| 20-58 Three Kinds of Applications for Patents Accepted | ||||||
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| Item | 1990 | 1995 | 2000 | 2005 | 2010 | 2011 |
| Total | 41469 | 83045 | 170682 | 476264 | 1222286 | 1633347 |
| Inventions | 10137 | 21636 | 51747 | 173327 | 391177 | 526412 |
| Domestic | 5832 | 10018 | 25346 | 93485 | 293066 | 415829 |
| Official | 2482 | 2993 | 12609 | 62270 | 223754 | 324224 |
| Universities and Colleges | 509 | 574 | 1942 | 14643 | 48294 | 63028 |
| Research Institutions | 805 | 865 | 2228 | 6726 | 18254 | 25222 |
| Enterprises | 816 | 1086 | 8316 | 40196 | 154581 | 231551 |
| Government Agencies and Organizations | 352 | 468 | 123 | 705 | 2625 | 4423 |
| Non-official | 3350 | 7025 | 12737 | 31215 | 69312 | 91605 |
| Foreign | 4305 | 11618 | 26401 | 79842 | 98111 | 110583 |
| Official | 4018 | 11045 | 25334 | 77575 | 95517 | 107899 |
| Non-official | 287 | 573 | 1067 | 2267 | 2594 | 2684 |
| Utility Models | 27615 | 43741 | 68815 | 139566 | 409836 | 585467 |
| Domestic | 27488 | 43429 | 68461 | 138085 | 407238 | 581303 |
| Official | 7424 | 8727 | 17792 | 46879 | 242479 | 387591 |
| Universities and Colleges | 811 | 771 | 965 | 3843 | 18223 | 32641 |
| Research Institutions | 1521 | 1376 | 1616 | 2661 | 7474 | 10512 |
| Enterprises | 3830 | 4739 | 14912 | 39649 | 212081 | 336298 |
| Government Agencies and Organizations | 1262 | 1841 | 299 | 726 | 4701 | 8140 |
| Non-official | 20064 | 34702 | 50669 | 91206 | 164759 | 193712 |
| Foreign | 127 | 312 | 354 | 1481 | 2598 | 4164 |
| Official | 55 | 190 | 259 | 1171 | 2248 | 3772 |
| Non-official | 72 | 122 | 95 | 310 | 350 | 392 |
| Designs | 3717 | 17668 | 50120 | 163371 | 421273 | 521468 |
| Domestic | 3265 | 15433 | 46532 | 151587 | 409124 | 507538 |
| Official | 1713 | 8193 | 22974 | 49733 | 192337 | 250529 |
| Universities and Colleges | 13 | 18 | 17 | 1435 | 12815 | 14467 |
| Research Institutions | 64 | 104 | 278 | 359 | 1234 | 2176 |
| Enterprises | 1310 | 6031 | 22634 | 47552 | 173338 | 231586 |
| Government Agencies and Organizations | 326 | 2040 | 45 | 387 | 4950 | 2300 |
| Non-official | 1552 | 7240 | 23558 | 101854 | 216787 | 257009 |
| Foreign | 452 | 2235 | 3588 | 11784 | 12149 | 13930 |
| Official | 418 | 2013 | 3432 | 11230 | 11535 | 13315 |
| Non-official | 34 | 222 | 156 | 554 | 614 | 615 |