20-57 Three Types of Patent Applications Examined
Unit:Item
Item	1985	1990	1995	1997	1998
Total Applications Examined	14372	41469	83045	114208	121989
1. Creations and Inventions	8558	10137	21636	33666	35960
Domestic	4065	5832	10018	12713	13726
Service	2545	2482	2993	4248	4618
Universities and Colleges		509	574	635	794
Research Institutions		805	865	1262	1248
Industrial and Mineral Enterprises		816	1086	2239	2480
Government Agencies and Organizations		352	468	112	96
Non-service	1520	3350	7025	8465	9108
Foreign	4493	4305	11618	20953	22234
Service	4111	4018	11045	20003	21351
Non-service	382	287	573	950	883
2. Utility Models	5174	27615	43741	50129	51397
Domestic	5077	27488	43429	49902	51220
Service	1711	7424	8727	10775	11289
Universities and Colleges		811	771	649	619
Research Institutions		1521	1376	1396	1422
Industrial and Mineral Enterprises		3830	4739	8437	9004
Government Agencies and Organizations		1262	1841	293	244
Non-service	3366	20064	34702	39127	39931
Foreign	97	127	312	227	177
Service	74	55	190	151	117
Non-service	23	72	122	76	60
3. Designs	640	3717	17668	30413	34632
Domestic	269	3265	15433	27456	31287
Service	77	1713	8193	14995	15971
Universities and Colleges		13	18	9	32
Research Institutions		64	104	171	191
Industrial and Mineral Enterprises		1310	6031	14793	15695
Government Agencies and Organizations		326	2040	22	53
Non-service	192	1552	7240	12461	15316
Foreign	371	452	2235	2957	3345
Service	325	418	2013	2853	3229
Non-service	46	34	222	104	116
a)Data in 1985 referred to the period from April 1 to the end of the year.