Three Types of Patent Applications Authorized
(item)
Item	1990	1995	2000	2001	2002	2003
Total Applications Certified	22588	45064	105345	114251	132399	182200
Creations and Inventions	3838	3393	12683	16296	21473
Domestic	1149	1530	6177	5395	5868	149600
Service	908	932	2824	2614	3144
Universities and Colleges	326	258	652	579	697
Research Institutions	331	304	910	800	907
Industrial and Mineral Enterprises	206	205	1016	1089	1461
Government Agencies and Organizations	45	165	246	146	79
Non-service	241	598	3353	2781	2724
Foreign	2689	1863	6506	10901	15605	32600
Service	2496	1748	6222	10455	15013
Non-service	193	115	284	446	592
Utility Models	16952	30471	54743	54359	57484
Domestic	16744	30195	54407	54018	57092
Service	5100	6766	15519	16544	18369
Universities and Colleges	698	623	868	943	973
Research Institutions	1280	1025	1529	1473	1276
Industrial and Mineral Enterprises	2249	2627	12821	13783	15753
Government Agencies and Organizations	873	2491	301	345	367
Non-service	11644	23429	38888	37474	38723
Foreign	208	276	336	341	392
Service	132	154	261	241	252
Non-service	76	122	75	100	140
Designs	1798	11200	37919	43596	53442
Domestic	1411	9523	34652	39865	49143
Service	751	5344	17789	19220	20020
Universities and Colleges	7	10	28	12	40
Research Institutions	35	156	248	155	140
Industrial and Mineral Enterprises	598	2554	17482	19015	19802
Government Agencies and Organizations	111	2624	31	38	38
Non-service	660	4179	16863	20645	29123
Foreign	387	1677	3267	3731	4299
Service	336	1402	3108	3567	4106
Non-service	51	275	159	164	193