20-61 Two Types of Patent Applications Examined and Granted

by International Patent Classifications and Utility Models

Continued Table 1

 

Unit: item

Item

1996

1997

Applications

Examined

Applications

Granted

Applications

Examined

Applications

Granted

 

 

 

 

 

Vehicles in General

2067

976

1904

884

Railways

179

88

169

67

Land Vehicles other than Rail

1892

780

1615

621

Ships and Related Equipment

226

88

221

81

Aircraft and Aviation

81

10

103

10

Conveying and Packing Inflammatory Materials

2770

1332

3214

1071

Hoisting, Lifting, and Hauling

406

263

399

207

Opening or Closing Bottles, Jars or Similar Containers

138

71

143

68

Saddler ; Upholstery

15

4

11

5

Section C: Chemistry and Metallurgy

4984

1763

9955

1823

Inorganic Chemistry

263

133

394

110

Treatment of Water, Waste Water, Sewage or Sludge

487

249

583

225

Glass; Mineral of Slag Wool

136

60

265

51

Cement, Concrete, Artificial Stone; Ceramics, Refractory

271

38

387

36

Fertilizers and Related Products

162

24

175

23

Explosives and Matches

22

10

26

12

Organic Chemistry

1013

354

2839

432

Organic Macromolecular Compounds

610

164

1511

204

Dyes, Paints, Polishes, Resins, and Adhesives

508

85

811

88

Petroleum, Gas or Coke Industries, Inert Gases

373

148

501

138

Animal or Vegetable Oils, Fats

186

65

437

70

Biochemistry, Beer, Spirits, Wine, Vinegar, Microbiology, Ben zymology, Mutation or Genetic Engineering

364

103

1089

108

Sugar Industry

13

6

22

8

Skins, Hides, Pelts, Leather

22

8

27

8

Metallurgy of Iron

117

92

199

77

Metallurgy, Ferrous or Nonferrous Alloys

183

90

278

122

Coating Metallic Materials

127

79

216

55

Electrolytic or Electrophoresis Processes

99

47

139

43

Crystal Growth

28

8

56

13

Section D: Textiles and Papers Making

1306

416

1731

681

Natural or Artificial Threads or Fibers, Spinning

212

80

242

85

Yarns, Mechanical Finishing of Yarns or Rope

26

8

56

9

Weaving

74

42

135

69

Braiding, Lace-Making, Knitting

151

39

214

95

Sewing, Embroidery, Tufting

92

28

124

51

Treatment of Textiles, Laundering

529

156

596

278

Ropes and Cables, other than Electric

18

7

18

10

Paper making, Production of Cellulose

204

56

346

84

Section E: Fixed Construction

4951

2652

5093

2458

Construction of Roads, Railways, or Bridges

324

144

354

136

Hydraulic Engineering, Foundations, Soil-shifting

287

165

400

129

Water Supply, Sewage

632

296

574

331

Building

1333

647

1428

654