20-59 Three Kinds of Patents Granted
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Item 1990 1995 2000 2005 2008 2009
             
  Total 22588 45064 105345 214003 411982 581992
  Inventions                                      3838 3393 12683 53305 93706 128489
     Domestic                                      1149 1530 6177 20705 46590 65391
        Official 908 932 2824 14761 36955 52265
           Universities and Colleges                 326 258 652 4453 10265 14391
           Research Institutions                     331 304 910 2423 3945 5299
           Enterprises        206 205 1016 7712 22493 32160
           Government Agencies and Organizations     45 165 246 173 252 415
        Non-official 241 598 3353 5944 9635 13126
     Foreign                                       2689 1863 6506 32600 47116 63098
        Official 2496 1748 6222 31555 46112 61422
        Non-official 193 115 284 1045 1004 1676
  Utility Models                                  16952 30471 54743 79349 176675 203802
     Domestic                                      16744 30195 54407 78137 175169 202113
        Official 5100 6766 15519 29191 82914 110625
           Universities and Colleges                 698 623 868 2391 7242 9166
           Research Institutions                     1280 1025 1529 1599 4161 4503
           Enterprises        2249 2627 12821 24743 70242 95407
           Government Agencies and Organizations     873 2491 301 458 1269 1549
        Non-official 11644 23429 38888 48946 92255 91488
     Foreign                                       208 276 336 1212 1506 1689
        Official 132 154 261 1011 1179 1400
        Non-official 76 122 75 201 327 289
  Designs                                       1798 11200 37919 81349 141601 249701
     Domestic                                      1411 9523 34652 72777 130647 234282
        Official 751 5344 17789 27566 49375 99332
           Universities and Colleges                 7 10 28 555 1652 4390
           Research Institutions                     35 156 248 170 238 467
           Enterprises        598 2554 17482 26658 45802 90754
           Government Agencies and Organizations     111 2624 31 183 1683 3721
        Non-official 660 4179 16863 45211 81272 134950
     Foreign                                       387 1677 3267 8572 10954 15419
        Official 336 1402 3108 8254 10598 14852
        Non-official 51 275 159 318 356 567