21-44   Patent Applications Examined and Granted by Region (2004)
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Region	Number of				Number of
	Patent	Inventions			Patent	Inventions
	Applications		Utility	Designs	Applications		Utility	Designs
	Examined		Models		Granted		Models
National Total	278943	65786	111578	101579	151328	18241	70019	63068
Beijing	18402	8608	6321	3473	9005	3216	3956	1833
Tianjin	8406	4013	3142	1251	2578	432	1587	559
Hebei	5647	979	3258	1410	3407	357	2064	986
Shanxi	1949	571	1013	365	1189	295	636	258
Inner Mongolia	1457	286	699	472	831	108	437	286
Liaoning	14695	2907	7494	4294	5749	911	3752	1086
Jilin	3657	1048	1951	658	2145	451	1179	515
Heilongjiang	4919	1325	2932	662	2809	326	1997	486
Shanghai	20471	6737	6131	7603	10625	1687	4040	4898
Jiangsu	23532	4423	9405	9704	11330	1026	5474	4830
Zhejiang	25294	3578	9021	12695	15249	785	5492	8972
Anhui	2943	658	1597	688	1607	150	972	485
Fujian	7498	850	2524	4124	4758	160	1776	2822
Jiangxi	2685	663	1152	870	1169	105	625	439
Shandong	18388	3230	9385	5773	9733	788	6028	2917
Henan	6318	1213	3448	1657	3318	306	2117	895
Hubei	7960	1674	3953	2333	3280	744	1966	570
Hunan	7693	1734	3301	2658	3281	436	1801	1044
Guangdong	52201	8093	14682	29426	31446	1941	9307	20198
Guangxi	2202	495	1114	593	1272	127	666	479
Hainan	375	137	135	103	278	36	93	149
Chongqing	5171	562	1910	2699	3601	147	1247	2207
Sichuan	7260	1638	2775	2847	4430	583	1822	2025
Guizhou	1486	450	765	271	737	179	364	194
Yunnan	2132	740	793	599	1264	235	586	443
Tibet	62	20	13	29	23	3	5	15
Shaanxi	3217	1099	1587	531	2007	459	1193	355
Gansu	910	334	483	93	514	127	322	65
Qinghai	124	49	44	31	70	21	30	19
Ningxia	399	89	184	126	293	46	119	128
Xinjiang	1492	272	870	350	792	75	530	187
Hong Kong	2148	403	375	1370	1495	132	289	1074
Macao	9	7	2		12	2	8	2
Taiwan	17841	6901	9119	1821	11031	1845	7539	1647