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Chapter I Patent Application and Granting(6)

6. Statistics

Table17 Applications for Three Kinds of Patents Received from Home and Abroad, 2000-2006

	Total				Domestic				Foreign
	Total	Invention	Utility Model	Design	Total	Invention	Utility Model	Design	Total	Invention	Utility Model	Design
Accumulated Total	2338622	814451	764548	759623	1895336	433548	757404	704384	443286	380903	7144	55239
Accumulated Total	2338622	814451	764548	759623	1895336	433548	757404	704384	443286	380903	7144	55239
Average Growth Rate(%)	22.4%	26.3%	15.3%	26.1%	22.3%	30.0%	15.2%	26.2%	22.6%	22.3%	25.3%	24.4%
Average Growth Rate(%)	22.4%	26.3%	15.3%	26.1%	22.3%	30.0%	15.2%	26.2%	22.6%	22.3%	25.3%	24.4%
2000	170682	51747	68815	50120	140339	25346	68461	46532	30343	26401	354	3588
2000	27.1%	41.0%	19.7%	25.1%	27.6%	62.5%	19.7%	25.3%	25.0%	25.1%	27.3%	23.5%
2001	203573	63204	79722	60647	165773	30038	79275	56460	37800	33166	447	4187
2001	19.3%	22.1%	15.8%	21.0%	18.1%	18.5%	15.8%	21.3%	24.6%	25.6%	26.3%	16.7%
2002	252631	80232	93139	79260	205544	39806	92166	73572	47087	40426	973	5688
2002	24.1%	26.9%	16.8%	30.7%	24.0%	32.5%	16.3%	30.3%	24.6%	21.9%	117.7%	35.8%
2003	308487	105318	109115	94054	251238	56769	107842	86627	57249	48549	1273	7427
2003	22.1%	31.3%	17.2%	18.7%	22.2%	42.6%	17.0%	17.7%	21.6%	20.1%	30.8%	30.6%
2004	353807	130133	112825	110849	278943	65786	111578	101579	74864	64347	1247	9270
2004	14.7%	23.6%	3.4%	17.9%	11.0%	15.9%	3.5%	17.3%	30.8%	32.5%	-2.0%	24.8%
2005	476264	173327	139566	163371	383157	93485	138085	151587	93107	79842	1481	11784
2005	34.6%	33.2%	23.7%	47.4%	37.4%	42.1%	23.8%	49.2%	24.4%	24.1%	18.8%	27.1%
2006	573178	210490	161366	201322	470342	122318	159997	188027	102836	88172	1369	13295
2006	20.3%	21.4%	15.6%	23.2%	22.8%	30.8%	15.9%	24.0%	10.4%	10.4%	-7.6%	12.8%

Table 18 Domestic Applications for Three Kinds of Patents According to Service and Non-Service, 2000-2006

	Non-Service	Service
	Non-Service	Total	Universities and Colleges	Scientific Research Institutions	Industrial Enterprises	Organizations
	1124431	770905	78835	47186	634662	10222
Accumulated Total	1124431	770905	78835	47186	634662	10222
Average Growth Rate(%)	20.5%	25.0%	41.0%	15.7%	24.0%	42.2%
Average Growth Rate(%)	20.5%	25.0%	41.0%	15.7%	24.0%	42.2%
2000	86964	53375	2924	4122	45862	467
2000	20.8%	40.6%	65.3%	35.2%	40.5%	-7.2%
2001	105669	60104	3810	4360	51302	632
2001	21.5%	12.6%	30.3%	5.8%	11.9%	35.3%
2002	124302	81242	5981	5373	68962	926
2002	17.6%	35.2%	57.0%	23.2%	34.4%	46.5%
2003	148782	102456	10252	6998	84117	1089
2003	19.7%	26.1%	71.4%	30.2%	22.0%	17.6%
2004	167663	111280	12997	6709	90148	1426
2004	12.7%	8.6%	26.8%	-4.1%	7.2%	30.9%
2005	224275	158882	19921	9746	127397	1818
2005	33.8%	42.8%	53.3%	45.3%	41.3%	27.5%
2006	266776	203566	22950	9878	166874	3864
2006	19.0%	28.1%	15.2%	1.4%	31.0%	112.5%

Table19 Three Kinds of Patent Granted for Home and Abroad, 2000-2006

	Total				Domestic				Foreign
	Total	Invention	Utility Model	Design	Total	Invention	Utility Model	Design	Total	Invention	Utility Model	Design
Accumulated Total	1206464	248057	493119	465288	1003012	92867	488276	421869	203452	155190	4843	43419
Accumulated Total	1206464	248057	493119	465288	1003012	92867	488276	421869	203452	155190	4843	43419
Average Growth Rate(%)	16.8%	28.8%	11.9%	18.0%	15.3%	26.3%	11.8%	17.8%	27.8%	30.9%	26.0%	20.7%
Average Growth Rate(%)	16.8%	28.8%	11.9%	18.0%	15.3%	26.3%	11.8%	17.8%	27.8%	30.9%	26.0%	20.7%
2000	105345	12683	54743	37919	95236	6177	54407	34652	10109	6506	336	3267
2000	5.2%	66.1%	-2.9%	4.9%	3.4%	99.5%	-3.0%	5.3%	25.5%	43.3%	22.6%	0.8%
2001	114251	16296	54359	43596	99278	5395	54018	39865	14973	10901	341	3731
2001	8.5%	28.5%	-0.7%	15.0%	4.2%	-12.7%	-0.7%	15.0%	48.1%	67.6%	1.5%	14.2%
2002	132399	21473	57484	53442	112103	5868	57092	49143	20296	15605	392	4299
2002	15.9%	31.8%	5.7%	22.6%	12.9%	8.8%	5.7%	23.3%	35.6%	43.2%	15.0%	15.2%
2003	182226	37154	68906	76166	149588	11404	68291	69893	32638	25750	615	6273
2003	37.6%	73.0%	19.9%	42.5%	33.4%	94.3%	19.6%	42.2%	60.8%	65.0%	56.9%	45.9%
2004	190238	49360	70623	70255	151328	18241	70019	63068	38910	31119	604	7187
2004	4.4%	32.9%	2.5%	-7.8%	1.2%	60.0%	2.5%	-9.8%	19.2%	20.9%	-1.8%	14.6%
2005	214003	53305	79349	81349	171619	20705	78137	72777	42384	32600	1212	8572
2005	12.5%	8.0%	12.4%	15.8%	13.4%	13.5%	11.6%	15.4%	8.9%	4.8%	100.7%	19.3%
2006	268002	57786	107655	102561	223860	25077	106312	92471	44142	32709	1343	10090
2006	25.2%	8.4%	35.7%	26.1%	30.4%	21.1%	36.1%	27.1%	4.1%	0.3%	10.8%	17.7%

Table 20 Distribution of Domestic Applications for Patents Received from 1985 to 2006

Region	Accumulated Number	85-2002	2003	2004	2005	2006
Region	Accumulated Number	85-2002	2003	2004	2005	2006
Total	2727857	1344177	251238	278943	383157	470342
Beijing	195597	111065	17003	18402	22572	26555
Tianjin	70932	30758	6812	8406	11657	13299
Hebei	69325	44434	5623	5647	6401	7220
Shanxi	24513	16012	1743	1949	1985	2824
Inner Mongolia	17282	11031	1393	1457	1455	1946
Liaoning	141098	80134	13545	14695	15672	17052
Jilin	44197	27594	4267	3657	4101	4578
Heilongjiang	61670	39194	4972	4919	6050	6535
Shanghai	188614	76986	22374	20471	32741	36042
Jiangsu	214883	84880	18393	23532	34811	53267
Zhejiang	234077	91119	21463	25294	43221	52980
Anhui	32413	18599	2676	2943	3516	4679
Fujian	71068	36523	7236	7498	9460	10351
Jiangxi	28750	17645	2434	2685	2815	3171
Shandong	195137	93836	15794	18388	28835	38284
Henan	72051	39953	5261	6318	8981	11538
Hubei	77853	37148	6635	7960	11534	14576
Hunan	82125	49366	6054	7693	8763	10249
Guangdong	426856	168363	43186	52201	72220	90886
Guangxi	28798	19183	2250	2202	2379	2784
Chongqing	38002	15511	4589	5171	6260	6471
Sichuan	85779	47400	7443	7260	10567	13109
Guizhou	17666	10038	1242	1486	2226	2674
Yunnan	25774	16035	1966	2132	2556	3085
Tibet	447	170	24	62	102	89
Shanxi	44296	27775	3421	3217	4166	5717
Gansu	13702	8612	961	910	1759	1460
Qinghai	2826	1988	173	124	216	325
Ningxia	5371	3344	441	399	516	671
Xinjiang	17531	10459	1473	1492	1851	2256
Hainan	5716	3860	445	375	498	538
Hong Kong	21260	12028	1816	2148	2645	2623
Macao	207	141	18	9	27	12
Taiwan	172041	92993	18112	17841	20599	22496
(Guangzhou)	73919	34159	8137	8314	11016	12293
(Changchun)	14314	4599	2689	1937	2409	2680
(Wuhan)	38623	16710	3419	4136	6233	8125
(Nanjing)	24897	5895	3074	3908	5227	6793
(Hangzhou)	35294	6047	4024	5029	9479	10715
(Xian)	26084	14421	2341	2200	2950	4172
(Jinan)	26977	5331	2853	4067	6507	8219
(Shenyang)	51177	32832	5696	3898	4414	4337
(Chengdu)	33194	8436	4169	4324	7241	9024
(Dalian)	31253	11144	3055	4377	5573	7104
(Xiamen)	13684	3895	1957	2070	2796	2966
(Harbin)	28223	16375	2133	2447	3528	3740
(Shenzhen)	98306	20359	12361	14918	20940	29728
(Qingdao)	33987	14510	2886	2834	5927	7830
(Ningbo)	26920	4825	1892	2026	7764	10413

Table 21 Distribution of Foreign Applications for Patents Received from 1985 to 2006

Countries and Region	Accumulated Number	1985-2002	2003	2004	2005	2006
Total	606510	278454	57249	74864	93107	102836
Andorra	4	2	0	2	0	0
United Arab Emirates	64	4	1	3	5	51
Antigu and Barbuda	3	0	1	2	0	0
Armenia	1	1	0	0	0	0
Netherlands Antilles	205	71	23	22	35	54
Argentina	62	36	6	2	8	10
Austria	2374	1373	185	223	284	309
Australia	5258	2711	450	637	707	753
Aruba	1	0	0	0	1	0
Barbados	143	24	6	22	35	56
Bangladesh	2	0	0	0	0	2
Belgium	2452	1143	189	275	380	465
Bulgaria	63	44	2	5	6	6
Bahrain	3	3	0	0	0	0
Bermuda	182	46	14	34	38	50
Brunei	19	0	2	1	2	14
Brazil	524	244	58	63	82	77
Bahamas	128	53	25	24	9	17
Belarus	18	5	1	4	3	5
Belize	5	1	1	1	0	2
Canada	4937	2378	407	607	724	821
Central African Republic	2	0	2	0	0	0
Switzerland	16556	8962	1374	1744	2106	2370
Cook Islands	5	1	0	1	1	2
Chile	31	13	2	3	4	9
Cameroon	2	0	0	1	0	1
Columbia	16	5	5	1	3	2
Costa Rica	3	1	2	0	0	0
Czechoslovakia	72	72	—	—	—	—
Cuba	84	39	9	12	16	8
Cyprus	92	29	14	9	17	23
Czech Republic	195	10	13	25	77	70
Germany	52354	25737	4522	5917	7502	8676
Denmark	3503	1746	315	406	478	558
Dominica	3	1	0	0	0	2
Dominican Republic	1	1	0	0	0	0
Algeria	2	1	0	0	1	0
Ecuador	6	2	1	0	1	2
Estonia	9	3	2	1	1	2
Egypt	16	4	0	1	4	7
Western Sahara	1	0	1	0	0	0
Spain	1843	702	164	213	373	391
Finland	6273	3019	598	817	851	988
Falkland Islands	1	1	0	0	0	0
France	23278	12068	1941	2465	3190	3614
Great Britain	14303	8162	1314	1401	1613	1813
Georgia	5	3	0	0	0	2
Gibraltar	12	6	3	0	2	1
Greece	110	55	12	9	11	23
Croatia	94	44	6	12	20	12
Hungary	597	474	12	33	33	45
Indonesia	95	35	13	11	20	16
Ireland	531	197	54	77	82	121
Israel	1795	806	163	251	237	338
India	960	271	118	171	217	183
Iraq	1	1	0	0	0	0
Iran	3	1	0	0	1	1
Iceland	56	24	4	6	12	10
Italy	9541	4278	765	1167	1632	1699
Jersey Island	8	2	1	5	0	0
Jordan	6	6	0	0	0	0
Japan	223545	94791	24241	30444	36221	37848
Kyrgyzstan	2	0	0	0	1	1
St. Christopher	2	1	1	0	0	0
DPRK	10	6	0	1	2	1
Republic of Korea	48971	17400	5015	6660	9300	10596
Kuwait	9	6	0	0	1	2
Cayman Islands	337	61	23	20	66	167
Kazakhstan	10	3	1	0	5	1
Lebanon	7	1	4	2	0	0
Liechtenstein	725	390	79	87	84	85
Sri Lanka	46	44	0	1	0	1
Liberia	3	3	0	0	0	0
Lesotho	1	1	0	0	0	0
Lithuania	2	0	0	0	2	0
Luxembourg	480	288	42	28	53	69
Latvia	13	2	2	1	1	7
Morocco	8	1	0	3	1	3
Monaco	75	49	6	4	4	12
Madagascar	2	2	0	0	0	0
Mali	7	0	2	4	1	0
Malta	14	4	4	1	2	3
Mauritius	50	2	2	1	34	11
Maldives	2	2	0	0	0	0
Malawi	2	1	0	1	0	0
Mexico	115	55	5	15	14	26
Malaysia	438	218	32	66	46	76
Namibia	1	0	0	0	0	1
Niger	1	1	0	0	0	0
Nigeria	5	1	0	2	1	1
Netherlands	21686	9641	1376	2960	3988	3721
Norway	1327	696	120	159	168	184
New Zealand	573	306	43	44	84	96
Panama	233	107	19	47	35	25
Peru	3	2	1	0	0	0
Philippines	47	30	2	7	6	2
Pakistan	6	5	0	0	0	1
Poland	134	81	6	12	22	13
Puerto Rico	2	0	0	0	1	1
Portugal	66	24	7	11	9	15
Romania	13	9	1	0	2	1
Russian Federation	1129	872	57	65	50	85
Saudi Arabia	275	14	11	4	28	218
Seychelles	6	0	1	0	2	3
Sudan	1	0	1	0	0	0
Sweden	9571	5385	694	899	1101	1492
Singapore	1439	516	142	156	208	417
Slovenia	100	40	14	11	18	17
Slovakia	21	0	1	4	10	6
San Marino	8	1	2	1	2	2
Senegal	1	1	0	0	0	0
Salvador	1	1	0	0	0	0
Syria	1	1	0	0	0	0
Swaziland	1	1	0	0	0	0
Thailand	379	198	61	51	25	44
Tunisia	1	1	0	0	0	0
Turkey	159	39	18	20	46	36
Trinidad & Tobago	2	0	1	0	1	0
Ukraine	55	36	7	3	4	5
United States	143748	71451	12221	16187	20395	23494
Uruguay	13	4	1	6	1	1
Uzbekistan	5	4	1	0	0	0
Vatican City State	2	2	0	0	0	0
St. Vincent & the Grenadines	2	1	0	0	1	0
Venezuela	37	28	3	2	4	0
Virgin Islands	968	347	117	111	133	260
Vietnam	8	1	0	0	2	5
Vanuatu	12	8	1	0	2	1
Samoa	47	17	3	5	10	12
Yugoslavia	33	33	—	—	—	—
Serbia and Montenegro	4	0	0	0	2	2
South Africa	585	291	56	69	84	85
Zambia	2	0	1	1	0	0
Zimbabwe	8	6	0	2	0	0

Table 22 Patents Granted for Domestic Applications, 1985-2006

Region	Accumulated Number	1985-2002	2003	2004	2005	2006
Region	Accumulated Number	1985-2002	2003	2004	2005	2006
Total	1488747	792352	149588	151328	171619	223860
Beijing	99417	60826	8248	9005	10100	11238
Tianjin	29238	16951	2505	2578	3045	4159
Hebei	41445	26750	3572	3407	3585	4131
Shanxi	14313	9308	1175	1189	1220	1421
Inner Mongolia	9623	6152	817	831	845	978
Liaoning	70964	45965	5656	5749	6195	7399
Jilin	22849	14672	1690	2145	2023	2319
Heilongjiang	33117	20986	2794	2809	2906	3622
Shanghai	92975	36474	16671	10625	12603	16602
Jiangsu	106062	51960	9840	11330	13580	19352
Zhejiang	135794	56119	14402	15249	19056	30968
Anhui	18620	11229	1610	1607	1939	2235
Fujian	43844	22150	5377	4758	5147	6412
Jiangxi	14686	9382	1238	1169	1361	1536
Shandong	99568	54088	9067	9733	10743	15937
Henan	37636	22367	2961	3318	3748	5242
Hubei	33966	19221	2871	3280	3860	4734
Hunan	42059	26336	3175	3281	3659	5608
Guangdong	252965	111874	29235	31446	36894	43516
Guangxi	15851	10581	1331	1272	1225	1442
Chongqing	23098	8433	2883	3601	3591	4590
Sichuan	48710	28485	4051	4430	4606	7138
Guizhou	8961	5239	723	737	925	1337
Yunan	15770	10275	1213	1264	1381	1637
Tibet	259	95	16	23	44	81
Shanxi	24380	16397	1609	2007	1894	2473
Gansu	7091	4724	474	514	547	832
Qinghai	1403	1067	90	70	79	97
Ningxia	3014	1879	338	293	214	290
Xinjiang	9569	5917	752	792	921	1187
Hainan	3059	2037	296	278	200	248
Hong Kong	16171	9561	1565	1495	1669	1881
Macao	117	73	14	12	3	15
Taiwan	112153	64779	11329	11031	11811	13203
(Guangzhou)	43234	21132	4525	5468	5720	6389
(Changchun)	6157	1680	761	1277	1135	1304
(Wuhan)	16795	8054	1559	1945	2382	2855
(Nanjing)	10950	2599	1416	1883	2162	2890
(Hangzhou)	16526	2939	1335	2459	4065	5728
(Xian)	13442	7931	1099	1360	1280	1772
(Jinan)	10712	2392	1490	1593	2129	3108
(Shenyang)	26762	17831	2017	2176	2224	2514
(Chengdu)	16948	3922	2178	2636	3079	5133
(Dalian)	11549	5954	910	1096	1471	2118
(Xiamen)	8696	2538	1212	1419	1537	1990
(Harbin)	13886	8493	919	1212	1416	1846
(Shenzhen)	43861	10710	4937	7737	8983	11494
(Qingdao)	18613	9811	1490	1868	2329	3115
(Ningbo)	15653	3156	1134	1434	3873	6056

Table 23 Patents Granted for Foreign Applications, 1985 - 2006

Countries and Region	Accumulated Number	1985-2002	2003	2004	2005	2006
Countries and Region	Accumulated Number	1985-2002	2003	2004	2005	2006
Total	248757	90683	32638	38910	42384	44142
Andorra	1	0	1	0	0	0
United Arab Emirates	7	3	0	1	1	2
Armenia	1	1	0	0	0	0
Netherlands Antilles	96	11	15	14	35	21
Argentina	9	4	3	2	0	0
Austria	1182	622	124	125	170	141
Australia	2143	939	211	251	382	360
Barbados	17	5	1	5	1	5
Belgium	1015	465	125	124	134	167
Bulgaria	21	13	0	2	4	2
Bahrain	1	0	0	1	0	0
Bermuda	53	13	7	11	6	16
Brunei	5	0	1	1	1	2
Brazil	223	92	34	25	35	37
Bahamas	61	18	17	5	9	12
Belarus	6	3	0	1	2	0
Belize	1	0	0	1	0	0
Canada	1666	718	197	244	270	237
Central African Republic	2	0	2	0	0	0
Switzerland	7960	3725	913	1084	1103	1135
Cook Islands	2	0	0	0	1	1
Chile	7	4	0	2	1	0
Colombia	4	0	0	2	0	2
Costa Rica	1	0	0	0	0	1
Czechoslovakia	32	32	—	—	—	—
Serbia and Montenegro	1	0	0	0	0	1
Cuba	28	5	4	4	9	6
Cyprus	27	10	4	5	5	3
Czech Republic	106	2	21	3	12	68
Germany	21393	7825	2977	3379	3709	3503
Denmark	1593	594	217	234	283	265
Dominica	2	1	0	0	0	1
Ecuador	1	1	0	0	0	0
Estonia	4	1	0	0	1	2
Egypt	5	1	0	0	1	3
Spain	827	263	90	91	161	222
Finland	2778	903	525	466	496	388
Falkland Islands	1	1	0	0	0	0
France	10259	4196	1180	1541	1674	1668
Bosina and Herzegovina	2	0	2	0	0	0
Great Britain	6021	2679	808	787	885	862
Georgia	1	1	0	0	0	0
Gibraltar	7	1	2	1	2	1
Greece	30	13	2	6	6	3
Croatia	33	14	2	7	5	5
Hungary	223	155	17	14	22	15
Indonesia	61	22	8	5	11	15
Ireland	169	37	18	36	48	30
Israel	485	141	86	112	76	70
India	317	83	33	75	67	59
Iceland	18	7	1	3	6	1
Italy	4299	1693	531	506	691	878
Jersey Island	3	3	0	0	0	0
Jordan	4	3	0	0	0	1
Japan	100194	33116	12678	16356	18418	19626
DPRK	3	2	1	0	0	0
Republic of Korea	17591	4886	2693	2865	3273	3874
Kuwait	6	3	0	1	1	1
Cayman Islands	116	27	24	12	13	40
Kazakhstan	5	2	0	0	1	2
Lebanon	5	0	0	0	2	3
Liechtenstein	375	144	53	65	68	45
Sri Lanka	27	22	4	0	0	1
Liberia	3	2	1	0	0	0
Lesotho	1	1	0	0	0	0
Lithuania	2	0	0	0	0	2
Luxembourg	248	149	15	21	38	25
Latvia	3	0	0	0	1	2
Morocco	4	1	0	2	0	1
Monaco	42	23	5	4	8	2
Madagascar	2	1	0	1	0	0
Malta	5	0	1	3	0	1
Mauritius	26	0	1	0	5	20
Maldives	1	0	1	0	0	0
Mexico	29	15	1	4	5	4
Malaysia	212	115	20	15	27	35
Nigeria	3	0	0	0	2	1
Netherlands	7800	2994	868	1276	1333	1329
Norway	580	251	80	92	69	88
New Zealand	201	96	20	30	24	31
Panama	94	34	15	12	16	17
Peru	1	1	0	0	0	0
Philippines	22	17	0	2	2	1
Pakistan	4	4	0	0	0	0
Poland	52	27	10	3	4	8
Portugal	22	8	2	2	4	6
Romania	5	2	2	0	1	0
Russian Federation	352	203	29	35	47	38
Saudi Arabia	132	5	3	4	8	112
Seychelles	2	0	0	1	1	0
Sweden	4571	1608	832	841	775	515
Singapore	591	238	66	73	99	115
Slovenia	42	9	5	8	9	11
Slovakia	11	1	0	2	3	5
San Marino	3	0	1	0	0	2
Salvador	1	0	0	0	1	0
Syria	1	0	0	0	0	1
Swaziland	1	1	0	0	0	0
Thailand	237	129	23	54	19	12
Turkey	96	17	9	17	21	32
Trinidad & Tobago	1	0	0	0	0	1
Ukrain	25	9	5	2	3	6
United States	50944	20951	6835	7824	7595	7739
Uruguay	4	0	2	0	1	1
Uzbekistan	3	1	1	1	0	0
St. Vincent & the Grenadines	1	1	0	0	0	0
Venezuela	29	11	4	3	6	5
Virgin Islands	567	134	110	78	114	131
Vietnam	2	1	0	0	0	1
Vanuatu	3	2	0	0	0	1
Samoa	33	17	2	2	4	8
Yugoslavia	19	19	—	—	—	—
South Africa	185	57	37	23	38	30
Zimbabwe	3	3	0	0	0	0

2013-07-17