Tata Consultancy Services has a total of 6438 patents globally, out of which 2753 have been granted. Of these 6438 patents, more than 81% patents are active. India is where Tata Consultancy Services has filed the maximum number of patents, followed by USA and Europe. Parallelly, India seems to be the main focused R&D center and is also the origin country of Tata Consultancy Services.
Tata Consultancy Services was founded in 1968 by Faquir Chand Kohli, Jehangir Tata and Simit Doshihave. Tata Consultancy Services a division of Tata Sons Limited, is a global IT services organization that provides a comprehensive range of IT services to its clients in diverse industries. The Company, caters to finance and banking, insurance, telecommunication, transportation, retail, manufacturing, pharmaceutical, and utility industries. As of April 2022, Tata Consultancy Services has a market cap of $185.33 Billion.
Do read about some of the most popular patents of Tata Consultancy Services which have been covered by us in this article and also you can find Tata Consultancy Services patents information, the worldwide patent filing activity and its patent filing trend over the years, and many other stats over Tata Consultancy Services patent portfolio.
How many patents does the Founder and CEO of Tata Consultancy Services have?
The founders Faquir Chand Kohli, Jehangir Tata and Simit Doshihave have 0 patents and the CEO, Rajesh Gopinathan has 0 patents.
How many patents does Tata Consultancy Services have?
Tata Consultancy Services has a total of 6438 patents globally. These patents belong to 2726 unique patent families. Out of 6438 patents, 5228 patents are active.
How Many Patents did Tata Consultancy Services File Every Year?
Are you wondering why there is a drop in patent filing for the last two years? It is because a patent application can take up to 18 months to get published. Certainly, it doesn’t suggest a decrease in the patent filing.
| Year of Patents Filing or Grant | TCS Applications Filed | TCS Patents Granted |
| 2011 | – | 6 |
| 2012 | 510 | 15 |
| 2013 | 550 | 30 |
| 2014 | 531 | 66 |
| 2015 | 523 | 148 |
| 2016 | 601 | 170 |
| 2017 | 566 | 223 |
| 2018 | 713 | 307 |
| 2019 | 688 | 442 |
| 2020 | 577 | 573 |
| 2021 | 193 | 589 |
| 2022 | – | 115 |
How many Tata Consultancy Services patents are Alive/Dead?
Worldwide Patents
Patent Families
How Many Patents did Tata Consultancy Services File in Different Countries?
Countries in which Tata Consultancy Services Filed Patents
| Country | Patents |
| India | 2150 |
| United States Of America | 1479 |
| Europe | 1052 |
| Japan | 313 |
| Australia | 251 |
| Germany | 221 |
| China | 187 |
| Canada | 107 |
| Singapore | 64 |
| Mexico | 57 |
| Brazil | 54 |
| United Kingdom | 35 |
| South Africa | 32 |
| Denmark | 22 |
| Spain | 19 |
| Korea (South) | 18 |
| Indonesia | 17 |
| Taiwan | 13 |
| Malaysia | 12 |
| New Zealand | 7 |
| Hong Kong (S.A.R.) | 6 |
| Philippines | 5 |
| France | 5 |
| Africa | 4 |
| Israel | 4 |
| Portugal | 3 |
| Hungary | 2 |
| Poland | 2 |
| Russia | 2 |
| Ireland | 2 |
| Iceland | 1 |
| Albania | 1 |
| Serbia | 1 |
| Colombia | 1 |
| Argentina | 1 |
| Slovenia | 1 |
| Lithuania | 1 |
| Croatia | 1 |
| Cyprus | 1 |
Where are Research Centers of Tata Consultancy Services Patents Located?
10 Best Tata Consultancy Services Patents
US6357042B2 is the most popular patent in the Tata Consultancy Services portfolio. It has received 924 citations so far from companies like At&T, Comcast Cable Communications and Broadband iTV.
Below is the list of 10 most cited patents of Tata Consultancy Services:
| Publication Number | Citation Count |
| US6357042B2 | 924 |
| US8498857B2 | 233 |
| US6381362B1 | 233 |
| US10002064B2 | 178 |
| US6493872B1 | 151 |
| US20040006742A1 | 138 |
| US9299108B2 | 130 |
| US20030028579A1 | 122 |
| US9144389B2 | 115 |
| US9760849B2 | 112 |
Which Companies are using Tata Consultancy Services Patents to Advance their Research?
If patents or patents from a particular technology area of a company receive a lot of citations, it implies that the technology is being followed and incrementally innovated by the citing companies. It also indicates that citing companies are working on similar and closely related technologies.
The top citing companies in the Tata Consultancy Services patent portfolio are IBM, Microsoft and Sap Se.
List of the top forward citing Companies –
| Company | Number of Patents |
| IBM | 112 |
| Microsoft | 39 |
| Sap Se | 29 |
| Samsung Electronics | 18 |
| Bank Of America | 17 |
| Intel | 16 |
| Oracle International Corporation | 15 |
| Wipro | 13 |
| Salesforcecom | 12 |
| Chase Bank | 12 |
Count of 102 and 103 Type Rejections based on Tata Consultancy Services Patents
Top Tata Consultancy Services Patents used in Rejecting Most Patent Applications
| Patent Number | Count of Rejected Applications |
| US6357042B2 | 53 |
| US10223403B2 | 14 |
| US10216485B2 | 14 |
| US20040006742A1 | 11 |
| US9185462B2 | 9 |
| US8756586B2 | 9 |
| US20130036038A1 | 8 |
| US8935575B2 | 8 |
| US10255817B2 | 8 |
| US10650379B2 | 8 |
| US10984419B2 | 8 |
| US8938719B2 | 7 |
| US20140039964A1 | 7 |
| US10074052B2 | 6 |
| US7158666B2 | 6 |
What Percentage of Tata Consultancy Services US Patent Applications were Granted?
Tata Consultancy Services (Excluding its subsidiaries) has filed 1358 patent applications at USPTO so far (Excluding Design and PCT applications). Out of these 857 have been granted leading to a grant rate of 83.45%.
Below are the key stats of Tata Consultancy Services patent prosecution at the USPTO.
Which Law Firms Filed Most US Patents for Tata Consultancy Services?
| Law Firm | Total Applications | Success Rate |
| Tata Consultancy Services | 784 | 92.79% |
| Legasis Finnegan | 78 | 71.79% |
| Schwegman Lundberg & Woessner | 69 | 73.53% |
| Hayes Soloway Pc | 63 | 79.37% |
| Seed Intellectual Property Law Group Llp | 38 | 68.42% |
| Blueshift Ip Llc | 37 | 83.78% |
| Thompson Hine Llp | 35 | 85.29% |
| Lee & Hayes Pc | 31 | 64.52% |
| Shumaker Loop & Kendrick Llp | 30 | 80.00% |
| Hamre Schumann Mueller & Larson P C | 25 | 72.00% |
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