21-39 Patent Applications Examined
				(item)
Item	1990	1995	2000	2002	2003
Total Applications Examined	41469	83045	170682	252631	308487
Inventions	10137	21636	51747	80232	105318
Domestic	5832	10018	25346	39806	56769
Service	2482	2993	12609	22668	34731
Universities and Colleges	509	574	1942	4282	7704
Research Institutions	805	865	2228	3429	4711
Industrial and Mineral Enterprises	816	1086	8316	14657	21858
Government Agencies and Organizations	352	468	123	300	458
Non-service	3350	7025	12737	17138	22038
Foreign	4305	11618	26401	40426	48549
Service	4018	11045	25334	38764	46764
Non-service	287	573	1067	1662	1785
Utility Models	27615	43741	68815	93139	109115
Domestic	27488	43429	68461	92166	107842
Service	7424	8727	17792	27612	34044
Universities and Colleges	811	771	965	1658	2375
Research Institutions	1521	1376	1616	1642	2104
Industrial and Mineral Enterprises	3830	4739	14912	23800	28998
Government Agencies and Organizations	1262	1841	299	512	567
Non-service	20064	34702	50669	64554	73798
Foreign	127	312	354	973	1273
Service	55	190	259	640	1076
Non-service	72	122	95	333	197
Designs	3717	17668	50120	79260	94054
Domestic	3265	15433	46532	73572	86627
Service	1713	8193	22974	30962	33681
Universities and Colleges	13	18	17	41	173
Research Institutions	64	104	278	302	183
Industrial and Mineral Enterprises	1310	6031	22634	30505	33261
Government Agencies and Organizations	326	2040	45	114	64
Non-service	1552	7240	23558	42610	52946
Foreign	452	2235	3588	5688	7427
Service	418	2013	3432	5458	7192
Non-service	34	222	156	230	235