| 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 |