18-55 THREE TYPES OF PATENT APPLICATIONS EXAMINED

Unit: item

Item	1985	1990	1993	1994	1995
Total Applications Examined	14372	41469	77276	77735	83045
1. Creations and Inventions	8558	10137	19618	19067	21636
Domestic	4065	5832	12084	11191	10018
Non-independent	2545	2482	4108	3585	2993
Universities and Colleges		509	774	654	574
Research Institutions		805	1011	969	865
Industrial and Mineral Enterprises		816	1256	815	1086
Government Agencies and Organizations		352	1116	1147	468
Independent	1520	3350	7976	7606	7025
Foreign	4493	4305	7534	7876	11618
Non-Independent	4111	4018	6972	7431	11045
Independent	382	287	562	445	573
2. Utility Models	5174	27615	47499	45511	43741
Domestic	5077	27488	47252	45188	43429
Non-independent	1711	7424	9794	9170	8727
Universities and Colleges		811	926	849	771
Research Institutions		1521	1510	1340	1376
Industrial and Mineral Enterprises		3830	4533	3381	4739
Government Agencies and Organizations		1262	2864	3600	1841
Independent	3366	20064	37458	36018	34702
Foreign	97	127	247	323	312
Non-Independent	74	55	105	174	190
Independent	23	72	142	149	122
3. Designs	640	3717	10159	13157	17668
Domestic	269	3265	8817	11428	15433
Non-independent	77	1713	4559	6051	8193
Universities and Colleges		13	65	17	18
Research Institutions		64	115	231	104
Industrial and Mineral Enterprises		1310	2445	2672	6031
Government Agencies and Organizations		326	1846	3131	2040
Independent	192	1552	4258	5377	7240
Foreign	371	452	1342	1729	2235
Non-Independent	325	418	1068	1466	2013
Independent	46	34	274	263	222

a) Figures for 1985 refer to period from April 1 to the end of the year.