21-44  Three Kinds of Applications for Patents Received from Domestic and Foreign Country (Region)
 
 
           
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Item 1990 1995 2000 2004 2005
           
  Total Applications Examined 41469 83045 170682 353807 476264
  Inventions 10137 21636 51747 130133 173327
     Domestic 5832 10018 25346 65786 93485
        Service 2482 2993 12609 41750 62270
           Universities and Colleges 509 574 1942 9683 14643
           Research Institutions 805 865 2228 4543 6726
           Industrial and Mineral Enterprises 816 1086 8316 27029 40196
           Government Agencies and Organizations 352 468 123 495 705
        Non-service 3350 7025 12737 24036 31215
     Foreign 4305 11618 26401 64347 79842
        Service 4018 11045 25334 62113 77575
        Non-service 287 573 1067 2234 2267
  Utility Models 27615 43741 68815 112825 139566
     Domestic 27488 43429 68461 111578 138085
        Service 7424 8727 17792 35218 46879
           Universities and Colleges 811 771 965 2844 3843
           Research Institutions 1521 1376 1616 1881 2661
           Industrial and Mineral Enterprises 3830 4739 14912 29933 39649
           Government Agencies and Organizations 1262 1841 299 560 726
        Non-service 20064 34702 50669 76360 91206
     Foreign 127 312 354 1247 1481
        Service 55 190 259 1020 1171
        Non-service 72 122 95 227 310
  Designs 3717 17668 50120 110849 163371
     Domestic 3265 15433 46532 101579 151587
        Service 1713 8193 22974 34312 49733
           Universities and Colleges 13 18 17 470 1435
           Research Institutions 64 104 278 285 359
           Industrial and Mineral Enterprises 1310 6031 22634 33186 47552
           Government Agencies and Organizations 326 2040 45 371 387
        Non-service 1552 7240 23558 67267 101854
     Foreign 452 2235 3588 9270 11784
        Service 418 2013 3432 8904 11230
        Non-service 34 222 156 366 554