20-57
Two Types of Patent Applications Examined and Granted |
by International Patent Classifications and Utility Models |
|
|
|
(item) |
| Item |
2000 |
2001 |
| Applications |
Applications |
Applications |
Applications |
| Examined |
Granted |
Examined |
Granted |
| Total
|
116769 |
67426 |
156504 |
70655 |
| Section A:
Personal Use Items
|
26255 |
16677 |
34555 |
15571 |
| Agriculture,
Forestry, Animal Husbandry and |
3420 |
2235 |
4027 |
2068 |
| Fishery
|
|
|
|
|
| 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
|
|
|
|
|
| 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
|
|
|
|
|
| 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
|
|
|
|
|
| Hand Cutting Tools, Cutting, and
Severing |
337 |
240 |
429 |
234 |
| Wood Preservation and Nailing or
Stapling |
471 |
238 |
657 |
389 |
| Machines
|
|
|
|
|
| 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
|
|
|
|
|
| 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
|
|
|
|
|
| Glass; Mineral of Slag Wool
|
243 |
175 |
317 |
91 |
| Cement, Concrete, Artificial
Stone;
|
445 |
207 |
495 |
202 |
| Ceramics,
Refractories
|
|
|
|
|
| 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 |
|
|
|
|
|
Genetic Engineering |
|
|
|
|
| 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
|
|
|
|
|
| Yarns, Mechanical Finishing of
Yarns
|
57 |
40 |
91 |
32 |
| or Rope
|
|
|
|
|
| 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
|
|
|
|
|
| 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
|
|
|
|
|
| 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
|
|
|
|
|
| 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
|
|
|
|
|
| Fluid-pressure
Acuators; Hydraulic or Pneumatics |
173 |
61 |
487 |
138 |
| in General
|
|
|
|
|
| Engineering Elements or Units;
General Measures |
3632 |
2764 |
4098 |
2927 |
| for
Producing and Maintaining Effective |
|
|
|
|
|
Functioning of Machines or Installations; |
|
|
|
|
| Thermal
Insulation in General |
|
|
|
|
| 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
|
|
|
|
|
| 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
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