20-57 Two Types of Patent Applications Examined and Granted |
by International Patent Classifications and Utility Models |
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(item) |
Item |
2000 |
2001 |
Applications |
Applications |
Applications |
Applications |
Examined |
Granted |
Examined |
Granted |
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Total |
116769 |
67426 |
156504 |
70655 |
Section A: Personal
Use Items |
26255 |
16677 |
34555 |
15571 |
Agriculture, Forestry, Animal
Husbandry and |
3420 |
2235 |
4027 |
2068 |
Fishery |
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Baking and Edible Doughs |
202 |
130 |
225 |
108 |
Butchering and Meat Processing |
36 |
33 |
21 |
30 |
Foods or Foodstuffs and their
Treatment |
1891 |
789 |
2067 |
877 |
Tobacco, Cigars and Cigarettes |
303 |
247 |
311 |
148 |
Clothing |
780 |
532 |
1347 |
480 |
Headwear |
168 |
91 |
165 |
107 |
Footwear |
828 |
554 |
1080 |
515 |
Haberdashery and Jewelry |
257 |
163 |
326 |
167 |
Hand or Traveling Articles |
1042 |
747 |
1535 |
737 |
Brushware |
277 |
193 |
485 |
173 |
Furniture, Domestic Articles and
Appliances |
5235 |
4264 |
7748 |
3613 |
Medical or Veterinary Science and
Hygiene |
9296 |
5285 |
12509 |
4781 |
Life-saving and Fire-fighting |
312 |
230 |
413 |
215 |
Sports, Games, and Recreation |
2208 |
1184 |
2296 |
1552 |
Section B:
Industrial and Transportation |
23323 |
15026 |
29771 |
17387 |
Physical or Chemical Processes or
Apparatus |
1873 |
1320 |
2121 |
1249 |
Crushing, Pulverizing, or
Disintegrating |
400 |
353 |
534 |
326 |
Separation of Solid Materials,
Electrostatic |
153 |
139 |
201 |
107 |
Separation |
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Centrifugal Apparatus or
Equipment |
68 |
61 |
118 |
59 |
Spraying or Atomizing General |
670 |
352 |
769 |
546 |
Generation or Transmission of
Mechanical |
22 |
16 |
27 |
15 |
Vibrations |
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|
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Separating Solids from Solid
Wastes |
178 |
151 |
225 |
130 |
Janitorial |
155 |
135 |
175 |
100 |
Disposal of Solid Waste |
111 |
19 |
145 |
49 |
Mechanical Metal-working and
Stamping |
595 |
559 |
901 |
591 |
Casting and Powder Metallurgy |
327 |
236 |
406 |
353 |
Machine Tools |
1143 |
873 |
2446 |
935 |
Grinding and Polishing |
296 |
241 |
316 |
288 |
Hand Tools, Portable Power Tools,
and |
698 |
571 |
877 |
540 |
Workshop Equipment |
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Hand Cutting Tools, Cutting, and
Severing |
337 |
240 |
429 |
234 |
Wood Preservation and Nailing or
Stapling |
471 |
238 |
657 |
389 |
Machines |
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Cement, Clay or Stone |
355 |
296 |
435 |
265 |
Plastics |
836 |
456 |
901 |
752 |
Presses |
106 |
97 |
177 |
103 |
Paper Making and Processing
Paper |
76 |
86 |
74 |
39 |
Layered Products |
438 |
157 |
375 |
291 |
Printing, Lining Machines, and
Typewriters |
594 |
270 |
951 |
435 |
Bookbinding, Albums, and Files |
406 |
247 |
707 |
265 |
Writing or Drafting Devices |
1030 |
627 |
1083 |
643 |
Decorative Arts |
468 |
206 |
502 |
277 |
Vehicles in General |
3704 |
1808 |
4578 |
2613 |
Railways |
391 |
192 |
367 |
271 |
Land Vehicles other than Rail |
1900 |
1479 |
2385 |
1357 |
Ships and Related Equipment |
374 |
238 |
361 |
252 |
Aircraft and Aviation |
177 |
47 |
181 |
120 |
Conveying and Packing Inflammatory
Materials |
4280 |
2709 |
5545 |
3336 |
Hoisting, Lifting, and Hauling |
540 |
446 |
633 |
358 |
Opening or Closing Bottles, Jars or
Similar |
138 |
151 |
157 |
89 |
Containers |
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Saddlery ; Upholstery |
13 |
10 |
12 |
10 |
Section C: Chemistry and
Metallurgy |
13683 |
5139 |
15987 |
5300 |
Inorganic Chemistry |
468 |
330 |
1467 |
238 |
Treatment of Water, Waste Water,
Sewage or |
1021 |
589 |
669 |
619 |
Sludge |
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Glass; Mineral of Slag Wool |
243 |
175 |
317 |
91 |
Cement, Concrete, Artificial
Stone; |
445 |
207 |
495 |
202 |
Ceramics,
Refractories |
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Fertilizers and Related Products |
254 |
85 |
315 |
97 |
Explosives and Matches |
33 |
31 |
34 |
24 |
Organic Chemistry |
4208 |
1200 |
3832 |
1329 |
Organic Macromolecular Compounds |
1545 |
492 |
2140 |
748 |
Dyes, Paints, Polishes, Resins, and
Adhesives |
887 |
299 |
1324 |
361 |
Petroleum, Gas or Coke Industries,
Inert Gases |
794 |
403 |
1076 |
339 |
Animal or Vegetable Oils, Fats |
389 |
164 |
438 |
140 |
Biochemistry, Beer, Spirits, Wine,
Vinegar, |
2237 |
259 |
2406 |
365 |
Microbiology,
Benzymology, Mutation or |
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Genetic Engineering |
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Sugar Industry |
18 |
22 |
32 |
9 |
Skins, Hides, Pelts, Leather |
37 |
35 |
54 |
14 |
Metallurgy of Iron |
247 |
232 |
265 |
200 |
Metallurgy, Ferrous or Nonferrous
Alloys |
311 |
289 |
446 |
242 |
Coating Metallic Materials |
297 |
126 |
309 |
132 |
Electrolytic or Electrophoretic
Processes |
198 |
168 |
277 |
121 |
Crystal Growth |
51 |
33 |
91 |
29 |
Section D: Textiles and
Papers Making |
2054 |
1261 |
3111 |
1466 |
Natural or Artificial Threads or
Fibers, |
276 |
166 |
436 |
234 |
Spinning |
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Yarns, Mechanical Finishing of
Yarns |
57 |
40 |
91 |
32 |
or Rope |
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Weaving |
139 |
150 |
365 |
98 |
Braiding, Lace-Making, Knitting |
274 |
136 |
277 |
204 |
Sewing, Embroidery, Tufting |
150 |
151 |
152 |
82 |
Treatment of Textiles,
Laundering |
782 |
435 |
907 |
615 |
Ropes and Cables, other than
Electric |
26 |
22 |
29 |
9 |
Paper making, Production of
Cellulose |
350 |
161 |
854 |
192 |
Section E: Fixed
Construction |
7513 |
5958 |
9931 |
5848 |
Construction of Roads, Railways, or
Bridges |
613 |
416 |
824 |
393 |
Hydraulic Engineering,
Foundations, |
548 |
468 |
896 |
424 |
Soil-shifting |
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Water Supply, Sewage |
1161 |
707 |
1758 |
1001 |
Building |
1775 |
1576 |
3304 |
1373 |
Locks, Keys, Windows or Door
Fittings; Safes |
1434 |
1278 |
1878 |
1066 |
Doors, Windows, Shutters, or Roller
Blinds |
1178 |
868 |
947 |
944 |
in General; Ladders |
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Well Drilling, Mining |
804 |
645 |
324 |
647 |
Section F: Mechanical
Engineering |
14979 |
10912 |
19835 |
10841 |
Machines or Engines in General;
Engine |
524 |
306 |
759 |
304 |
Plants in General; Steam
Engines |
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Combustion Engines |
929 |
874 |
1434 |
776 |
Machines or Engines for Liquids |
319 |
126 |
729 |
125 |
Positive-displacement Machines for
Liquids; |
1343 |
1099 |
1515 |
1008 |
Pumps for Liquid or
Elastic Fluids |
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Fluid-pressure Acuators; Hydraulic or
Pneumatics |
173 |
61 |
487 |
138 |
in General |
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Engineering Elements or Units;
General Measures |
3632 |
2764 |
4098 |
2927 |
for Producing and
Maintaining Effective |
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|
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Functioning of Machines
or Installations; |
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Thermal Insulation in General |
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|
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Storage or Distribution of Gases or
Liquids |
132 |
123 |
213 |
105 |
Lighting |
739 |
624 |
2668 |
578 |
Steam Generation |
148 |
91 |
317 |
136 |
Combustion Apparatus; Combustion
Processes |
1361 |
680 |
1647 |
983 |
Stoves, Ranges, Ventilation |
3886 |
2854 |
3903 |
2527 |
Refrigeration or Cooling, Heat Pump
Systems |
654 |
385 |
753 |
456 |
Drying |
160 |
168 |
137 |
105 |
Furnaces, Kilns, Ovens |
237 |
186 |
140 |
134 |
Heat Exchange in General |
490 |
440 |
554 |
330 |
Weapons |
134 |
48 |
249 |
116 |
Ammunition, Blasting Caps |
118 |
83 |
232 |
93 |
Section G: Physics |
14097 |
6035 |
23421 |
6687 |
Measurements, Testing |
3790 |
2192 |
5587 |
2382 |
Optics |
1147 |
416 |
1518 |
571 |
Photography, Cinematography,
Electrography |
637 |
222 |
816 |
378 |
Horology |
273 |
208 |
197 |
124 |
Controlling, Regulating |
232 |
253 |
294 |
138 |
Computing, Calculating, Counting |
4263 |
863 |
10009 |
1375 |
Measurement Devices |
273 |
141 |
643 |
161 |
Signaling |
501 |
355 |
599 |
246 |
Education, Cryptography, Advertising,
Seals |
1360 |
842 |
1408 |
646 |
Musical Instruments, Acoustics |
332 |
155 |
736 |
165 |
Information Storage |
1189 |
324 |
1288 |
464 |
Instrument Details |
23 |
44 |
7 |
18 |
Nuclear physics, Nuclear
Engineering |
77 |
20 |
319 |
19 |
Section H: Electricity |
14865 |
6418 |
19893 |
7555 |
Basic Electric Elements |
5769 |
3137 |
8049 |
3422 |
Generation, Conversion, or
Distribution |
2110 |
1354 |
2237 |
1494 |
of Electric Power |
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|
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Basic Electronic Circuitry |
695 |
159 |
998 |
267 |
Telecommunications Techniques |
5338 |
1276 |
7775 |
1851 |
Electric Techniques Not Otherwise
Provided for |
953 |
492 |
834 |
521 |
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| a) Designs patents are
excluded in this table. |