| 20-49 Statistics on Patent of Large and Medium-sized Industrial Enterprises by Registration Status (2008) | |||
| (piece) | |||
| Status of Registration | Patent | Invention | |
| Invention | |||
| Applications | Patents | Patents Owned | |
| Total | 122076 | 43773 | 55723 |
| State-owned and State-holding Enterprises | 37642 | 15585 | 18354 |
| Domestic Funded Enterprises | 89663 | 33507 | 39332 |
| State-owned Enterprises | 9427 | 2951 | 3757 |
| Collective-owned Enterprises | 1333 | 698 | 435 |
| Cooperative Enterprises | 329 | 86 | 135 |
| Joint Ownership Enterprises | 45 | 12 | 41 |
| State Joint Ownership Enterprises | 27 | 6 | 10 |
| Limited Liability Corporations | 30117 | 13986 | 14919 |
| State Sole Funded Corporations | 4899 | 1635 | 2016 |
| Share-holding Corporations Ltd. | 25783 | 11540 | 12270 |
| Private Enterprises | 22455 | 4177 | 7668 |
| Other Enterprises | 174 | 57 | 107 |
| Enterprises with Funds from Hong Kong, | 14708 | 4332 | 6712 |
| Macao and Taiwan | |||
| Joint-venture Enterprises | 6425 | 1724 | 2036 |
| Cooperative Enterprises | 149 | 26 | 45 |
| Enterprises with Sole Fund | 7023 | 2305 | 4013 |
| Share-holding Corporations Ltd. | 1111 | 277 | 618 |
| Foreign Funded Enterprises | 17705 | 5934 | 9679 |
| Joint-venture Enterprises | 9073 | 3369 | 5575 |
| Cooperation Enterprises | 103 | 29 | 44 |
| Enterprises with Sole Fund | 7093 | 2148 | 3465 |
| Share-holding Corporations Ltd. | 1436 | 388 | 595 |