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| 20-61 TWO TYPES OF PATENT APPLICATIONS EXAMINED AND GRANTED BY INTERNATIONAL PATENT CLASSIFICATIONS AND UTILITY MODELS
| Unit:Item |  |  |  |
| Item | 1997 | 1998
|  | Applications Examined | Applications Granted | Applications Examined | Applications Granted
| Total | 83016 | 30832 | 75325 | 38635
| Section A: Personal Use Items | 20425 | 8283 | 18912 | 9579
| Agriculture, Forestry, Animal Husbandry and Fishery | 2685 | 942 | 2581 | 1266
| Baking and Edible Doughs | 209 | 82 | 150 | 93
| Butchering and Meat Processing | 33 | 17 | 31 | 22
| Foods or Foodstuffs and their Treatment | 1471 | 203 | 1239 | 286
| Tobacco, Cigars and Cigarettes | 271 | 127 | 288 | 164
| Clothing | 577 | 313 | 618 | 382
| Headwear | 115 | 50 | 113 | 62
| Footwear | 599 | 363 | 667 | 378
| Haberdashery and Jewelry | 186 | 90 | 206 | 112
| Hand or Traveling Articles | 787 | 447 | 849 | 516
| Brushware | 241 | 138 | 241 | 124
| Furniture, Domestic Articles and Appliances | 3909 | 2357 | 4644 | 2700
| Medical or Veterinary Science and Hygiene | 7589 | 2250 | 5720 | 2554
| Life-saving and Fire-fighting | 322 | 159 | 239 | 186
| Sports, Games, and Recreation | 1431 | 745 | 1326 | 734
| Section B: Industrial and Transportation | 16294 | 6754 | 15092 | 8960
| Physical or Chemical Processes or Apparatus | 1338 | 489 | 1198 | 658
| Crushing, Pulverizing,or Disintegrating | 307 | 214 | 306 | 242
| Separation of Solid Materials, Electrostatic Separation | 119 | 86 | 140 | 99
| Centrifugal Apparatus or Equipment | 75 | 37 | 46 | 43
| Spraying or Atomizing General | 335 | 82 | 287 | 167
| Generation or Transmission of Mechanical Vibrations | 17 | 9 | 18 | 4
| Separating Solids from Solid Wastes | 118 | 58 | 117 | 86
| Janitorial | 144 | 62 | 102 | 72
| Disposal of Solid Waste | 24 | 1 | 21 | 7
| Mechanical Metal-working and Stamping | 531 | 193 | 460 | 268
| Casting and Powder Metallurgy | 273 | 102 | 242 | 140
| Machine Tools | 838 | 394 | 851 | 499
| Grinding and Polishing | 284 | 118 | 239 | 144
| Hand Tools, Portable Power Tools, and Workshop Equipment | 469 | 234 | 508 | 427
| Hand Cutting Tools, Cutting, and Severing | 229 | 100 | 238 | 156
| Wood Preservation and Nailing or Stapling Machines | 217 | 114 | 235 | 106
| Cement, Clay or Stone | 283 | 152 | 219 | 194
| Plastics | 605 | 196 | 493 | 171
| Presses | 91 | 55 | 97 | 83
| Paper Making and Processing Paper | 96 | 37 | 78 | 37
| Layered Products | 271 | 99 | 169 | 108
| Printing, Lining Machines, and Typewriters | 501 | 163 | 451 | 115
| Bookbinding, Albums, and Files | 313 | 174 | 301 | 146
| Writing or Drafting Devices | 730 | 431 | 730 | 427
| Decorative Arts | 307 | 140 | 302 | 164
| Vehicles in General | 1904 | 884 | 1842 | 1050
| Railways | 169 | 67 | 156 | 95
| Land Vehicles other than Rail | 1615 | 621 | 1575 | 1069
| Ships and Related Equipment | 221 | 81 | 207 | 112
| Aircraft and Aviation | 103 | 10 | 94 | 31
| Conveying and Packing Inflammatory Materials | 3214 | 1071 | 2760 | 1582
| Hoisting, Lifting, and Hauling | 399 | 207 | 452 | 334
| Opening or Closing Bottles, Jars or Similar Containers | 143 | 68 | 145 | 115
| Saddlery ; Upholstery | 11 | 5 | 13 | 9
| Section C: Chemistry and Metallurgy | 9955 | 1823 | 5029 | 2422
| Inorganic Chemistry | 394 | 110 | 299 | 157
| Treatment of Water, Waste Water, Sewage or Sludge | 583 | 225 | 576 | 223
| Glass; Mineral of Slag Wool | 265 | 51 | 174 | 112
| Cement, Concrete, Artificial Stone;Ceramics, Refractors | 387 | 36 | 317 | 60
| Fertilizers and Related Products | 175 | 23 | 152 | 29
| Explosives and Matches | 26 | 12 | 20 | 7
| Organic Chemistry | 2839 | 432 | 713 | 549
| Organic Macromolecular Compounds | 1511 | 204 | 599 | 229
| Dyes, Paints, Polishes,Resins,and Adhesives | 811 | 88 | 455 | 110
| Petroleum, Gas or Coke Industries,Inert Gases | 501 | 138 | 361 | 181
| Animal or Vegetable Oils, Fats | 437 | 70 | 144 | 77
| Biochemistry, Beer, Spirits, Wine, Vinegar, Bicrobiology,Benzymology,Mutation or Genetic Engineering | 1089 | 108 | 460 | 107
| Sugar Industry | 22 | 8 | 9 | 8
| Skins, Hides, Pelts, Leather | 27 | 8 | 26 | 6
| Metallurgy of Iron | 199 | 77 | 171 | 161
| Metallurgy, Ferrous or Nonferrous Alloys | 278 | 122 | 210 | 163
| Coating Metallic Materials | 216 | 55 | 178 | 113
| Electrolytic or Electrophoretic Processes | 139 | 43 | 126 | 113
| Crystal Growth | 56 | 13 | 39 | 17
| Section D: Textiles and Papers Making | 1731 | 681 | 1344 | 810
| Natural or Artificial Threads or Fibers,Spinning | 242 | 85 | 146 | 105
| Yarns, Mechanical Finishing of Yarns or Rope | 56 | 9 | 40 | 28
| Weaving | 135 | 69 | 102 | 97
| Braiding, Lace-Making, Knitting | 214 | 95 | 131 | 108
| Sewing, Embroidery, Tufting | 124 | 51 | 105 | 66
| Treatment of Textiles, Laundering | 596 | 278 | 604 | 272
| Ropes and Cables, other than Electric | 18 | 10 | 20 | 15
| Paper making, Production of Cellulose | 346 | 84 | 196 | 119
| Section E: Fixed Construction | 5093 | 2458 | 5642 | 3082
| Construction of Roads, Railways, or Bridges | 354 | 136 | 502 | 246
| Hydraulic Engineering, Foundations, Soil-shifting | 400 | 129 | 424 | 211
| Water Supply, Sewage | 574 | 331 | 640 | 378
| Building | 1428 | 654 | 1434 | 649
| Locks, Keys, Windows or Door Fittings;Safes | 1062 | 451 | 1196 | 738
| Doors, Windows, Shutters, or Roller Blinds in General; Ladders | 707 | 503 | 864 | 454
| Well Drilling, Mining | 568 | 254 | 582 | 406
| Section F: Mechanical Engineering | 10283 | 4668 | 11683 | 6409
| Machines or Engines in General; Engine Plants in General;Steam Engines | 324 | 115 | 326 | 120
| Combustion Engines | 818 | 253 | 807 | 262
| Machines or Engines for Liquids | 210 | 47 | 257 | 35
| Positive-displacement Machines for Liquids; Pumps for Liquid or Elastic Fluids | 905 | 474 | 1321 | 667
| Fluid-pressure Accouters; Hydraulic or Pneumatics in General | 105 | 50 | 79 | 50
| Engineering Elements or Units;General Measures for Producing and Maintaining Effective Functioning of Machines or Installations; Thermal Insulation in General | 2633 | 1179 | 2688 | 1596
| Storage or Distribution of Gases or Liquids | 148 | 47 | 117 | 84
| Lighting | 565 | 257 | 677 | 441
| Steam Generation | 127 | 51 | 105 | 117
| Combustion Apparatus;Combustion Processes | 542 | 284 | 670 | 401
| Stoves, Ranges, Ventilation | 2698 | 1323 | 3181 | 1858
| Refrigeration or Cooling, Heat Pump Systems | 492 | 209 | 577 | 184
| Drying | 114 | 66 | 145 | 105
| Furnaces, Kilns, Ovens | 127 | 104 | 154 | 107
| Heat Exchange in General | 315 | 140 | 416 | 272
| Weapons | 79 | 38 | 84 | 65
| Ammunition, Blasting Caps | 81 | 31 | 79 | 45
| Section G: Physics | 8934 | 2838 | 8523 | 3893
| Measurements, Testing | 2309 | 994 | 2172 | 1518
| Optics | 776 | 159 | 681 | 350
| Photography, Cinematography, Electrography | 491 | 127 | 613 | 203
| Horology | 229 | 132 | 258 | 123
| Controlling, Regulating | 316 | 93 | 269 | 164
| Computing, Calculating, Counting | 1869 | 383 | 1770 | 398
| Measurement Devices | 221 | 79 | 162 | 97
| Signaling | 398 | 234 | 409 | 185
| Education, Cryptography, Advertising, Seals | 860 | 417 | 974 | 493
| Musical Instruments, Acoustics | 294 | 87 | 164 | 122
| Information Storage | 1065 | 115 | 963 | 201
| Instrument Details | 18 | 8 | 51 | 20
| Nuclear physics, Nuclear Engineering | 88 | 10 | 37 | 19
| Section H: Electricity | 10301 | 3327 | 9100 | 3480
| Basic Electric Elements | 3929 | 1547 | 3910 | 1647
| Generation, Conversion, or Distribution of Electric Power | 1556 | 703 | 1449 | 856
| Basic Electronic Circuitry | 515 | 111 | 475 | 71
| Telecommunications Techniques | 3591 | 682 | 2761 | 622
| Electric Techniques Not Otherwise Provided for | 710 | 284 | 505 | 284
| a)Designs patents are excluded in this table. |  |  |  |