Three Types of Patent Applications Authorized
(item)
Item	1995	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004
Total Applications Certified	45064	105345	114251	132399	182226	190200
1. Creations and Inventions	3393	12683	16296	21473	37154
Domestic	1530	6177	5395	5868	11404
Service	932	2824	2614	3144	6895
Universities and Colleges	258	652	579	697	1730
Research Institutions	304	910	800	907	1677
Industrial and Mineral Enterprises	205	1016	1089	1461	3382
Government Agencies and Organizations	165	246	146	79	106
Non-service	598	3353	2781	2724	4509
Foreign	1863	6506	10901	15605	25750
Service	1748	6222	10455	15013	24849
Non-service	115	284	446	592	901
2. Utility Models	30471	54743	54359	57484	68906
Domestic	30195	54407	54018	57092	68291
Service	6766	15519	16544	18369	24008
Universities and Colleges	623	868	943	973	1582
Research Institutions	1025	1529	1473	1276	1485
Industrial and Mineral Enterprises	2627	12821	13783	15753	20485
Government Agencies and Organizations	2491	301	345	367	456
Non-service	23429	38888	37474	38723	44283
Foreign	276	336	341	392	615
Service	154	261	241	252	498
Non-service	122	75	100	140	117
3. Designs	11200	37919	43596	53442	76166
Domestic	9523	34652	39865	49143	69893
Service	5344	17789	19220	20020	31465
Universities and Colleges	10	28	12	40	104
Research Institutions	156	248	155	140	270
Industrial and Mineral Enterprises	2554	17482	19015	19802	31002
Government Agencies and Organizations	2624	31	38	38	89
Non-service	4179	16863	20645	29123	38428
Foreign	1677	3267	3731	4299	6273
Service	1402	3108	3567	4106	6113
Non-service	275	159	164	193	160