Three Types of Patent Applications Examined
(item)
Item	1995	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004
Total Applications Examined	83045	170682	203573	252631	308487	353800
1. Creations and Inventions	21636	51747	63204	80232	105318
Domestic	10018	25346	30038	39806	56769
Service	2993	12609	14815	22668	34731
Universities and Colleges	574	1942	2636	4282	7704
Research Institutions	865	2228	2659	3429	4711
Industrial and Mineral Enterprises	1086	8316	9371	14657	21858
Government Agencies and Organizations	468	123	149	300	458
Non-service	7025	12737	15223	17138	22038
Foreign	11618	26401	33166	40426	48549
Service	11045	25334	31820	38764	46764
Non-service	573	1067	1346	1662	1785
2. Utility Models	43741	68815	79722	93139	109115
Domestic	43429	68461	79275	92166	107842
Service	8727	17792	21802	27612	34044
Universities and Colleges	771	965	1137	1658	2375
Research Institutions	1376	1616	1542	1642	2104
Industrial and Mineral Enterprises	4739	14912	18671	23800	28998
Government Agencies and Organizations	1841	299	452	512	567
Non-service	34702	50669	57473	64554	73798
Foreign	312	354	447	973	1273
Service	190	259	294	640	1076
Non-service	122	95	153	333	197
3. Designs	17668	50120	60647	79260	94054
Domestic	15433	46532	56460	73572	86627
Service	8193	22974	23487	30962	33681
Universities and Colleges	18	17	37	41	173
Research Institutions	104	278	159	302	183
Industrial and Mineral Enterprises	6031	22634	23260	30505	33261
Government Agencies and Organizations	2040	45	31	114	64
Non-service	7240	23558	32973	42610	52946
Foreign	2235	3588	4187	5688	7427
Service	2013	3432	4003	5458	7192
Non-service	222	156	184	230	235