21-41 Patent Applications Examined and Granted by Region (2003)
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Region					Number of
	Number of		Utility		Patent		Utility
	Patent	Inventions	Models	Designs	Applications	Inventions	Models	Designs
	Applications				Granted
	Examined
National Total	251238	56769	107842	86627	149588	11404	68291	69893
Beijing	17003	7833	6665	2505	8248	2261	4244	1743
Tianjin	6812	3328	2713	771	2505	241	1547	717
Hebei	5623	986	3272	1365	3572	275	2197	1100
Shanxi	1743	480	951	312	1175	276	662	237
Inner Mongolia	1393	244	713	436	817	80	423	314
Liaoning	13545	2584	7859	3102	5656	644	3905	1107
Jilin	4267	1172	2268	827	1690	233	1049	408
Heilongjiang	4972	1151	3173	648	2794	229	2097	468
Shanghai	22374	5936	5992	10446	16671	880	3844	11947
Jiangsu	18393	3279	8228	6886	9840	626	5381	3833
Zhejiang	21463	2751	7750	10962	14402	429	4947	9026
Anhui	2676	532	1516	628	1610	139	968	503
Fujian	7236	797	2554	3885	5377	137	1658	3582
Jiangxi	2434	832	1071	531	1238	97	685	456
Shandong	15794	2596	9186	4012	9067	580	5770	2717
Henan	5261	1025	3219	1017	2961	256	1983	722
Hubei	6635	1627	3406	1602	2871	420	1859	592
Hunan	6054	1492	3124	1438	3175	346	1888	941
Guangdong	43186	6181	12985	24020	29235	953	7921	20361
Guangxi	2250	452	1212	586	1331	83	790	458
Hainan	445	110	147	188	296	28	97	171
Chongqing	4589	560	1835	2194	2883	125	1088	1670
Sichuan	7443	1475	2865	3103	4051	342	1722	1987
Guizhou	1242	385	566	291	723	79	355	289
Yunnan	1966	574	788	604	1213	173	527	513
Tibet	24	4	12	8	16	4	5	7
Shaanxi	3421	1191	1737	493	1609	169	1105	335
Gansu	961	324	536	101	474	83	307	84
Qinghai	173	70	60	43	90	17	35	38
Ningxia	441	101	200	140	338	54	160	124
Xinjiang	1473	254	938	281	752	75	521	156
Hong Kong	1816	279	441	1096	1565	80	314	1171
Macao	18	3	8	7	14	1	5	8
Taiwan	18112	6161	9852	2099	11329	989	8232	2108