21-46   Three Kinds of Applications for Patents Accepted
           
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Item 1990 1995 2000 2005 2006
           
  Total  41469 83045 170682 476264 573178
  Inventions                        10137 21636 51747 173327 210490
     Domestic                                      5832 10018 25346 93485 122318
        Official                                 2482 2993 12609 62270 81485
           Universities and Colleges                 509 574 1942 14643 17312
           Research Institutions                     805 865 2228 6726 6845
           Enterprises        816 1086 8316 40196 56455
           Government Agencies and Organizations     352 468 123 705 873
        Non-official 3350 7025 12737 31215 40833
     Foreign                                       4305 11618 26401 79842 88172
        Official                                 4018 11045 25334 77575 85834
        Non-official 287 573 1067 2267 2338
  Utility Models                                  27615 43741 68815 139566 161366
     Domestic                                      27488 43429 68461 138085 159997
        Official                                 7424 8727 17792 46879 58769
           Universities and Colleges                 811 771 965 3843 4376
           Research Institutions                     1521 1376 1616 2661 2691
           Enterprises        3830 4739 14912 39649 50350
           Government Agencies and Organizations     1262 1841 299 726 1352
        Non-official 20064 34702 50669 91206 101228
     Foreign                                       127 312 354 1481 1369
        Official                                 55 190 259 1171 1077
        Non-official 72 122 95 310 292
  Designs                                       3717 17668 50120 163371 201322
     Domestic                                      3265 15433 46532 151587 188027
        Official                                 1713 8193 22974 49733 63312
           Universities and Colleges                 13 18 17 1435 1262
           Research Institutions                     64 104 278 359 342
           Enterprises        1310 6031 22634 47552 60069
           Government Agencies and Organizations     326 2040 45 387 1639
        Non-official 1552 7240 23558 101854 124715
     Foreign                                       452 2235 3588 11784 13295
        Official                                 418 2013 3432 11230 12697
        Non-official 34 222 156 554 598