Three Types of Patent Applications Granted
(item)
Item	1985	1990	1995	1998	1999	2000
Total Applications Certified	138	22588	45064	67889	100156	105345
Inventions	40	3838	3393	4733	7637	12683
Domestic	38	1149	1530	1655	3097	6177
Service	32	908	932	954	1685	2824
Universities and Colleges	18	326	258	243	425	652
Research Institutions	11	331	304	337	543	910
Industrial and Mineral Enterprises	3	206	205	182	462	1016
Government Agencies and Organizations		45	165	192	255	246
Non-service	6	241	598	701	1412	3353
Foreign	2	2689	1863	3078	4540	6506
Service	1	2496	1748	2949	4295	6222
Non-service	1	193	115	129	245	284
Utility Models	60	16952	30471	33902	56368	54743
Domestic	56	16744	30195	33717	56094	54407
Service	32	5100	6766	8492	14603	15519
Universities and Colleges	21	698	623	600	848	868
Research Institutions	6	1280	1025	1276	1860	1529
Industrial and Mineral Enterprises	5	2249	2627	6305	11519	12821
Government Agencies and Organizations		873	2491	311	376	301
Non-service	24	11644	23429	25225	41491	38888
Foreign	4	208	276	185	274	336
Service	3	132	154	111	185	261
Non-service	1	76	122	74	89	75
Designs	38	1798	11200	29254	36151	37919
Domestic	17	1411	9523	26006	32910	34652
Service	5	751	5344	15000	17627	17789
Universities and Colleges		7	10	17	31	28
Research Institutions	2	35	156	216	170	248
Industrial and Mineral Enterprises	3	598	2554	14742	17360	17482
Government Agencies and Organizations		111	2624	25	66	31
Non-service	12	660	4179	11006	15283	16863
Foreign	21	387	1677	3248	3241	3267
Service	20	336	1402	3150	3111	3108
Non-service	1	51	275	98	130	159
a) Data in 1985 referred to the period from April 1 to the end of the year.