Three Types of Patent Applications Examined
(item)
Item	1985	1990	1995	1998	1999	2000
Total Applications Examined	14372	41469	83045	121989	134239	170682
Creations and Inventions	8558	10137	21636	35960	36694	51747
Domestic	4065	5832	10018	13726	15596	25346
Service	2545	2482	2993	4618	6009	12609
Universities and Colleges		509	574	794	988	1942
Research Institutions		805	865	1248	1413	2228
Industrial and Mineral Enterprises		816	1086	2480	3490	8316
Government Agencies and Organizations		352	468	96	118	123
Non-service	1520	3350	7025	9108	9587	12737
Foreign	4493	4305	11618	22234	21098	26401
Service	4111	4018	11045	21351	20245	25334
Non-service	382	287	573	883	853	1067
Utility Models	5174	27615	43741	51397	57492	68815
Domestic	5077	27488	43429	51220	57214	68461
Service	1711	7424	8727	11289	14053	17792
Universities and Colleges		811	771	619	747	965
Research Institutions		1521	1376	1422	1465	1616
Industrial and Mineral Enterprises		3830	4739	9004	11512	14912
Government Agencies and Organizations		1262	1841	244	329	299
Non-service	3366	20064	34702	39931	43161	50669
Foreign	97	127	312	177	278	354
Service	74	55	190	117	201	259
Non-service	23	72	122	60	77	95
Designs	640	3717	17668	34632	40053	50120
Domestic	269	3265	15433	31287	37148	46532
Service	77	1713	8193	15971	17894	22974
Universities and Colleges		13	18	32	34	17
Research Institutions		64	104	191	170	278
Industrial and Mineral Enterprises		1310	6031	15695	17634	22634
Government Agencies and Organizations		326	2040	53	56	45
Non-service	192	1552	7240	15316	19254	23558
Foreign	371	452	2235	3345	2905	3588
Service	325	418	2013	3229	2742	3432
Non-service	46	34	222	116	163	156
a) Data in 1985 referred to the period from April 1 to the end of the year.