad.
Our research indicates that HCL Technologies has 6 Patent filings in India. However, no Patent
filing records were found in other parts of the world including United States, Canada,
Australia, Great Britain and European Union.
Exhibit 2: Geographical Distribution of Patent Filings- HCL
Exhibit 3 gives details about IPC category wise status of HCL’s patent filings. Of its 6 Patent
filings, 2 filings are in Computer Technology, 2 in Measurements and one each in the areas
of IT Methods for Management and Telecommunications respectively.
Exhibit 3: IPC category-wise Distribution - HCL

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Exhibit 4 provides details about the Granted Patents and Pending applications for HCL. Of 6
filings, one patent has been granted to HCL and the rest are published and in Patent pending
status.
Exhibit 4: Granted Patents and Pending Applications-HCL
Exhibit 5: Timeline of Patent filings - HCL

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Comments
Currently HCL’s Patent activity seems to be limited only to India.
HCL’s limited Patent Portfolio and the limited filing activity in the last two years, indicates
that apart from its ITeS business, HCL Technologies may not be actively involved in IP
generation through its In-house research and Innovation.
Considering the size of its operations in India, HCL has not grown its Patent Portfolio to
that extent. Potential reasons for this could be lack of sensitization to IP development
and lower budget allocation to Innovation and IP activities.
Capsule
HCL Technologies has 6 Patent filings in India. It has no records of Patent filings in overseas
(USA, Canada, Australia, China and European Union).
HCL has filed 2 patents in the category of Computer Technology, 2 in Measurements and
one each in the areas of IT Methods for Management and Telecommunications
respectively.
HCL has one 1 granted patent while 5 applications are in Patent Pending status.
HCL has filed for a rather limited number of patents in the between 2000 & 2008.

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Infosys Technologies Limited
Exhibit 6 depicts that Infosys has made patent filings in India and USA. It has filed 133 Patent
applications in India and 111 applications in USA. In our research, we did not find any
instances where Infosys has sought patent protection in any other parts of the world. A few
interesting observations regarding Infosys are that 22% of the 111 filings in USA have first
been made in India and then followed with overseas filing and that 3 of its 244 total patent
filings have been through the Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) route.
Exhibit 6: Geographical Distribution of Patent Filings - Infosys
Exhibit 7 depicts the number of Patents filed by Infosys across various technological domains.
This distribution indicates that Infosys is actively generating and protecting its inventions in
different areas of technology, mainly “Computer Technology”, “IT Methods for Management”
and “Telecommunications”.
Exhibit 7: IPC category-wise Distribution - Infosys

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Exhibit 8 depicts the number of Granted Patents and Patent Pending for Infosys. Of its 133
filings in India, Infosys does not have any granted patents and all applications are published
and in pending status. Of the 111 Patent applications filed in USA, 7 have been granted and
104 are pending for grant.
Exhibit 8: Granted Patents and Patent Pending - Infosys
Exhibit 9 provides the yearly details of Patent filings. From year 2002, Infosys has been
consistently filing Patents. Patent activity of Infosys has witnessed a steady growth since
year 2005. In the year 2008, the total number of patents almost doubled compared to 2007.
2008 also saw a dramatic increase in the number of patents filed in India as compared to
earlier years.
Exhibit 9: Timeline of Patent filings - Infosys

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Comments
Infosys has actively been filing a large number of patents in India and USA.
Infosys has a balanced geographical distribution of patent filings between India and USA.
The methods used for filing suggest that Infosys is using various patent filing options
very effectively.
Its filing in India indicates that even though software per se is not Patentable in India,
Infosys is showing a keen interest to protect purely non-software inventions in areas like
embedded systems and other processes.
The filings in diverse classifications suggest that Infosys is exploring and encouraging
research and development in several areas of technology.
The Patents granted so far in USA signify that Infosys’ efforts to protect its IP are being
fruitful.
The yearly trend suggests that Infosys is building up its Patent portfolio. This also means
Infosys is investing in its in-house IP development activities to enrich and showcase its
technological capability through increased number of Patent flings.
Most of the patent applications have been made in the last 4-5 years. Generally it takes
around three to five years span from the date of filing to get a Patent granted. This
suggests that a large number of the filed applications are probably close to being granted.
This will cause a dramatic increase in the number of patents granted to Infosys.
Capsule
Infosys has 133 Patent filings in India and 111 Patent filings in USA. Among these, Infosys
has used the PCT route for 3 patent applications.
Infosys has filed patents in a diverse range of categories with “Computer Technology”,
“IT Methods for Management” and “Telecommunications” being the major categories.
59% of its applications in India and 55% of its applications in USA are in the category of
“Computer Technology”; 14% of its applications in India and 19% of its applications in
USA are in the category of “IT Methods for Management”; 14% of its applications in
India and 14% of its applications in USA are in the category of “Telecommunication”.
Infosys has 7 granted patents while 237 applications are in Patent Pending status.
Infosys has been rapidly expanding its patent portfolio and seems focused on innovation
and IP generation.

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Mahindra Satyam
Exhibit 10 represents the total number of Patents filed by Mahindra Satyam in USA and
India. It has a family of 25 Patent filings in USA but none in India.
Exhibit 10: Geographical Distribution of Patent Filings -Mahindra Satyam
Exhibit 11 provides the International Patent Classification wise status for Patent filed by
Mahindra Satyam.
Exhibit 11: IPC category-wise Distribution - Mahindra Satyam

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Exhibit 12 provides details about status of Patent filings of Mahindra Satyam. Mahindra
Satyam has 25 Patent filings in USA. 10 of these have been granted and the rest are in
Patent pending status.
Exhibit 12: Granted Patents and Pending Applications - Mahindra Satyam
Exhibit 13 describes the yearly filing trend of Mahindra Satyam.
Exhibit 13: Timeline of Patent filings - Mahindra Satyam

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Comments
A point worth noting is that Mahindra Satyam has all the 25 Patents filed in USA and has
no record of Patent filings in India.
The observation that Mahindra Satyam has no Patent filing records in India could be due
to the fact that many of its filing may have been in application software which could not
have been protected in India with Patents. It is also possible that its IP strategy is focused
on USA filings.
70% of its Patent applications have been in the area of “Computer Technology”. The
limited number of patents filed in the other areas of technology suggests that its in-
house IP development may be focused in this area.
The yearly filing graph indicates that Patent activity has been initiated at Mahindra Satyam
from year 2000. It has been consistently building its Patent Portfolio and already has 10
patents granted in USA.
Capsule
Mahindra Satyam has no Patent filings records in India. All the filings of Mahindra Satyam
have been in USA.
Most of Mahindra Satyam’s patents have been filed in the category of “Computer
Technology”.
Mahindra Satyam has 10 granted patents while 15 applications are in Patent Pending
status.
Mahindra Satyam has been building its patent portfolio albeit at a slow rate.

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Tata Consultancy Services Limited
Exhibit 14 depicts the number of Patent filed by TCS around the globe. TCS has filing records
in several nations based on its operations. TCS has clearly sought wide geographical protection
for its IP.
Exhibit 14: Geographical Distribution of Patent Filings - TCS
Exhibit 15 depicts the number of Patents filed by TCS across various technological domains
based on International Patent Classification (IPC) categories.
Exhibit 15: IPC category-wise Distribution - TCS
Exhibit 16 provides details about the status of TCS’ Patent applications in India and USA. Of
the 69 Patent filings in India, 20 have been granted and the rest are in Patent pending
status. Of its 18 Patent filings in USA, 6 have been granted and the rest are in Patent pending
status.
Exhibit 16: Granted Patents and Patent Pending-TCS

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Exhibit 17 provides the details about the year-on-year Patent filing trend of TCS.
Exhibit 17: Patent Filing Trend – TCS

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Comment
The patent filing is predominantly in India followed by USA and European Union. The rest
of the filings signify that it has opened up its exploration tactic to sensitize the IP activity
in each country.
While the number of patents filed in India has grown steadily, the number of patents
filed in USA has been limited.
TCS has been successful in its efforts of IP generation with its number of Patent grants in
India and USA even though Patent office has been loaded with huge backlogs patent
applications of Pending for examination.
It has been consistently filing Patents in India as well as USA and also in the other parts of
the world.
Capsule
TCS has a wide geographical distribution of Patent filings - 69 in India, 18 in USA, 2 in
Australia, 2 in Canada, 2 in China, 7 in European Union, 3 in Japan, 2 in Korea and 1 in
South Africa. 7 of these applications have been made using the PCT route.
While TCS has filed patents in a wide variety of areas, most of its applications have been
in the “Computer Technology” category.
20 of 69 patent applications in India have been granted while 12 of 18 applications in the
USA have been granted.
TCS has been filing patents in India and abroad since 2000. It has ramped up its patent
applications over the years.

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Wipro Limited
Exhibit 18 depicts the number of Patent filings in India and USA.
Exhibit 18: Geographical Distribution of Patent Filings - Wipro
Exhibit 19 depicts the number of Patent filed by across various technological domains.
Exhibit 19: IPC category-wise Distribution - Wipro
Exhibit 20 depicts the granted Patents and Patent Pending.
Exhibit 20: Granted Patents and Patent Pending - Wipro

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Exhibit 21 describes the patent filing trend of Wipro Limited.
Exhibit 21: Timeline of Patent filings – Wipro

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Comment
Wipro Limited has patent filings in India and USA only. Our study did not find any filings
in other parts of the world.
Of its 21 filings, 2 were filed through PCT route indicating an awareness of patent filing
options.
Wipro’s patent applications are not strongly focused on any single category.
Capsule
Wipro has 5 patent filings in India and 16 in USA. Our study did not find any filings in
other parts of the world. Of its 21 filings, 2 were filed through PCT route.
While Wipro has filed patents in a wide variety of areas, most of its applications have
been in the “Telecommunications” & “Computer Technology” categories.
None of its 5 patent applications in India have been granted while 9 of 16 applications in
the USA have been granted.
Wipro has been gradually ramping up its patent filings for the past few years. As far back
as 1987, Wipro had filed a patent for “Ledger Entry Terminal for the Purposes of
Accounting”.

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Comparative Analysis
The fact that most of the Patent Applications are in Patent pending status, due to the time
period of two to five years in a normal filing to grant cycle. However, the number of granted
patents will soon follow the trend of patent applications.
Geographical Distribution of Patent pending & Granted patents

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Distribution according to IPC classification
Exhibit 22 gives the number of Patents filed by the 5 companies in the area of Computer
Technology. Infosys has the most Patent applications with 81 in India and 59 in USA under
this classification. Among the 5 companies, HCL and Wipro have the least number of patents
filed in this category.
Exhibit 22: Patent Filed in Classification ‘Computer Technology’
Exhibit 23 gives the number of Patents filed under classification IT methods for Management.
It is evident from the findings that Infosys has the most number of Patents 25 among its
peers under this classification as well. This highlights that Infosys has not limited its patent
filings in a specific area. The other 4 companies have very limited patents files in this category.
Exhibit 23: Patent Filed in Classification ‘IT Methods for Management’

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Exhibit 24 provides the number of Patent filed in the area of Audio Visual Technology. HCL,
Infosys, Mahindra Saytam and Wipro have no filings under this category in India. It is evident
from the findings that amongst these five companies, TCS is the only company with 3 patent
filing under the classification Audio Visual Technology in India. The above number of filings
indicates that in-house IP development in this area of technology by these companies is not
significant. HCL Technologies has no Patent filings under this classification.
Exhibit 24: Patent Filed in Classification ‘Audio Visual Technology’
Exhibit 25 presents the number of Patent filed in the area of Telecommunication. Infosys
has the maximum number of Patent applications 15 in India and 14 in USA among others
considered in this study. Infosys has a balanced filing distribution in India and USA. HCL and
TCS have no filings in USA while Wipro and Mahindra Satyam have no filings under this
category in India.
Exhibit 25: Patent Filed in Classification ‘Telecommunication’

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Timeline Depicting Patent Applications
Exhibit 26 displays the comparison of yearly filing trend in USA for HCL, Infosys, Mahindra
Satyam, TCS and Wipro. The graph for Infosys indicates that it has significantly high number
of Patent filings in USA compared to its peer companies. On the contrary, HCL Technologies
has not filed for any patents in USA. Others - Mahindra Satyam, TCS and Wipro - have had a
very limited number of patents filed in USA.
Exhibit 26: Filing Trends of HCL, Infosys, Mahindra Satyam, TCS and Wipro in USA
Exhibit 27 gives the filing trend of the five companies in India. Although Infosys filed its first
patent in India only in the year 2003, it has ramped up its patent filings significantly each
year there on. Till date, Infosys has filed for 133 patents in India. In 2008 itself, Infosys has
recorded 64 patent filings. On the other hand, Mahindra Satyam has not filed for any patents
in India.
Exhibit 27: Filing Trends of HCL, Infosys, Mahindra Satyam, TCS and Wipro in India

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General Comments
The above trends spell out that Infosys is active in its Intellectual Property creation and
protection in India and USA. This is the indicator that it is promoting in-house research
activity.
In the past couple of years, Infosys has clearly been focusing on innovation and on creating
IP wealth with a remarkable increase in the number Patent filings.
Infosys is seeking protection using various patent filing options including PCT route.
Among the companies in this report, the other four companies - TCS, HCL, Mahindra
Satyam and Wipro – are falling behind Infosys quite rapidly and need to urgently appreciate
an emphasis on Innovation and IP development.
None of the companies considered had ‘Triadic patents’. The ‘Triadic patents’ are a series
of corresponding patents filed at the European Patent Office (EPO), the United States
Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) and the Japan Patent Office (JPO), for the same
invention, by the same applicant or inventor. Triadic patents form a special type of patent
family.
While the above companies do serve their clients in Mechanical Engineering services or
integrated engineering services, there were no patent filings in this area.

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Conclusion
The study concludes that major Indian IT companies have started focusing on Innovation
and Intellectual Property creation. However the number of patents filed is rather limited
and needs to accelerate.
This study has brought out the insights of Patent portfolio of top five Indian IT companies
which would pave the way for understanding their respective technological advancements
and their Intellectual Property enforcement capabilities related to Patents.
Infosys is accelerating its IP creation activities significantly faster compared to its peer
companies and investing on patent filing specifically in India and USA. Apart from . TCS has
invested in seeking patent protection in many other countries apart from India and USA.
The other three companies - HCL, Mahindra Satyam and Wipro possess a lean Patent
Portfolio.
One of the reasons for limited filings in India could be that software per se Patents are not
permissible in India. But as global IT space gets more competitive, the emphasis needs to
be on creation and protection of Intellectual property and such an emphasis on Intellectual
Property calls for harmonization of Indian IP system with that of developed countries such
as USA, Great Britain and also for accommodating improved protection for software
integrated inventions in India.
For Indian IT companies to have a sustained growth in terms of intellectual wealth creation
and patent portfolio, they need focused in-house IP development and commercialization of
these innovations. This needs to be supported by an increased thrust on Patents for these
companies to stay ahead in the technology licensing market.
This study has highlighted that the major Indian IT companies are gradually upgrading itself
from ‘coding factory’ to ‘idea factory’.

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Necessity is the mother of all inventions, but
Patent Right is the father.
- Josh Billings
Travel Writer, Poet, Essayist, Lecturer, Journalist
“ ”

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Appendix

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HCL’s List of filings in India
Computer Technology
SL No Patent /Application No Title Status
1 2451/CHE/2007 Method For Gathering Content And Resources On The
World Wide Web Published
2 427/CHE/2008 System And Method Of Target Detection Published
IT Methods for Management
1 1591/CHE/2007 Method And System For Providing Enhanced And Aggregated
Delivery Of Location Based Search Services Published
Measurements
1 1073/CHE/2004 Maine Navigation For Fishermen Using Gps And Ipwv
Technique Granted
1 1622/CHE/2008 A Method And Device For Responding To A Fibre Channel
Over Ethernet Solicitation Published
Telecommunications
1 2112/CHE/2007 System And Method Of Encryption Published
Note: HCL has no Patent filing in USA

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Infosys List of its filings in India
Basic Communication Processes
429/CHE/2008 Integrated Distributed Query Processor For Data Grids Published
Computer Technology
1 1040/CHE/2008 Knowledge Artifact Analysis System And Method Published
2 1044/CHE/2008 System And Method For Rapidly Processing And Transporting
Large Xml Documents Published
3 1046/CHE/2008 System And Method For Parallel Query Evaluation Published
4 1061/CHE/2006 Recommendation Engines and Methods Thereof Published
5 1062/CHE/2006 Software Fault Injection In Java Enterprises Application Published
6 114/CHE/2006 System And Method For Partner Inclusion Into An Enterprise
Network Published
7 1164/CHE/2005 System And Method For Establishing Communication Network Published
8 1165/CHE/2005 System For Integrating Business Processes And Methods
Thereof Published
9 1172/CHE/2005 System For Semantics Generation And Method For Semantic
Querying Of Source Code Published
10 1183/CHE/2007 User Interface Development Tools Published
11 1249/CHE/2006 A Method For Numeral Classification And Categorization Of
Data Elements Using Peer-To-Peer Model Published
12 125/CHE/2008 Method For Semantic Based Storage And Retreival Of
Information Published
13 1423/CHE/2006 Attribute Oriented Enterprise Access Protocol Based On A
Common Information Model Published
14 1424/CHE/2006 Business Case Evaluation System And Methods Thereof Published
15 1425/CHE/2006 System And Method For Context Aware Mobile Portal Published
16 1475/CHE/2007 Set-Top Box Licensing And Conditional Access Using A Mobile
Device Published
17 1536/CHE/2005 System And Method For Automation Framework For A Busi
ness System Published
18 1565/CHE/2008 Method And System For Selection Of Regression Test Cases
For Validation Of Software Application Published
19 1617/CHE/2008 A Method For Managing Meeting And Their Output Published
20 1635/CHE/2008 Method For Improving Execution Efficiency Of A Software
Package Customization Published
21 1643/CHE/2008 Task Decomposition With Throttled Message Processing In
A Heterogeneous Environment Published
22 1654/CHE/2006 System And Method For Improving Interoperability
Across Heterogeneous Taxonomies Published
23 1656/CHE/2006 System And Method For Performance Evaluation Of J2ee
Applications Published
24 1787/CHE/2005 System For Performance And Scalability Analysis And Methods
Thereof Published

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25 179/CHE/2008 A Method For Determining Service Demands In A
Network Load Balanced Scenario Published
26 1792/CHE/2006 Predictive Data Mining System And Methods Thereof Published
27 1801/CHE/2008 Method And System For Extracting Data-Points From A
Data File Published
28 1864/CHE/2007 A Fast Algorithm For Constructing Decision Trees Published
29 1880/CHE/2006 System And Method For Data Masking Published
30 1881/CHE/2006 Size And Effort Estimation In Testing Applications Published
31 1890/CHE/2008 Method And System For Estimating Productivity Of A Team Published
32 104/CHE/2008 Method And System For Automatically Generating Questions
For A Programming Language Published
33 1900/CHE/2006 Automated Performance Monitoring Published
34 1907/CHE/2007 System And Method For Monitoring Human Interaction Published
35 1922/CHE/2005 System And Method For Managing Resources In Grid
Computing Published
36 1923/CHE/2005 Grid Computing System And Methods Thereof Published
37 1952/CHE/2008 Method And System For Managing Load In A Network Published
38 1953/CHE/2008 Method For Password Based Authentication Trust Generation
And Authorization Thereof Published
39 1955/CHE/2006 System And Method For Monitoring And Management
Of Inventory Products And Assets In Real Time Published
40 1957/CHE/2005 Authentication Using Non-Biometric And Biometric
41 1974/CHE/2006 System And Methods For Business Intelligence Competence
Thereof Published
42 2114/CHE/2008 Method And System For Determining A Reuse Factor Published
43 2131/CHE/2006 Data Migration Systems And Methods Published
44 2157/CHE/2006 Program Management Systems And Methods Thereof Published
45 2188/CHE/2007 Method For Benchmarking Online Business Environments Published
46 2245/CHE/2006 Parellel Dynamic Web Page Section Processing Published
47 2263/CHE/2007 System And Method For Analyzing And Designing Clusters Published
48 229/CHE/2006 Apparatus For Identification Of Performance Scenario And
Method Thereof Published
49 2290/CHE/2006 System And Method For Two-Factor Dynamic Remote
Client/User Authentication Published
50 2327/CHE/2008 Method And System For Managing One Or More Processes
In A Business Process Center Published
51 2380/CHE/2008 Method And System For Automatically Generating Message
Queue Scripts Published
52 2382/CHE/2008 Method And System For Managing Information
Technology(It) Infrastructural Elements Published
53 2400/CHE/2007 Electronic Book Locator Published
54 2442/CHE/2006 Accurate Decision Tree Construction System And Methods
Thereof Published
55 2443/CHE/2006 System And Methods For Optimized Swift Process Published
56 2455/CHE/2007 Method And System For Data Security In An IMS Network Published

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57 2538/CHE/2008 Method And System For Generating An Inclusitivity Index
Of An Organization Published
58 2587/CHE/2008 Method And System For Managing One Or More Processes In
A Business Process Center Published
59 2668/CHE/2008 Pattern-Based Process Optimizer Published
60 2751/CHE/2008 Method And System For Managing One Or More Processes
In An Organization Published
61 277/CHE/2003 “Automated Method For Quantative Of Benefits In A
Plurality Of Self-Assessing, Knowledge Sharing Communities Published
62 2867/CHE/2007 System and method for universe generation Published
63 2868/CHE/2007 System And Method For Root Cause Analysis Of The Failure
Of A Manufactured Product Published
64 2958/CHE/2007 Method And System For Integrated Scheduling And
Replication In A Grid Computing System Published
65 2987/CHE/2007 Method And System For Managing Projects Over A Network Published
66 3079/CHE/2007 Method And Framework For Securing A Source Code Base Published
67 384/CHE/2008 A Method To Transform Customer Support Services Operation Published
68 500/CHE/2008 Integrated Operations Management Framework Published
69 52/CHE/2008 A Method For Handling Cross Cutting Concerns At Business
Level Published
70 607/CHE/2007 System For Software Application Licensing And Methods
Thereof Published
71 649/CHE/2007 Distributed Extended Markup Language (Xml) Join Published
72 79/CHE/2008 System And Method For Data Exchange In Multiprocessor
Computer Systems Published
73 835/CHE/2007 Method And System For Secure Conference Over An IMS
Network Published
74 837/CHE/2008 Method And System For Semantic Analysis Of Unstructured
Data Published
75 858/CHE/2008 Software Architecture Management System Published
76 877/CHE/2008 A Method For Extracting Business Topic From A Source Code Published
77 878/CHE/2008 Method For Predicting Maintainability Of A Software
Application Published
78 904/CHE/2008 Method And System For Message Based Testing Published
79 958/CHE/2008 Method For Finding An Impact On A Computer Generated
Code Published
80 277/CHE/2003 System And Method For Dynamic Management And
Distribution Of Data In A Data Network Published
81 2381/CHE/2008 Method And System For Providing Applications To Various
Devices Published
Control
1 1940/CHE/2006 System And Method For Tracking And Managing Non
Functional Requirements Across Applications In An Enterprise Published
2 2231/CHE/2008/ US Process And System For Assessing Modularity Of An
20100070949 Object-Oriented Program Published

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3 2754/CHE/2008 System And Method For Providing Location Based Reminders Published
4 104/CHE/2008/ Method And System For Automatically Generating Questions
US20090280456 For A Programming Language Published
Digital Communications
1 1432/CHE/2008 Method Of Transmitting Information From A Mote To
A Base Station Published
2 176/CHE/2006 System And Method For Providing Optimized And Context
Aware Mobile Transactions Transparently On Multiple
Mobile Devices Over Multiple Communication Networks Published
3 1793/CHE/2006 A System For Modeling Architecture For Resource
Constraint Devices And Methods Thereof Published
4 1815/CHE/2005 System And Method For Analyzing Network Bandwidth Published
5 230/CHE/2006 System And Method For Enabling Business To
Business (B2b) Integration As Software As A Service Published
6 237/CHE/2007 Sensor Network Based Context Aware Content Delivery System Published
7 2379/CHE/2008 Method And System For Cash Transfer Published
8 2539/CHE/2008 System And Method For Forming Application Dependent
Dynamic Data Packet In Wireless Sensor Networks Published
9 2663/CHE/2007 Model Driven Diagnostics System And Methods Thereof Published
10 2755/CHE/2008 System And Method For Reporting Change Of Area Event Published
11 347/CHE/2008 A Method Of Handling Transaction In A Service
Oriented Architecture Environment Published
12 383/CHE/2008 A Method For Performance Based Categorizing Of Projects Published
Games
1 1432/CHE/2005 Video Demand System And Methods Thereof Published
2 879/CHE/2008 Method And System For Server Consolidation Using A Hill
Climbing Algorithm Published
1 1045/CHE/2008 System And Method For Pricing Software Application
Service Requests Published
2 1215/CHE/2007 Buyer-Side Consolidation Of Compatible Purchase Orders Published
3 1474/CHE/2007 Financial Model For Business Environment Published
4 1618/CHE/2008 Method And System For Testing An Order Management
System Published
5 1619/CHE/2008 A Method For Actionable It Service Catalog Published
6 1653/CHE/2006 Method For Managing Real-Time Execution Of Transactions
In A Network Published
7 1889/CHE/2008 Method And System For Evaluating Risk Mitigation Plan
Alternatives Published

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8 2232/CHE/2008 Method For Evaluating Project Published
9 2233/CHE/2008 Method And System For Estimating Resource Factors For
Executing A Project Published
10 2391/CHE/2006 System And Method For Enterprise Service Appliance
Architecture Published
11 2754/CHE/2007 A Framework For Realization Of A Web 2.0 Features Published
12 718/CHE/2007 Information Technology Maintenance System Framework Published
13 719/CHE/2007 Impact Assessment In Business Processes Published
14 810/CHE/2006 System And Method For Integrating An E-Mail Program
With An Application Published
Measurements
1 1179/CHE/2008 Software Package Implementation Sizing Published
2 819/CHE/2008 An Intelligent Access Point For Delivering Location Based
3 966/CHE/2008 A Method To Deliver Services Over Existing Wireless LAN
Infrastructure Published
Special Machines & Analysis of Biological Materials
1 880/CHE/2008 A Method For Developing Economical And Effective Early
Warning System Published
Telecommunications
1 1147/CHE/2008 Method And System For Transmitting Alerts On
Impact By Wireless Communication Device Published
2 1162/CHE/2005 System And Method For Managing Playout Time In
Packet Communication Network Published
3 1163/CHE/2005 System For Performing A Task In A Communication Network
And Methods Thereof Published
4 1426/CHE/2006 System And Method For Advertising In A Communication
Network Published
5 1520/CHE/2008 Method For Representing Content On A Display Device In The
Form Of Graphical Widgets Overlaid Over Video Streams Published
6 1521/CHE/2008 Method And System For Recognizing Characters And User
Interface Components From Desktop Digital Images Published
7 1924/CHE/2005 Location Based Information Delivery System And Methods
Thereof Published
8 1925/CHE/2005 System And Method For Data Broadcast In Wireless LAN
Systems By Leveraging Broadcast Control Frames And
Applications Thereof Published
9 238/CHE/2007 A System For Business Event Detection Employing RFID
Based Limit Switching And Method Thereof Published
10 2439/CHE/2008 System, Wireless Communication Device And Method For
Combining Compatible Services Published

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11 2753/CHE/2008 System And Method For Transferring Data Using Variance
Based Messaging Published
12 539/CHE/2008 System And Method For Testing An Application Installed
On A Wireless Communication Device Published
13 821/CHE/2008 Method For Secure Credit Card Electronic Transaction Over An
Untrusted Network Published
14 969/CHE/2008 System And Method For Robust Data Loss Recovery In A
Wireless Local Area Network Published
15 970/CHE/2008 System And Method For Improving Bandwidth Of Wireless
Local Area Network Published

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Infosys List of its filings in USA
Audio-Visual Technology
1 US20090133103 Method And System For Data Security In An IMS Network Published
1 US20080066045 Methods And System For Configurable Domain Specific
Abstract Core Published
Computer Technology
1 US 7664989 System And Method For Automation Framework For
A Business System Granted
2 US 20100005472 Task Decomposition With Throttled Message Processing
In A Heterogeneous Environment Published
3 US 20100017514 A Method For Determining Service Demands In A Network
Load Balanced Scenario Published
4 US 20100058284 Method And System For Determining A Reuse Factor Published
5 US 7716151 Apparatus For Identification Of Performance Scenario And
Method Thereof Granted
6 US20100077042 Method And System For Managing One Or More Processes In
A Business Process Center Published
7 US 20100083278 Method And System For Automatically Generating Message
Queue Scripts Published
8 2668/CHE/2008 / Pattern-Based Process Optimizer Published
US 20100114632
9 US 20100049590 Method And System For Semantic Analysis Of Unstructured
Data Published
10 US20090150724 Model Driven Diagnostics System And Methods Thereof Published
11 US20080201340 Decision Tree Construction Via Frequent Predictive Item sets
And Best Attribute Splits Published
12 US20080133435 System For Performance And Scalability Analysis And Methods
Thereof Published
13 US20080155508 Evaluating Programmer Efficiency In Maintaining Software
Systems Published
14 US20090313599 Method For Handling Cross-Cutting Concerns At Business Level Published
15 US20090282166 System And Method For Data Exchange In Multiprocessor
Computer Systems Published
16 US20080133722 Parallel Dynamic Web Page Section Processing Published
17 US20080307312 User Interface Development Tools Published
18 US20090254876 Concept-Oriented Software Engineering System And
Method For Identifying, Extracting, Organizing, Inferring And
Querying Software System Facts Published
19 US20090282418 Method And System For Integrated Scheduling And
Replication In A Grid Computing System Published

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20 US20080092122 Automated Performance Monitoring Published
21 US20070250365 Grid Computing Systems And Methods Thereof Published
22 US20070283329 System And Method For Performance Monitoring And
Diagnosis Of Information Technology System Published
23 US20090150325 System And Method For Root Cause Analysis Of The Failure
Of A Manufactured Product Published
24 US20090327806 Method Of Handling Transaction In A Service Oriented
Architecture Environment Published
25 US20070094543 Automated Software Testing Architecture Using A Multi-Level
Framework Published
26 US20070043724 Systems And Methods For Integrating Business Processes Published
27 US20070050343 Semantic-Based Query Techniques For Source Code Published
28 US20090271385 System And Method For Parallel Query Evaluation Published
29 US20080300851 System And Method For Application Migration In A Grid
Computing Environment Published
30 US20070239858 Business To Business Integration Software As A Service Published
31 US20090100404 Software Package Implementation Sizing Published
32 US20090083325 System And Method For End To End Testing Solution For
Middleware Based Applications Published
33 US20090254916 Allocating Resources For Parallel Execution Of Query Plans Published
34 US7716254 System For Modeling Architecture For Business Systems And
Methods Thereof Granted
35 US20070288224 Pre-Creating Virtual Machines In A Grid Environment Published
36 US20090254884 Identification Of Topics In Source Code Published
37 US20090254877 Concept-Oriented Software Engineering System And
Method For Identifying, Extracting, Organizing, Inferring And
Querying Software System Facts Published
38 US20060174222 Software System Requirements Specification Framework And
Tool Published
39 US20080133212 Performance Evaluation Of J2ee Applications Published
40 US20080148225 Measuring Quality Of Software Modularization Published
41 US20080294659 Efficient XML Joins Published
42 US20070174294 Automated Downloading From Mainframe To Local Area
Network Published
43 US20080077544 Automated Predictive Data Mining Model Selection Published
44 US20090300061 System And Method For Universe Generation Published
45 US20070067310 System For Performing A Task In A Communication Network And
Methods Thereof Published
46 US20080065648 Managing Real-Time Execution Of Transactions In A Network Published
47 US20070208686 Context-Aware Middleware Platform For Client Devices Published
48 US20070192266 Apparatus For Identification Of Performance Scenario And
Methods Thereof Published
49 US20080010258 Collaborative Filtering-Based Recommendations Published
50 US20080040488 Context-Aware Mobile Portal Published
51 US20090183137 Method And Framework For Securing A Source Code Base Published

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52 US20090288018 Framework For Supporting Transition Of One Or More
Applications Of An Organization Published
53 US20070255833 System And Methods For Managing Resources In Grid
Computing Published
54 US20090133002 Method For Benchmarking Online Business Environments Published
55 US20080234996 Annotating Descriptions Of Chemical Compounds Published
56 US7546222 System For Performance And Scalability Analysis And Methods
Thereof Granted
57 US20080092120 Size And Effort Estimation In Testing Applications Published
58 US20100082818 System And Method For Dynamic Management And
Distribution Of Data In A Data Network Published
59 US20100070948 System And Method For Improving Modularity Of Large
Legacy Software Systems Published
Control
1 US 20100070949 Process And System For Assessing Modularity Of An
Object-Oriented Program Published
2 US20080186167 RFID Based Product Level Availability Published
3 US20090280456 Method And System For Automatically Generating Questions
For A Programming Language Published
1 2379/CHE/2008/ Method And System For Cash Transfer Published
US 20100082494
2 US20080133934 Configurable Data Masking For Software Testing Published
3 US20080184356 Method For Conducting Real-Time Execution Of
Transactions In A Network Published
4 US20080263648 Secure Conferencing Over Ip-Based Networks Published
5 US20090150983 System And Method For Monitoring Human Interaction Published
6 US7286546 Method And System For Providing Reliable And Fast
Communications With Mobile Entities Granted
7 US20080037529 Message Delivery And Playback Published
1 US 20100070332 Method For Evaluating Project Published
2 US 20100070325 Method And System for Estimating Resource Factors For
Executing a Project Published
3 US20090248529 System And Method For Providing Value Added Services
Via Wireless Access Points Published
4 US20080312991 Buyer-Side Consolidation Of Compatible Purchase Orders Published
5 US20080172269 Business Intelligence Framework Published
6 US20080270205 Program Management Systems And Method Thereof Published

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7 US20090287609 Method And System For Managing Projects Over A Network Published
8 US20090299786 Method And System For Pricing Software Service Requests Published
9 US20070136138 System And Method For Analyzing Network Bandwidth Published
10 US20080040145 Business Case Evaluation System And Methods Thereof Published
11 US20080262968 Software Licensing Control Via Mobile Devices Published
12 US20090037193 Real Time Business Event Monitoring, Tracking, And Execution
Architecture Published
13 US20090144125 System And Method For Reconnaissance For Spend
Management Procurement Published
14 US20080255895 System And Method For Generating Data Migration Plan Published
15 WO2006087730 A Real Time Business Event Monitoring, Tracking, And
Execution Architecture Published
16 US20090276263 Framework For Realization Of Web 2.0 Features Published
17 US20090030761 Predicting Financial Impact Of Business Framework Published
18 US20090106037 Electronic Book Locator Published
19 US20090319334 Integrating Enterprise Data And Syndicated Data Published
20 US20080249825 Information Technology Maintenance System Framework Published
21 US20070179833 Assisted Business Process Exception Management Published
22 US20080109254 Interoperability Across Heterogeneous Taxonomies Published
23 US20070021967 System And Method For Providing Framework For Business
Process Improvement Published
24 US20070192126 System And Method For Partner Inclusion Into An Enterprise
Network Published
25 US20080189170 Sensor Network-Based Context-Aware Content Delivery System Published
Solar Energy
1 US7209269 Displaying Holographic Three Dimensional Images Granted
Telecommunications
1 1162/CHE/2005/ ystem And Method For Managing Playout Time In
US 7675946 SPacket Communication Network Granted
2 2753/CHE/2008 / System And Method For Transferring Data Using Variance
US20100118770 Based Messaging Published
3 539/CHE/2008 / System And Method For Testing An Application
US20090307531 Installed On A Wireless Communication Device Published
4 US20090257376 Intelligent Access Point For Delivering Location Based
5 US20090311986 System, Method And Computer Program Product For
Disseminating Early Warning Messages Published
6 US20080014929 Occasionally Connected Computing For Mobile Web Services Published
7 US20080008139 System And Method For Establishing Communication Network Published
8 US20080008096 System And Method For Managing Playout Time In Packet
Communication Network Published

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9 US20070149212 Providing Location-Based Services Via Wireless Networks Published
10 US20070254614 Secure Wireless Connections Using SSID Fields Published
11 US20090019501 Content Licensing And Conditional Access Using A Mobile
Device Published
12 US20090147937 System And Method For Personalized Call Treatment By
Using A Combination Of Communication And Data Services Published
13 969/CHE/2008 / System And Method For Robust Data Loss Recovery In
US20100111054 A Wireless Local Area Network Published
14 970/CHE/2008/ System And Method For Improving Bandwidth Of Wireless
US20100085922 Local Area Network Published

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Mahindra Satyam’s List of its filings in USA
1 US20100073496 System And Method For Remote Usage Modeling Published
2 US20100122297 System And Method For User Likes Modeling Published
Computer Technology
1 US20060294153 Bi-Chassis Framework Published
2 US7640438 System And Method For Protected Content Rendering Granted
3 US7,680,753 System And Method For Fault Identification In An Electronic
System Based On Context-Based Alarm Analysis Granted
4 US20080235665 System And Method For Automated Safe Reprogramming
Of Software Radios Published
5 US20080040340 System And Method For Automatic Generation Of
Presentations Based On Agenda Published
6 US20070118899 System And Method For Automated Safe Reprogramming
Of Software Radios Published
7 US6751614 System And Method For Topic-Based Document Analysis For
Information Filtering Granted
8 US7415527 System And Method For Piecewise Streaming Of Video Using
A Dedicated Overlay Network Granted
9 US20090067719 System And Method For Automatic Segmentation Of ASR
Transcripts Published
10 US7373365 System And Method For Automatic Indexing And Archiving
Of Paper Documents Granted
11 US7627312 System And Method For Self-Testing Of Mobile Wireless
Devices Granted
12 US20090116394 System And Method For Skype Traffic Detection Published
13 US20050222899 System And Method For Skill Management Of Knowledge
Workers In A Software Industry Published
14 US20050223314 System And Method For Automatic Generation Of
Presentations Based On Agenda Published
15 US20100057909 System And Method For Efficient Delivery In A Multi-Source,
Multi Destination Network Published
16 US20100057699 System And Method For Annotation Aggregation Published
17 US20100049739 System And Method For Bounded Analysis Of
Multimedia Using Multiple Correlations Published
18 US20100011021 System And Method For Context Map Generation Published
1 US7496655 System And Method For Static And Dynamic Load Analyses
Of Communication Network Granted
2 US7574406 System And Method Maximizing Video License Utilization
Using Billboard Services Granted

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1 US7552865 System And Method For Deep Interaction Modeling
For Fraud Detection Granted
Telecommunications
1 US7184073 System And Method For Warning Drivers Based On Road
Curvature Granted
2 US20070127692 System And Method For Tracking Customer Satis
faction Index Based On Intentional Context Published

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TCS’s List of its filings in India
1 1842/MUM/2006 Information Systems Published
2 205/MUM/2007 Hardware System Decoding Of LDPC-Coded Bit stream In
Both Wireless And Wire line Communication System Published
3 207/MUM/2007 A System And Apparatus For Evaluating The Reliability
Of A Watermarking Technique For A Video Sequence Published
1 176/MUM/2007 Computer Systems Published
2 177/MUM/2007 A System For Decoding Of Law Density Parity Check (LDPC)
Encoded Data Published
Chemical Engineering
1 227499 Selective Separation Of Phosphate Minerals From Other
Minerals, Using Aminotris (Methylenephosphonic
Acid), And Diethylenetriaminepentakis
(Methylenephosphonic Acid) As Depressants Granted
2 238197 A Process For Selective Separation Of Phosphate Minerals
From Other Minerals Using Alkylimino-Bismethylene
Phosphonic Acid Based Depressant Granted
3 1569/MUM/2008 A Composition For Treatment Of Water Published
4 539/MUM/2007 Process For Preparation Of Hydroxamic Acid Flotation
Collector And Uses Thereof Published
5 207751 A Process For The Flocculation Of Colloidal Suspension Using
Ultra Low Concentration Of Low Molecular Weight Polymer Granted
Computer Technology
1 207342 A Benchmark Request Injector Device For Use In Network
System Granted
2 227557 A Message Queuing System For Inter Process Communication Granted
3 121/MUM/2008 A System For Managing Power And Optimizing Cooling For
Computer Servers Published
4 1312/MUM/2008 Automation In It Services And It Enabled Services Published
5 1421/MUM/2007 Emerging Web Based Communication And Methods Thereof Published
6 1713/MUM/2007 Estimation Of Performance Parameters For Central Processing
Units (CPUS) In A System Published
7 175/MUM/2007 Quality Assurance Published
8 1751/MUM/2008 Searching Of Digital Data Published
9 185/MUM/2008 Deterministic Random Number Generators For Information
Security And Digital Watermarking Published

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10 206/MUM/2007 A Method And Apparatus For Encryption Of A Video Sequence Published
11 208/MUM/2007 Method And Apparatus For Watermarking Published
12 2087/MUM/2007 Method And Apparatus For Implementing The Elliptic Curve
Scalar Multiplication Method In Cryptography Published
13 2303/MUM/2007 Tools For Bridging Systems Published
14 349/CHE/2008 An Automated Performance Assessment System Published
15 382/MUM/2006 Digital Images Published
16 399/MUM/2008 Retrieval And Indexing Of Video Sequences Of A Video Published
17 224087 Methods For Aligning Measured Data Taken From Specific Rail
Track Sections Of A Railroad With The Correct Geographic
Location Of The Sections Granted
18 492/MUM/2005 Automated Support For Monitoring And Manging Knowledge
Work Published
19 493/MUM/2005 Cybernetic Search With Knowledge Maps Published
20 59/MUM/2004 Apparatus And Method For Automatically Migrating Client
Server Applications To Other Architectures And Platforms Published
21 203452 An Apparatus And Method Of Consolidating Multiple Discrete
Records Stored In A Plurality Of Raw Data Files Granted
22 654/MUM/2006 A System And Method Of For Pattern Based Service Extraction Published
23 655/MUM/2006 System And Method For Automated Re-Architecting Of
Legacy Systems Using Object-Oriented Language Published
24 232994 A Tool For Versioning And Configuration Management Of
Models In A Computing System Granted
25 207195 Object Orientation Granted
26 235649 A Control Interface For Creating And Editing System View
Of An Information System Using Object Models Shaped To
Define The System View Granted
27 235638 Pattern Based Comparison And Merging Of Model Versions Granted
28 206064 Apparatus And Method For Specifying And Implementing A
Declarative Way To Write Rules On Objects, Attributes And
Associations Granted
29 796/MUM/2001 A System Architecture For Adapting At Least One Legacy
System For Functional Interface With At Least One Component
System Published
30 918/MUM/2005 A Method Competency Evaluation In Knowledge Industries Published
31 957/MUM/2007 Data Transfer Published
32 206548 Method And Apparatus For Dynamic Applicability And
Sequencing Of Business System Granted
Control
1 1334/MUM/2007 Capacity sizing methodology Published
1 1074/MUM/2005 System For Transmitting Data In A Wireless Network Published
2 1157/MUM/2003 Requirement Centric Application Development Published

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3 1491/MUM/2005 A High Performance Authentication Server Published
4 1710/MUM/2006 Focused Information Development Published
5 2104/MUM/2008 Electronic Messaging Published
6 209684 Security System For Wireless Local Area Network Granted
7 664/MUM/2005 A Hardware/Software Parallelized Implementation Of
Elliptic Curve Digital Signature Algorithm Published
Environmental Technology
1 192017 A Process And Apparatus For Batch Annealing Of Coils In A
Cold Rolling Mill Granted
2 207190 A Filter Media For Removal Of Fluoride Ion Contamination
From Water, A Device And A Method For Purifying Fluoride
Ion Contaminated Water Granted
3 206230 A Method For Preparing Filter Media For Removing Arsenic
Contamination From Water, A Filter Media, A Device And A
Method For Purifying Arsenic Contaminated Water Granted
Handling
1 865/MUM/2008 Detection Of Spurious/Counterfeit Medicines Published
1 1078/MUM/2007 A Mobile Based Advisory System Published
2 1574/MUM/2005 A Tool For Bottleneck Detection In Multi-Tier Web Systems Published
3 2157/MUM/2006 A System For Calculating Vehicle Insurance Premium Published
4 348/CHE/2008 An Automated System For Recruitment Published
Materials/Metallurgy
1 200336 An Apparatus For Order Matching In Matching Engine For
Stock Exchange Granted
2 206248 Method Of Quenching Granted
Measurements
1 2044/MUM/2006 A System For The Time Of Arrival (Toa) Estimation In Wireless
Communication Systems Published
Other Special Machines
2235/MUM/2007 Field Of Process Control Equipment Published

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Telecommunications
1 1750/MUM/2008 Mobile Devices Published
2 1816/MUM/2007 Mobile Telephone Security Published
3 2117/MUM/2006 Protocol Stacks Published
4 400/MUM/2008 Remote Controlling Using Gestures Published
5 405/MUM/2007 A System For Digital Interactive Voice Response (Lvr) Published
6 891/MUM/2008 Cryptography Published
7 214204 A Process And A System For Transmission Of Data In A
Multi-Carrier Orthogonal Frequency Division
Multiplexing (OFDM) Communication System Granted

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TCS’s List of its filings in USA
Computer Technology
1 US7322025 Method And Apparatus For Versioning And Configuration
Management Of Object Models Granted
2 US7444618 Automatic Generation Of Batch Programs With Identification,
Insertion Of Invariables, Declarative Statements And Variables
With The Use Of Place-Marks Granted
3 US7072810 Method And Apparatus For Pattern Based Generation Of
Graphical User Interfaces (GUI) Granted
4 US6986120 System And Apparatus For Programming System Views In
An Object Oriented Environment Granted
5 US7680774 Method And Apparatus For Object-Oriented Access To A
Relational Database Management System (RDBMS) Based
On Any Arbitrary Predicate Granted
6 US7369975 Method And Apparatus For Pattern Based Generation Of
Graphical User Interfaces (GUI) Granted
7 US7334223 Apparatus And Method For Automatically Migrating Client
Server Applications To Other Architectures And Platforms Granted
8 US7130753 Methods For Aligning Measured Data Taken From Specific Rail
Track Sections Of A Railroad With The Correct Geographic
Location Of The Sections Granted
9 US20070198562 Method And Apparatus For Ensuring Business Process
Integration Capability For One Or More Distributed
Component Systems In Communication With One Or More
Legacy Systems Published
10 US20050160399 Apparatus And Method For Automatically Migrating Client
Server Applications To Other Architectures And Platforms Published
11 US7743046 Cybernetic Search With Knowledge Maps Granted
12 US7680774 Method And Apparatus For Object-Oriented Access To A
Relational Database Management System (RDBMS) Based
On Any Arbitrary Predicate Granted
13 US20100109946 Mobile Based Advisory System And A Method Thereof Published
14 US20100083221 System And Method For Automated Re-Architectureing Of
Legacy Systems Using Object Oriented Language Published
15 US20100070952 Automation In IT Services And IT Enabled Services Published
Digital Communication
1 US20060126841 Method And Apparatus For A Security System For
Wireless Networks Published
Electrical machinery, apparatus,
1 US7560669 Method Of Thermal Treatment Of Components Granted
1 US6689227 Eco-Friendly Starch Quenchants Granted

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TCS’s List of its filings in European Union
Computer Technology
1 EP2087424 (A2) A System And Method For Automated Re-Architectureing
Of Legacy Systems Using Object-Oriented Language Published
2 EP2084603 (A2) A System And Method For Pattern Based Services Extraction Published
3 EP1959388 (A1) A System And Apparatus For Evaluating The Reliability Of
A Watermarking Technique For A Video Sequence Published
1 EP2028819 (A1) A System For Packet Interactive Multimedia Response
(PIM2R) And A Method Of Performing The Same Published
2 EP1641206 (A2) Semi-Blind Channel Estimation Using Sub-Carriers With Lower
Modulation Order In An OFDM System Published
3 EP1670171 (A1) Method And Apparatus For A Security System For Wireless
Networks Published
1 EP2174286 (A2) A Mobile Based Advisory System And A Method Thereof Published
TCS’s List of its filings in Japan
1 JP2007295564 Decoding System Using Low Density Parity Check Codes Published
1 JP2006340347 Authentication System Executing Elliptic Curve Digital
Signature Cryptographic Process Published
Telecommunications
1 JP2006186869 Method For Improving Security Of Encrypted Transmission
Of Information In Network Communications System Published

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TCS’s List of its filings in Korea
1 KR1020070103711 LDPC(Low Density Parity Check) Code Decoder Having
Only Two Magnitudes Stored For Respective Parity Check
Equations Published
1 KR1020060071980 Method And Apparatus Maintaining Security System For
Wireless Network, Using Irregular Network Interface Card
Hardware Published
TCS’s List of its filings in Australia
1 AU2005200024 Method and Apparatus for a Security System for Wireless
Networks Published
1 AU772066 Method And Apparatus Of Manufacturing Cement Granted
TCS’s List of its filings in Canada
1 CA2490491 Method and Apparatus for a Security System for Wireless
Networks Published
2 CA2542556 An Authentication System Executing an Elliptic Curve
Digital Signature Cryptographic Process Published

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TCS’s List of its filings in China
1 CN1798022 Method And Device For Security System Published
1 CN1361079 Method And Apparatus For Producing Cement Published
TCS’s List of its filings in South Africa
Computer technology
1 ZA200410299 Method and Apparatus for a Security System for
Wireless Networks Granted

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Wipro’s List of its filings in India
Computer Technology
1 1355/CHE/2006 System And Method For Software Lifecycle
Management Published
Food Chemistry
1 2894/CHE/2007 A Self-Stabilized Fortified Composition And A
Process Thereof Published
Furniture
1 1236/CHE/2008 A Beam And Leg Based Furniture System
And A Method Of Assembling Thereof Published
Handling
1 726/CHE/2008 A Cutout Cap Published
2 727/CHE/2008 A Device To Incorporate Plurality Of Sockets
And/Or Switches In Cutout Worktops Published

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Wipro’s List of its filings in US
1 US76466695 Molecular data storage device and method thereof Granted
Basic Communication processes
1 US7439813 Method And System For Generating Carrier Frequencies For
UWB Application Granted
2 US20090074050 Method And Apparatus For Receiving Coded Signals With
The Aid Of Channel State Information Published
Computer Technology
1 US7660782 Architecture For Master Data Management In An Enterprise Granted
2 US7657498 Business-Aligned Organizational Knowledge Management
System, Framework, And Tools For Capture And
Dissemination Of Explicit And Tacit Knowledge Of Business
Objectives And Management Strategy Articulated In Problem
Statements Granted
3 US20100138812 System And Method For Analyzing Performance Of A Software
Testing System Published
4 US7702803 Security Enhancement For SNMPV2C Protocol Granted
1 US7630367 Approach For Fast IP Address Lookups Granted
2 US20090279421 Apparatus And Methods For Estimating And Compensating
Sampling Clock Offset Granted
1 US20100114785 System and Method for Allocating Jobs to an Agent Published
Telecommunications
1 US20090268782 CFR Estimation Method For Multi-Band OFDM-Based
UWB Systems Published
2 US20070086331 Three Fiber Line Switched Ring Published
3 US7379417 Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing Transmitter
System And VLSI Implementation Thereof Granted
4 US7627303 Signal Downconverter Granted
5 US20100091891 Link Quality Metric Based Antenna Selection for Transceivers Published
6 US7675847 Hardware Implementation Of A Programmable FFT Based On
A Half Length FFT Core Granted

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