IAM has ranked Vikrant Rana, Managing Partner of S.S. Rana & Co., as Highly Recommended for Individuals: prosecution in India in the IAM Patent 1000 2025. In the same edition, Associate Partners Renu Bala Rampal and Johny Solomon Raj joined the guide for the first time.
About the IAM Patent 1000
IAM is a specialist publication on IP as a business asset. Its Patent 1000: The World’s Leading Patent Professionals identifies leading private practice patent firms and individuals across dozens of jurisdictions each year.
Who qualifies. IAM assesses private practice practitioners on their patent work and market reputation, drawing on the views of peers and clients with direct knowledge of their practice.
How individuals are chosen. IAM’s research team conducts interviews with private practice lawyers, patent attorneys and in-house counsel, and analyses them alongside written submissions and client feedback.
The format. Ranked individuals are grouped in tiers, and in India IAM publishes separate rankings for prosecution and litigation. Vikrant is ranked for prosecution.
What the ranking recognises
In its 2025 commentary, IAM points to the following:
A full-service firm. IAM describes S.S. Rana & Co. as a renowned full-service law firm, widely recognised for its legal services.
Leadership of the patent practice. Under Vikrant’s leadership, IAM says, the practice excels across a comprehensive range of patent services.
Support for start-ups. IAM highlights his expertise and his active role as an IP facilitator under the Government of India’s Start-ups Intellectual Property Protection (SIPP) scheme as strengthening the firm’s position in IP.
A growing bench. IAM welcomes Renu Bala Rampal, who heads the patents team and works across a wide range of technologies for clients in India and abroad, and Johny Solomon Raj, whose knowledge and dedication strengthen the patent practice.
Patent prosecution in India in 2025
Patent applicants in India are working under the Patents (Amendment) Rules, 2024, notified on 15 March 2024. For applications filed on or after that date, examination must be requested within 31 months of the priority or filing date rather than 48. The Rules also tie the Form 3 statement on foreign filings to the First Examination Report, move the Form 27 working statement to once every three financial years, and introduce a certificate of inventorship. The firm’s patent team has set out these changes in its analysis of the 2024 Rules.
For start-ups, the SIPP scheme continues to lower the barriers: registered facilitators help eligible start-ups file and prosecute patents, trademarks and designs, and the government pays the facilitators’ professional fees.
About Vikrant Rana
Vikrant Rana is the Managing Partner of S.S. Rana & Co., a full-service IP and corporate law firm founded in 1989 and headquartered in New Delhi. His practice spans patent prosecution, opposition, enforcement and litigation, and he advises Fortune 500 companies, multinationals and grassroots innovators on contentious and non-contentious IP matters.
Start-ups and innovators. As an IP facilitator under the SIPP scheme since its launch in 2016, he has assisted more than 250 start-ups and grassroots innovators in protecting and enforcing their IP in India and abroad.
Teaching and speaking. He holds appointments as Professor of Practice at colleges and universities in India, is a regular speaker and guest faculty member at academic institutions and industry forums, and has written book chapters, journal articles and research papers.
Domain name disputes. He has served as an arbitrator with the National Internet Exchange of India (NIXI) on domain name disputes.
Recognition in 2025
| Publication | Recognition | Edition |
| IAM Patent 1000 | Vikrant Rana: Highly Recommended, Individuals: prosecution | 2025 |
| IAM Patent 1000 | Renu Bala Rampal and Johny Solomon Raj: joined the guide | 2025 |
| IAM Patent 1000 | S.S. Rana & Co.: Recommended, patent prosecution and patent litigation | 2025 |
| Chambers Asia-Pacific | Band 3: Intellectual Property; Band 3: IP: Litigation (India) | 2025 |
| WTR 1000 | Silver: prosecution and strategy; enforcement and litigation | 2025 |
| IP STARS (Managing IP) | Trademark Star | 2025 |
| WIPR Leaders | WIPR Leader | 2025 |
| IBLJ A-List | Listed | 2024 to 2025 |
Read about the firm’s IAM Patent 1000 2025 recognition and the 2025 recognitions of Renu Bala Rampal and Johny Solomon Raj, and Vikrant’s 2025 rankings in Chambers Asia-Pacific, the WTR 1000, as a Trademark Star, as a WIPR Leader and in the IBLJ A-List. Each recognition is recorded on our Awards page.
We congratulate Vikrant on this recognition, welcome Renu and Johny to the IAM Patent 1000, and thank our clients, colleagues and peers in India and abroad for their continued trust.
View Vikrant Rana’s profile and the 2025 selection on the official IAM Patent 2025 website: I AM Patent 1000 – Vikrant Rana.and our coverage on LinkedIn.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Vikrant Rana, Managing Partner of S.S. Rana & Co., is ranked as Highly Recommended for Individuals: prosecution in India in the IAM Patent 1000 2025.
IAM credits the firm’s patent practice, under his leadership, with excelling across a full range of patent services, and says his expertise and his work as an IP facilitator under the Government of India’s SIPP scheme strengthen the firm’s standing in IP.
IAM welcomed Associate Partners Renu Bala Rampal and Johny Solomon Raj to the guide in 2025. IAM noted that Renu heads the patents team and works across a wide range of technologies, and that Johny plays a critical role in strengthening the patent practice.
The IAM Patent 1000: The World’s Leading Patent Professionals is IAM’s annual guide to leading private practice patent firms and individuals across dozens of jurisdictions, based on interviews with private practice lawyers, patent attorneys and in-house counsel.
The Start-ups Intellectual Property Protection scheme, launched by the Government of India in 2016, links eligible start-ups with registered facilitators who help them file and prosecute patents, trademarks and designs. The government pays the facilitators’ professional fees.
For applications filed on or after 15 March 2024, the deadline to request examination is 31 months from the priority or filing date instead of 48. The Rules also tie the Form 3 statement on foreign filings to the First Examination Report, move the Form 27 working statement to once every three financial years and introduce a certificate of inventorship.
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