20-61 Two Types
of Patent Applications Examined and Granted by International Patent Classifications
and Utility Models |
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1997 |
1998 |
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Applications
Examined |
Applications
Granted |
Applications
Examined |
Applications
Granted |
Total |
83016 |
30832 |
75325 |
38635 |
Section A: Personal Use Items |
20425 |
8283 |
18912 |
9579 |
Agriculture, Forestry, Animal Husbandry and Fishery |
2685 |
942 |
2581 |
1266 |
Baking and Edible Doughs |
209 |
82 |
150 |
93 |
Butchering and Meat Processing |
33 |
17 |
31 |
22 |
Foods or Foodstuffs and their Treatment |
1471 |
203 |
1239 |
286 |
Tobacco, Cigars and Cigarettes |
271 |
127 |
288 |
164 |
Clothing |
577 |
313 |
618 |
382 |
Headwear |
115 |
50 |
113 |
62 |
Footwear |
599 |
363 |
667 |
378 |
Haberdashery and Jewelry |
186 |
90 |
206 |
112 |
Hand or Traveling Articles |
787 |
447 |
849 |
516 |
Brushware |
241 |
138 |
241 |
124 |
Furniture, Domestic Articles and Appliances |
3909 |
2357 |
4644 |
2700 |
Medical or Veterinary Science and Hygiene |
7589 |
2250 |
5720 |
2554 |
Life-saving and Fire-fighting |
322 |
159 |
239 |
186 |
Sports, Games, and Recreation |
1431 |
745 |
1326 |
734 |
Section B: Industrial and Transportation |
16294 |
6754 |
15092 |
8960 |
Physical or Chemical Processes or Apparatus |
1338 |
489 |
1198 |
658 |
Crushing, Pulverizing,or
Disintegrating |
307 |
214 |
306 |
242 |
Separation of Solid Materials, Electrostatic Separation |
119 |
86 |
140 |
99 |
Centrifugal Apparatus or Equipment |
75 |
37 |
46 |
43 |
Spraying or Atomizing General |
335 |
82 |
287 |
167 |
Generation or Transmission of Mechanical Vibrations |
17 |
9 |
18 |
4 |
Separating Solids from Solid Wastes |
118 |
58 |
117 |
86 |
Janitorial |
144 |
62 |
102 |
72 |
Disposal of Solid Waste |
24 |
1 |
21 |
7 |
Mechanical Metal-working and Stamping |
531 |
193 |
460 |
268 |
Casting and Powder Metallurgy |
273 |
102 |
242 |
140 |
Machine Tools |
838 |
394 |
851 |
499 |
Grinding and Polishing |
284 |
118 |
239 |
144 |
Hand Tools, Portable Power Tools, and Workshop Equipment |
469 |
234 |
508 |
427 |
Hand Cutting Tools, Cutting, and Severing |
229 |
100 |
238 |
156 |
Wood Preservation and Nailing or Stapling Machines |
217 |
114 |
235 |
106 |
Cement, Clay or Stone |
283 |
152 |
219 |
194 |
Plastics |
605 |
196 |
493 |
171 |
Presses |
91 |
55 |
97 |
83 |
Paper Making and Processing Paper |
96 |
37 |
78 |
37 |
Layered Products |
271 |
99 |
169 |
108 |
Printing, Lining Machines, and Typewriters |
501 |
163 |
451 |
115 |
Bookbinding, Albums, and Files |
313 |
174 |
301 |
146 |
Writing or Drafting Devices |
730 |
431 |
730 |
427 |
Decorative Arts |
307 |
140 |
302 |
164 |
Vehicles in General |
1904 |
884 |
1842 |
1050 |
Railways |
169 |
67 |
156 |
95 |
Land Vehicles other than Rail |
1615 |
621 |
1575 |
1069 |
Ships and Related Equipment |
221 |
81 |
207 |
112 |
Aircraft and Aviation |
103 |
10 |
94 |
31 |
Conveying and Packing Inflammatory Materials |
3214 |
1071 |
2760 |
1582 |
Hoisting, Lifting, and Hauling |
399 |
207 |
452 |
334 |
Opening or Closing Bottles, Jars or Similar Containers |
143 |
68 |
145 |
115 |
Saddlery
; Upholstery |
11 |
5 |
13 |
9 |
Section C: Chemistry and Metallurgy |
9955 |
1823 |
5029 |
2422 |
Inorganic Chemistry |
394 |
110 |
299 |
157 |
Treatment of Water, Waste Water, Sewage or Sludge |
583 |
225 |
576 |
223 |
Glass; Mineral of Slag Wool |
265 |
51 |
174 |
112 |
Cement, Concrete, Artificial Stone;Ceramics,
Refractors |
387 |
36 |
317 |
60 |
Fertilizers and Related Products |
175 |
23 |
152 |
29 |
Explosives and Matches |
26 |
12 |
20 |
7 |
Organic Chemistry |
2839 |
432 |
713 |
549 |
Organic Macromolecular Compounds |
1511 |
204 |
599 |
229 |
Dyes, Paints, Polishes,Resins,and
Adhesives |
811 |
88 |
455 |
110 |
Petroleum, Gas or Coke Industries,Inert
Gases |
501 |
138 |
361 |
181 |
Animal or Vegetable Oils, Fats |
437 |
70 |
144 |
77 |
Biochemistry, Beer, Spirits, Wine, Vinegar, Bicrobiology,Benzymology,Mutation
or Genetic Engineering |
1089 |
108 |
460 |
107 |
Sugar Industry |
22 |
8 |
9 |
8 |
Skins, Hides, Pelts, Leather |
27 |
8 |
26 |
6 |
Metallurgy of Iron |
199 |
77 |
171 |
161 |
Metallurgy, Ferrous or Nonferrous Alloys |
278 |
122 |
210 |
163 |
Coating Metallic Materials |
216 |
55 |
178 |
113 |
Electrolytic or Electrophoretic
Processes |
139 |
43 |
126 |
113 |
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56 |
13 |
39 |
17 |
Section D: Textiles and Papers Making |
1731 |
681 |
1344 |
810 |
Natural or Artificial Threads or Fibers,Spinning |
242 |
85 |
146 |
105 |
Yarns, Mechanical Finishing of Yarns or Rope |
56 |
9 |
40 |
28 |
Weaving |
135 |
69 |
102 |
97 |
Braiding, Lace-Making, Knitting |
214 |
95 |
131 |
108 |
Sewing, Embroidery, Tufting |
124 |
51 |
105 |
66 |
Treatment of Textiles, Laundering |
596 |
278 |
604 |
272 |
Ropes and Cables, other than Electric |
18 |
10 |
20 |
15 |
Paper making, Production of Cellulose |
346 |
84 |
196 |
119 |
Section E: Fixed Construction |
5093 |
2458 |
5642 |
3082 |
Construction of Roads, Railways, or Bridges |
354 |
136 |
502 |
246 |
Hydraulic Engineering, Foundations, Soil-shifting |
400 |
129 |
424 |
211 |
Water Supply, Sewage |
574 |
331 |
640 |
378 |
Building |
1428 |
654 |
1434 |
649 |
Locks, Keys, Windows or Door Fittings;Safes |
1062 |
451 |
1196 |
738 |
Doors, Windows, Shutters, or Roller Blinds in General; Ladders |
707 |
503 |
864 |
454 |
Well Drilling, Mining |
568 |
254 |
582 |
406 |
Section F: Mechanical Engineering |
10283 |
4668 |
11683 |
6409 |
Machines or Engines in General; Engine Plants in General;Steam Engines |
324 |
115 |
326 |
120 |
Combustion Engines |
818 |
253 |
807 |
262 |
Machines or Engines for Liquids |
210 |
47 |
257 |
35 |
Positive-displacement Machines for Liquids; Pumps for Liquid or Elastic
Fluids |
905 |
474 |
1321 |
667 |
Fluid-pressure Accouters; Hydraulic or Pneumatics in General |
105 |
50 |
79 |
50 |
Engineering Elements or Units;General
Measures for Producing and Maintaining Effective Functioning of Machines or Installations;
Thermal Insulation in General |
2633 |
1179 |
2688 |
1596 |
Storage or Distribution of Gases or Liquids |
148 |
47 |
117 |
84 |
Lighting |
565 |
257 |
677 |
441 |
Steam Generation |
127 |
51 |
105 |
117 |
Combustion Apparatus;Combustion
Processes |
542 |
284 |
670 |
401 |
Stoves, Ranges, Ventilation |
2698 |
1323 |
3181 |
1858 |
Refrigeration or Cooling, Heat Pump Systems |
492 |
209 |
577 |
184 |
Drying |
114 |
66 |
145 |
105 |
Furnaces, Kilns, Ovens |
127 |
104 |
154 |
107 |
Heat Exchange in General |
315 |
140 |
416 |
272 |
Weapons |
79 |
38 |
84 |
65 |
Ammunition, Blasting Caps |
81 |
31 |
79 |
45 |
Section G: Physics |
8934 |
2838 |
8523 |
3893 |
Measurements, Testing |
2309 |
994 |
2172 |
1518 |
Optics |
776 |
159 |
681 |
350 |
Photography, Cinematography, Electrography |
491 |
127 |
613 |
203 |
Horology |
229 |
132 |
258 |
123 |
Controlling, Regulating |
316 |
93 |
269 |
164 |
Computing, Calculating, Counting |
1869 |
383 |
1770 |
398 |
Measurement Devices |
221 |
79 |
162 |
97 |
Signaling |
398 |
234 |
409 |
185 |
Education, Cryptography, Advertising, Seals |
860 |
417 |
974 |
493 |
Musical Instruments, Acoustics |
294 |
87 |
164 |
122 |
Information Storage |
1065 |
115 |
963 |
201 |
Instrument Details |
18 |
8 |
51 |
20 |
Nuclear physics, Nuclear Engineering |
88 |
10 |
37 |
19 |
Section H: Electricity |
10301 |
3327 |
9100 |
3480 |
Basic Electric Elements |
3929 |
1547 |
3910 |
1647 |
Generation, Conversion, or Distribution of Electric Power |
1556 |
703 |
1449 |
856 |
Basic Electronic Circuitry |
515 |
111 |
475 |
71 |
Telecommunications Techniques |
3591 |
682 |
2761 |
622 |
Electric Techniques Not Otherwise Provided for |
710 |
284 |
505 |
284 |
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