20-57 Three Types of Patent Applications Granted
Unit: item
Item	1985	1990	1995	1996	1997
Total Applications Examined	14372	41469	83045	102735	114208
1. Creations and Inventions	8558	10137	21636	28517	33666
Domestic	4065	5832	10018	11471	12713
Service	2545	2482	2993	3488	4248
Universities and Colleges		509	574	604	635
Research Institutions		805	865	1036	1262
Industrial and Mineral Enterprises		816	1086	1725	2239
Government Agencies and Organizations		352	468	123	112
Non-service	1520	3350	7025	7983	8465
Foreign	4493	4305	11618	17046	20953
Service	4111	4018	11045	16329	20003
Non-service	382	287	573	717	950
2. Utility Models	5174	27615	43741	49604	50129
Domestic	5077	27488	43429	49341	49902
Service	1711	7424	8727	10193	10775
Universities and Colleges		811	771	711	649
Research Institutions		1521	1376	1534	1396
Industrial and Mineral Enterprises		3830	4739	7544	8437
Government Agencies and Organizations		1262	1841	404	293
Non-service	3366	20064	34702	39148	39127
Foreign	97	127	312	263	227
Service	74	55	190	142	151
Non-service	23	72	122	121	76
3. Designs	640	3717	17668	24614	30413
Domestic	269	3265	15433	21395	27456
Service	77	1713	8193	11449	14995
Universities and Colleges		13	18	5	9
Research Institutions		64	104	265	171
Industrial and Mineral Enterprises		1310	6031	11032	14793
Government Agencies and Organizations		326	2040	147	22
Non-service	192	1552	7240	9946	12461
Foreign	371	452	2235	3219	2957
Service	325	418	2013	2994	2853
Non-service	46	34	222	225	104

a) Data in 1985 referred to the period from April 1 to the end of the year.