20-58  Inventions and Utility Models of Patents Application Accepted and Granted by International Classifications
	(piece)
Item	2007		2008
	Application	Application	Application	Application
	Acceptance	Granted	Acceptance	Granted
	by Tech-	by Tech-	by Tech-	by Tech-
	nology Theme	nology Theme	nology Theme	nology Theme
Total	421376	217984	541734	270381
Section A: Personal Use Items	80438	41692	101789	48730
Agriculture, Forestry, Animal Husbandry and	8778	5053	10978	5598
Fishery
Baking and Edible Doughs	647	294	771	345
Butchering and Meat Processing	203	74	205	117
Foods or Foodstuffs and their Treatment	7027	1785	8512	1972
Tobacco, Cigars and Cigarettes	836	534	1161	576
Clothing	2206	1264	2761	1495
Headwear	452	262	509	307
Footwear	1695	1059	2298	1301
Haberdashery and Jewelry	695	407	881	512
Hand or Traveling Articles	3249	1803	4066	2368
Brushware	767	443	894	522
Furniture, Domestic Articles and Appliances	16374	9797	20965	12622
Medical or Veterinary Science and Hygiene	31780	15407	41269	17394
Life-saving and Fire-fighting	1107	624	1119	571
Sports, Games, and Recreation	4622	2886	5400	3030
Section B: Industrial and Transportation	71136	44690	98214	51825
Physical or Chemical Processes or Apparatus	6009	3810	10828	5017
Crushing, Pulverizing, or Disintegrating	1014	861	1265	860
Separation of Solid Materials, Electrostatic	508	349	746	350
Separation
Centrifugal Apparatus or Equipment	207	183	291	152
Spraying or Atomizing General	1802	1034	2231	1392
Generation or Transmission of Mechanical	89	50	92	51
Vibrations
Separating Solids from Solid Wastes	572	392	741	469
Janitorial	747	503	916	506
Disposal of Solid Waste	203	125	303	119
Mechanical Metal-working and Stamping	2704	1693	4125	2265
Casting and Powder Metallurgy	1672	875	2171	1080
Machine Tools	5419	3304	8324	4339
Grinding and Polishing	1620	894	2270	1187
Hand Tools, Portable Power Tools, and	2594	1963	3082	2019
Workshop Equipment
Hand Cutting Tools, Cutting, and Severing	1359	1006	1735	1112
Wood Preservation and Nailing or Stapling	1234	800	1454	800
Machines
Cement, Clay or Stone	1433	885	2396	845
Plastics	3193	1732	4612	2085
Presses	586	453	1058	635
Paper Making and Processing Paper	416	289	471	259
Layered Products	1140	601	1385	606
Printing, Lining Machines, and Typewriters	2534	1740	2613	1852
Bookbinding, Albums, and Files	1141	581	1265	791
Writing or Drafting Devices	2833	1422	3207	1859
Decorative Arts	1058	587	1075	530
Vehicles in General	8203	4966	11613	5517
Railways	904	591	1495	717
Land Vehicles other than Rail	4845	3258	6911	3809
Ships and Related Equipment	936	551	1358	665
Aircraft and Aviation	546	195	827	268
Conveying and Packing Inflammatory Materials	10009	6620	12200	7134
Hoisting, Lifting, and Hauling	2681	1837	3967	1973
Opening or Closing Bottles, Jars or Similar Containers	669	484	874	453
Saddlery ; Upholstery	60	21	63	38
Micro-structural Technology	143	32	193	53
Nano-Technology	53	3	57	18
Section C: Chemistry and Metallurgy	42510	18519	58541	18351
Inorganic Chemistry	2254	1187	3633	1290
Treatment of Water, Waste Water, Sewage or Sludge	3119	1796	5164	1827
Glass; Mineral of Slag Wool	1017	572	1628	536
Cement, Concrete, Artificial Stone;	1640	883	3081	984
Ceramics, Refractories
Fertilizers and Related Products	651	215	1229	239
Explosives and Matches	87	67	103	64
Organic Chemistry	8721	3724	11301	3407
Organic Macromolecular Compounds	5782	2581	7302	2244
Dyes, Paints, Polishes, Resins, and Adhesives	4877	1427	4673	1059
Petroleum, Gas or Coke Industries, Inert Gases	2219	954	2918	915
Animal or Vegetable Oils, Fats	647	218	861	208
Biochemistry, Beer, Spirits, Wine, Vinegar,	4651	1988	7501	2014
Sugar Industry	48	17	46	23
Skins, Hides, Pelts, Leather	116	49	127	48
Metallurgy of Iron	1120	639	1729	802
Metallurgy, Ferrous or Nonferrous Alloys	2212	793	2501	1073
Coating Metallic Materials	1935	641	2299	809
Electrolytic or Electrophoretic Processes	981	501	1702	591
Crystal Growth	417	265	717	218
Combinatorial Technology	16	2	26
Section D: Textiles and Papers Making	7353	4292	9529	4697
Natural or Artificial Threads or Fibers, Spinning	1656	1018	2068	985
Yarns, Mechanical Finishing of Yarns or Rope	241	123	319	122
Weaving	606	401	826	314
Braiding, Lace-Making, Knitting	735	415	962	607
Sewing, Embroidery, Tufting	803	464	974	564
Treatment of Textiles, Laundering	2303	1323	3127	1577
Ropes and Cables, other than Electric	131	68	148	111
Paper making, Production of Cellulose	878	480	1105	417
Section E: Fixed Construction	24180	14715	29828	17358
Construction of Roads, Railways, or Bridges	2149	1324	2901	1559
Hydraulic Engineering, Foundations, Soil-shifting	2138	1153	2593	1595
Water Supply, Sewage	2418	1535	2812	1592
Building	7439	4164	9517	5425
Locks, Keys, Windows or Door Fittings; Safes	3469	1990	3645	2396
Doors, Windows, Shutters, or Roller Blinds	2462	1696	2872	1688
in General; Ladders
Well Drilling, Mining	4105	2853	5488	3103
Section F: Mechanical Engineering	49779	31047	66444	37439
Machines or Engines in General; Engine	1900	1145	2574	1333
Plants in General; Steam Engines
Combustion Engines	3623	2198	4415	2704
Machines or Engines for Liquids	1578	566	2349	867
Positive-displacement Machines for Liquids;	4490	2742	5247	3604
Pumps for Liquid or Elastic Fluids
Fluid-pressure Acuators; Hydraulic or Pneumatics	628	483	1044	579
in General
Engineering Elements or Units; General Measures	12853	8931	17881	11005
for Producing and Maintaining Effective
Functioning of Machines or Installations;
Thermal Insulation in General
Storage or Distribution of Gases or Liquids	609	476	808	485
Lighting	6412	2716	9641	4290
Steam Generation	412	210	545	277
Combustion Apparatus; Combustion Processes	2344	1590	2670	5881
Stoves, Ranges, Ventilation	8602	5843	11084	1465
Refrigeration or Cooling, Heat Pump Systems	2240	1445	3026	1823
Drying	826	583	880	573
Furnaces, Kilns, Ovens	829	613	1214	708
Heat Exchange in General	1612	947	2098	1236
Weapons	356	220	419	258
Ammunition, Blasting Caps	465	339	549	351
Section G: Physics	64751	29810	79556	43097
Measurements, Testing	18706	8461	24955	11985
Optics	7303	3698	7996	6443
Photography, Cinematography, Electrography	3838	1480	4087	2366
Horology	602	305	793	419
Controlling, Regulating	2614	1017	3867	1860
Computing, Calculating, Counting	16272	7145	20229	9560
Measurement Devices	1708	663	2099	816
Signaling	2394	1113	3333	1667
Education, Cryptography, Advertising, Seals	5173	2638	6614	3950
Musical Instruments, Acoustics	1115	523	1323	523
Information Storage	4157	2370	3661	3062
Instrument Details	609	291	266	328
Nuclear physics, Nuclear Engineering	259	106	333	118
Subject Matter not Otherwise Provided	1
for in This Section
Section H: Electricity	81229	33219	97833	48884
Basic Electric Elements	27091	15184	34871	21322
Generation, Conversion, or Distribution	9366	5029	13283	7621
of Electric Power
Basic Electronic Circuitry	2338	896	2602	954
Telecommunications Techniques	36344	9191	39409	15429
Electric Techniques Not Otherwise Provided for	6090	2919	7665	3558
a) Classification refers to the classifying number of every patent assigned according to the technique theme of inventions and utility models of patents
by the classification department of patent.
b) Designs patents are excluded in this table.