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(1) Patent
In 2013, the number of applications was 328,436 (down 4.2% from the previous year) and the number of registrations was 260277,046 079 (up 20.2% 8% from the previous year).
(2) Utility model
In 2013, the number of applications was 7,622 (down 6.0% from the previous year) and the number of registrations was 7,622 363 (down 68.0% 6% from the previous year).
In 2012, the number of patent applications in the following technical fields has significantly increased compared to the previous year.
“A63 Sports; Games; Amusements” (up 25.9% from the previous year)
“G21 Nuclear Physics: Nuclear Engineering” (up 21.6% from the previous year)
In 2012, the number of patent applications in the following technical fields recorded significant declines from the previous year.
“G11 Information storage” (down 21.9% from the previous year)
“H03 Basic electronic circuitry” (down 14.7% from the previous year)
Note: IPC classes with 500 or more applications in 2012 were examined.
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