| 20-58 Three Kinds of Applications for Patents Accepted | ||||||
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| Item | 1990 | 1995 | 2000 | 2005 | 2008 | 2009 |
| Total | 41469 | 83045 | 170682 | 476264 | 828328 | 976686 |
| Inventions | 10137 | 21636 | 51747 | 173327 | 289838 | 314573 |
| Domestic | 5832 | 10018 | 25346 | 93485 | 194579 | 229096 |
| Official | 2482 | 2993 | 12609 | 62270 | 140452 | 172181 |
| Universities and Colleges | 509 | 574 | 1942 | 14643 | 30808 | 37965 |
| Research Institutions | 805 | 865 | 2228 | 6726 | 12435 | 14332 |
| Enterprises | 816 | 1086 | 8316 | 40196 | 95619 | 118257 |
| Government Agencies and Organizations | 352 | 468 | 123 | 705 | 1590 | 1627 |
| Non-official | 3350 | 7025 | 12737 | 31215 | 54127 | 56915 |
| Foreign | 4305 | 11618 | 26401 | 79842 | 95259 | 85477 |
| Official | 4018 | 11045 | 25334 | 77575 | 92827 | 82647 |
| Non-official | 287 | 573 | 1067 | 2267 | 2432 | 2830 |
| Utility Models | 27615 | 43741 | 68815 | 139566 | 225586 | 310771 |
| Domestic | 27488 | 43429 | 68461 | 138085 | 223945 | 308861 |
| Official | 7424 | 8727 | 17792 | 46879 | 107109 | 169413 |
| Universities and Colleges | 811 | 771 | 965 | 3843 | 9362 | 13764 |
| Research Institutions | 1521 | 1376 | 1616 | 2661 | 4724 | 6022 |
| Enterprises | 3830 | 4739 | 14912 | 39649 | 91374 | 147618 |
| Government Agencies and Organizations | 1262 | 1841 | 299 | 726 | 1649 | 2009 |
| Non-official | 20064 | 34702 | 50669 | 91206 | 116836 | 139448 |
| Foreign | 127 | 312 | 354 | 1481 | 1641 | 1910 |
| Official | 55 | 190 | 259 | 1171 | 1331 | 1612 |
| Non-official | 72 | 122 | 95 | 310 | 310 | 298 |
| Designs | 3717 | 17668 | 50120 | 163371 | 312904 | 351342 |
| Domestic | 3265 | 15433 | 46532 | 151587 | 298620 | 339654 |
| Official | 1713 | 8193 | 22974 | 49733 | 116825 | 141457 |
| Universities and Colleges | 13 | 18 | 17 | 1435 | 4975 | 9850 |
| Research Institutions | 64 | 104 | 278 | 359 | 1453 | 917 |
| Enterprises | 1310 | 6031 | 22634 | 47552 | 108517 | 128424 |
| Government Agencies and Organizations | 326 | 2040 | 45 | 387 | 1880 | 2266 |
| Non-official | 1552 | 7240 | 23558 | 101854 | 181795 | 198197 |
| Foreign | 452 | 2235 | 3588 | 11784 | 14284 | 11688 |
| Official | 418 | 2013 | 3432 | 11230 | 13776 | 10972 |
| Non-official | 34 | 222 | 156 | 554 | 508 | 716 |