20-46   Three Kinds of Applications for Patents Accepted
	(piece)
Item	1990	1995	2000	2005	2006	2007
Total	41469	83045	170682	476264	573178	693917
Inventions	10137	21636	51747	173327	210490	245161
Domestic	5832	10018	25346	93485	122318	153060
Official	2482	2993	12609	62270	81485	107664
Universities and Colleges	509	574	1942	14643	17312	23001
Research Institutions	805	865	2228	6726	6845	9748
Enterprises	816	1086	8316	40196	56455	73893
Government Agencies and Organizations	352	468	123	705	873	1022
Non-official	3350	7025	12737	31215	40833	45396
Foreign	4305	11618	26401	79842	88172	92101
Official	4018	11045	25334	77575	85834	89632
Non-official	287	573	1067	2267	2338	2469
Utility Models	27615	43741	68815	139566	161366	181324
Domestic	27488	43429	68461	138085	159997	179999
Official	7424	8727	17792	46879	58769	74715
Universities and Colleges	811	771	965	3843	4376	6377
Research Institutions	1521	1376	1616	2661	2691	3598
Enterprises	3830	4739	14912	39649	50350	63371
Government Agencies and Organizations	1262	1841	299	726	1352	1369
Non-official	20064	34702	50669	91206	101228	105284
Foreign	127	312	354	1481	1369	1325
Official	55	190	259	1171	1077	1002
Non-official	72	122	95	310	292	323
Designs	3717	17668	50120	163371	201322	267432
Domestic	3265	15433	46532	151587	188027	253439
Official	1713	8193	22974	49733	63312	93722
Universities and Colleges	13	18	17	1435	1262	3302
Research Institutions	64	104	278	359	342	773
Enterprises	1310	6031	22634	47552	60069	86208
Government Agencies and Organizations	326	2040	45	387	1639	3439
Non-official	1552	7240	23558	101854	124715	159717
Foreign	452	2235	3588	11784	13295	13993
Official	418	2013	3432	11230	12697	13519
Non-official	34	222	156	554	598	474