| 20-54 Three Kinds of Applications for Patents Accepted | ||||||
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| Item | 1990 | 1995 | 2000 | 2005 | 2007 | 2008 | 
| Total | 41469 | 83045 | 170682 | 476264 | 693917 | 828328 | 
| Inventions | 10137 | 21636 | 51747 | 173327 | 245161 | 289838 | 
| Domestic | 5832 | 10018 | 25346 | 93485 | 153060 | 194579 | 
| Official | 2482 | 2993 | 12609 | 62270 | 107664 | 140452 | 
| Universities and Colleges | 509 | 574 | 1942 | 14643 | 23001 | 30808 | 
| Research Institutions | 805 | 865 | 2228 | 6726 | 9748 | 12435 | 
| Enterprises | 816 | 1086 | 8316 | 40196 | 73893 | 95619 | 
| Government Agencies and Organizations | 352 | 468 | 123 | 705 | 1022 | 1590 | 
| Non-official | 3350 | 7025 | 12737 | 31215 | 45396 | 54127 | 
| Foreign | 4305 | 11618 | 26401 | 79842 | 92101 | 95259 | 
| Official | 4018 | 11045 | 25334 | 77575 | 89632 | 92827 | 
| Non-official | 287 | 573 | 1067 | 2267 | 2469 | 2432 | 
| Utility Models | 27615 | 43741 | 68815 | 139566 | 181324 | 225586 | 
| Domestic | 27488 | 43429 | 68461 | 138085 | 179999 | 223945 | 
| Official | 7424 | 8727 | 17792 | 46879 | 74715 | 107109 | 
| Universities and Colleges | 811 | 771 | 965 | 3843 | 6377 | 9362 | 
| Research Institutions | 1521 | 1376 | 1616 | 2661 | 3598 | 4724 | 
| Enterprises | 3830 | 4739 | 14912 | 39649 | 63371 | 91374 | 
| Government Agencies and Organizations | 1262 | 1841 | 299 | 726 | 1369 | 1649 | 
| Non-official | 20064 | 34702 | 50669 | 91206 | 105284 | 116836 | 
| Foreign | 127 | 312 | 354 | 1481 | 1325 | 1641 | 
| Official | 55 | 190 | 259 | 1171 | 1002 | 1331 | 
| Non-official | 72 | 122 | 95 | 310 | 323 | 310 | 
| Designs | 3717 | 17668 | 50120 | 163371 | 267432 | 312904 | 
| Domestic | 3265 | 15433 | 46532 | 151587 | 253439 | 298620 | 
| Official | 1713 | 8193 | 22974 | 49733 | 93722 | 116825 | 
| Universities and Colleges | 13 | 18 | 17 | 1435 | 3302 | 4975 | 
| Research Institutions | 64 | 104 | 278 | 359 | 773 | 1453 | 
| Enterprises | 1310 | 6031 | 22634 | 47552 | 86208 | 108517 | 
| Government Agencies and Organizations | 326 | 2040 | 45 | 387 | 3439 | 1880 | 
| Non-official | 1552 | 7240 | 23558 | 101854 | 159717 | 181795 | 
| Foreign | 452 | 2235 | 3588 | 11784 | 13993 | 14284 | 
| Official | 418 | 2013 | 3432 | 11230 | 13519 | 13776 | 
| Non-official | 34 | 222 | 156 | 554 | 474 | 508 |