20-53    Three Types of Patent Applications Examined
				(item)
Item	1985	1990	1995	2000	2001
Total Applications Examined	14372	41469	83045	170682	203573
Creations and Inventions	8558	10137	21636	51747	63204
Domestic	4065	5832	10018	25346	30038
Service	2545	2482	2993	12609	14815
Universities and Colleges		509	574	1942	2636
Research Institutions		805	865	2228	2659
Industrial and Mineral Enterprises		816	1086	8316	9371
Government Agencies and Organizations		352	468	123	149
Non-service	1520	3350	7025	12737	15223
Foreign	4493	4305	11618	26401	33166
Service	4111	4018	11045	25334	31820
Non-service	382	287	573	1067	1346
Utility Models	5174	27615	43741	68815	79722
Domestic	5077	27488	43429	68461	79275
Service	1711	7424	8727	17792	21802
Universities and Colleges		811	771	965	1137
Research Institutions		1521	1376	1616	1542
Industrial and Mineral Enterprises		3830	4739	14912	18671
Government Agencies and Organizations		1262	1841	299	452
Non-service	3366	20064	34702	50669	57473
Foreign	97	127	312	354	447
Service	74	55	190	259	294
Non-service	23	72	122	95	153
Designs	640	3717	17668	50120	60647
Domestic	269	3265	15433	46532	56460
Service	77	1713	8193	22974	23487
Universities and Colleges		13	18	17	37
Research Institutions		64	104	278	159
Industrial and Mineral Enterprises		1310	6031	22634	23260
Government Agencies and Organizations		326	2040	45	31
Non-service	192	1552	7240	23558	32973
Foreign	371	452	2235	3588	4187
Service	325	418	2013	3432	4003
Non-service	46	34	222	156	184