20-55  Three Kinds of Patents Granted
(piece)
Item 1990 1995 2000 2005 2007 2008
             
  Total 22588 45064 105345 214003 351782 411982
  Inventions                                      3838 3393 12683 53305 67948 93706
     Domestic                                      1149 1530 6177 20705 31945 46590
        Official 908 932 2824 14761 24488 36955
           Universities and Colleges                 326 258 652 4453 8214 10265
           Research Institutions                     331 304 910 2423 3173 3945
           Enterprises        206 205 1016 7712 12851 22493
           Government Agencies and Organizations     45 165 246 173 250 252
        Non-official 241 598 3353 5944 7457 9635
     Foreign                                       2689 1863 6506 32600 36003 47116
        Official 2496 1748 6222 31555 35132 46112
        Non-official 193 115 284 1045 871 1004
  Utility Models                                  16952 30471 54743 79349 150036 176675
     Domestic                                      16744 30195 54407 78137 148391 175169
        Official 5100 6766 15519 29191 62975 82914
           Universities and Colleges                 698 623 868 2391 5502 7242
           Research Institutions                     1280 1025 1529 1599 3101 4161
           Enterprises        2249 2627 12821 24743 53451 70242
           Government Agencies and Organizations     873 2491 301 458 921 1269
        Non-official 11644 23429 38888 48946 85416 92255
     Foreign                                       208 276 336 1212 1645 1506
        Official 132 154 261 1011 1342 1179
        Non-official 76 122 75 201 303 327
  Designs                                       1798 11200 37919 81349 133798 141601
     Domestic                                      1411 9523 34652 72777 121296 130647
        Official 751 5344 17789 27566 46350 49375
           Universities and Colleges                 7 10 28 555 1057 1652
           Research Institutions                     35 156 248 170 284 238
           Enterprises        598 2554 17482 26658 42515 45802
           Government Agencies and Organizations     111 2624 31 183 2494 1683
        Non-official 660 4179 16863 45211 74946 81272
     Foreign                                       387 1677 3267 8572 12502 10954
        Official 336 1402 3108 8254 12053 10598
        Non-official 51 275 159 318 449 356