Three Types of Patent Applications Examined
(item)
Item	1990	1995	2000	2001	2002	2003
Total Applications Examined	41469	83045	170682	203573	252631	308500
Creations and Inventions	10137	21636	51747	63204	80232
Domestic	5832	10018	25346	30038	39806	251200
Service	2482	2993	12609	14815	22668
Universities and Colleges	509	574	1942	2636	4282
Research Institutions	805	865	2228	2659	3429
Industrial and Mineral Enterprises	816	1086	8316	9371	14657
Government Agencies and Organizations	352	468	123	149	300
Non-service	3350	7025	12737	15223	17138
Foreign	4305	11618	26401	33166	40426	57300
Service	4018	11045	25334	31820	38764
Non-service	287	573	1067	1346	1662
Utility Models	27615	43741	68815	79722	93139
Domestic	27488	43429	68461	79275	92166
Service	7424	8727	17792	21802	27612
Universities and Colleges	811	771	965	1137	1658
Research Institutions	1521	1376	1616	1542	1642
Industrial and Mineral Enterprises	3830	4739	14912	18671	23800
Government Agencies and Organizations	1262	1841	299	452	512
Non-service	20064	34702	50669	57473	64554
Foreign	127	312	354	447	973
Service	55	190	259	294	640
Non-service	72	122	95	153	333
Designs	3717	17668	50120	60647	79260
Domestic	3265	15433	46532	56460	73572
Service	1713	8193	22974	23487	30962
Universities and Colleges	13	18	17	37	41
Research Institutions	64	104	278	159	302
Industrial and Mineral Enterprises	1310	6031	22634	23260	30505
Government Agencies and Organizations	326	2040	45	31	114
Non-service	1552	7240	23558	32973	42610
Foreign	452	2235	3588	4187	5688
Service	418	2013	3432	4003	5458
Non-service	34	222	156	184	230