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Publishing body	Document type	Bibliographic publication date		Full-Text publication date
Publishing body	Document type	Earliest	Latest	Earliest	Latest
JP Japan	Patent Applications	19710116	20240419	19710123	20240419
	Patents	19281026	20240419	19960529	20240419
	Utility Model Applications	19710723	20060209	19930205	20031107
	Utility Models	19640805	19960329
	Registered Utility Models	19940726	20240419	19940726	20240419
	Designs	20070109	20240419
	WO Republications	19790726	20240419

Statistics

Document type	Year	PB records	Ti	Ti%	AB	AB%	NLTi	NLTi%	NLAB	NLAB%	NLDes	NLDes%	NLCla	NLCla%	PA	PA%	INV	INV%	NLPA	NLPA%	NLINV	NLINV%
A2	2022	192262	192262	100	192262	100	192262	100	192262	100	192262	100	192256	100	181594	100	181594	100	181594	100	181594	100
A2	2021	204706	204706	100	204706	100	204706	100	204706	100	204690	100	204695	100	191898	100	191898	100	191898	100	191898	100
A2	2020	214948	214948	100	214948	100	214948	100	214948	100	214945	100	214947	100	199370	100	199370	100	199370	100	199370	100
A2	2019	229919	229919	100	229919	100	229919	100	229919	100	229914	100	229917	100	214288	100	214288	100	214288	100	214288	100
A2	2018	213894	213894	100	213894	100	213894	100	213894	100	213879	100	213890	100	201095	100	201095	100	201095	100	201095	100
A2	2017	232174	232174	100	232174	100	232174	100	232174	100	232136	100	232139	100	221853	100	221853	100	221853	100	221853	100
A2	2016	227955	226588	99	226588	99	227955	100	227955	100	226584	99	226581	99	219554	100	219554	100	219554	100	219554	100
A2	2015	235010	233686	99	233686	99	235010	100	235010	100	230306	98	230301	98	227196	100	227196	100	227196	100	227196	100
A2	2014	242964	241742	99	241742	99	242031	100	241242	99	241203	99	241203	99	235444	100	235443	100	235444	100	235444	100
A2	2013	259375	258929	100	258929	100	258929	100	258929	100	258929	100	258929	100	251148	100	251148	100	251032	100	251032	100
A2	2012	257709	257535	100	257533	100	257536	100	257529	100	257532	100	257532	100	249860	100	249859	100	249815	100	249827	100
A2	2011	259815	259713	100	259713	100	259713	100	259711	100	259711	100	259711	100	252806	100	252806	100	244703	97	244703	97
A2	2010	288565	288457	100	288456	100	288453	100	288433	100	288433	100	288433	100	280950	100	280949	100	280950	100	280950	100
A2	2009	303608	303496	100	303496	100	303492	100	303457	100	303481	100	303481	100	296285	100	296285	100	296281	100	296281	100
A2	2008	312642	312517	100	312518	100	312509	100	307427	98	307156	98	307156	98	305062	100	305061	100	305055	100	305059	100
A2	2007	337038	336963	100	336963	100	336947	100	336530	100	336558	100	336581	100	328428	100	328428	100	328425	100	328426	100
A2	2006	353293	353243	100	353243	100	353195	100	351043	99	351235	99	351236	99	344470	100	344470	100	344456	100	344457	100
A2	2005	355041	354977	100	354977	100	354889	100	351108	99	351291	99	351291	99	346195	100	346195	100	346178	100	346179	100
A2	2004	364625	364580	100	364580	100	364499	100	359962	99	360121	99	360121	99	354645	100	354644	100	354629	100	354630	100
A2	2003	348133	348079	100	348048	100	348078	100	348022	100	348047	100	347743	100	339746	100	339746	100	339711	100	339713	100
A2	2002	374680	374578	100	374567	100	374591	100	373460	100	374612	100	364797	97	365825	100	365822	100	365811	100	365813	100
A2	2001	360206	360138	100	360128	100	360031	100	358330	99	360093	100	340788	95	350215	100	350215	100	350193	100	350200	100
A2	2000	360555	360527	100	360524	100	360421	100	358827	100	360495	100	338851	94	349682	100	349632	100	349680	100	349684	100
A2	1999	357398	357385	100	357343	100	357272	100	355775	100	357354	100	339142	95	348369	100	348369	100	348283	100	348335	100
A2	1998	341452	341396	100	341348	100	341358	100	340410	100	341332	100	327951	96	333648	100	333648	100	333577	100	333603	100
A2	1997	331479	331467	100	329114	99	331317	100	330740	100	330735	100	330761	100	324341	100	324341	100	324299	100	324310	100
Document type	Year	PB records	Ti	Ti%	AB	AB%	NLTi	NLTi%	NLAB	NLAB%	NLDes	NLDes%	NLCla	NLCla%	PA	PA%	INV	INV%	NLPA	NLPA%	NLINV	NLINV%
B	2022	212771	2035	1	2040	1	212770	100	25075	12	212570	100	212570	100	205227	100	202129	98	205227	100	205227	100
B	2021	182838	19	0	20	0	182838	100	12179	7	182718	100	182718	100	176665	100	176655	100	176665	100	176665	100
B	2020	180483	0	0	1	0	180483	100	12280	7	180207	100	180207	100	174446	100	174445	100	174446	100	174446	100
B	2019	181341	1	0	1	0	181340	100	11563	6	180777	100	180777	100	175640	100	175637	100	175640	100	175640	100
B	2018	191818	4	0	1	0	191818	100	11063	6	191137	100	191134	100	185705	100	185703	100	185705	100	185705	100
B	2017	199932	1	0	7	0	199932	100	10932	5	199570	100	199569	100	193345	100	193344	100	193345	100	193345	100
B	2016	217834	1	0	52	0	217834	100	10171	5	217784	100	217781	100	210293	100	210290	100	210293	100	210293	100
B	2015	190671	2	0	1	0	190659	100	7263	4	190462	100	190463	100	184168	100	184167	100	184168	100	184168	100
B	2014	277189	19	0	3	0	277111	100	8064	3	267537	97	267537	97	258681	100	258667	100	258686	100	258686	100
B	2013	286162	35	0	115393	40	286137	100	5719	2	268707	94	268707	94	260572	100	260535	100	260485	100	260491	100
B	2012	276190	26	0	20664	7	276121	100	4118	1	262305	95	262305	95	254825	100	254804	100	254794	100	254815	100
B	2011	265323	45	0	11780	4	256979	97	3438	1	255067	96	255067	96	237918	100	237888	100	237738	100	237842	100
B	2010	220076	88	0	7442	3	213891	97	3704	2	212591	97	212591	97	205863	100	205801	100	205549	100	205864	100
B	2009	195152	48	0	6151	3	190101	97	2836	1	187137	96	187137	96	184293	100	184266	100	183474	100	184234	100
B	2008	179792	47	0	105236	59	175342	98	2369	1	174721	97	174721	97	170488	100	170483	100	168991	99	170353	100
B	2007	168916	35	0	14887	9	165072	98	2079	1	164634	97	164634	97	160415	100	160409	100	158628	99	160244	100
B	2006	137484	12	0	6439	5	134639	98	1240	1	134369	98	134369	98	131130	100	131124	100	129548	99	130940	100
B	2005	126925	6	0	4866	4	124563	98	1067	1	124437	98	124436	98	121515	100	121498	100	119988	99	121350	100
B	2004	125593	5	0	4350	3	123692	98	931	1	123388	98	123197	98	120623	100	120566	100	118906	99	120446	100
B	2003	123836	18	0	3975	3	122208	99	778	1	121942	98	121467	98	118879	100	118719	100	117063	98	118693	100
B	2002	119482	443	0	4059	3	118105	99	601	1	117994	99	117384	98	114795	100	114228	99	112697	98	114665	100
B	2001	122860	900	1	3890	3	121605	99	769	1	121560	99	120653	98	118193	100	116823	99	115461	97	118215	100
B	2000	126178	942	1	4139	3	125227	99	5304	4	125201	99	123869	98	121794	100	120588	99	116368	95	121856	100
B	1999	155390	361	0	4470	3	154655	100	6194	4	154647	100	151291	97	150501	100	150462	100	136073	90	150246	100
B	1998	147393	103	0	3639	2	147048	100	582	0	147042	100	138079	94	142279	100	141901	100	122989	86	142020	100
B	1997	127690	92	0	2960	2	127566	100	1545	1	127565	100	122056	96	123528	100	123290	100	103735	84	123214	100
Document type	Year	PB records	Ti	Ti%	AB	AB%	NLTi	NLTi%	NLAB	NLAB%	NLDes	NLDes%	NLCla	NLCla%	PA	PA%	INV	INV%	NLPA	NLPA%	NLINV	NLINV%
U	2022	4844	3483	72	3552	73	4844	100	4844	100	4844	100	4844	100	4823	100	1318	27	4823	100	4823	100
U	2021	5499	4110	75	4178	76	5499	100	5499	100	5494	100	5494	100	5489	100	1375	25	5489	100	5489	100
U	2020	5449	4099	75	4182	77	5449	100	5449	100	5442	100	5442	100	5424	100	1313	24	5424	100	5424	100
U	2019	5063	3777	75	3856	76	5063	100	5063	100	5059	100	5059	100	5036	100	1261	25	5036	100	5036	100
U	2018	5231	4060	78	4174	80	5231	100	5231	100	5220	100	5220	100	5206	100	1150	22	5212	100	5212	100
U	2017	6028	4747	79	4861	81	6028	100	6028	100	6017	100	6017	100	5971	100	1242	21	5991	100	5991	100
U	2016	6485	5166	80	5274	81	6485	100	6485	100	6467	100	6467	100	6380	99	1269	20	6449	100	6449	100
U	2015	6656	5406	81	4507	68	6656	100	5594	84	4679	70	4679	70	5866	89	1208	18	6622	100	6622	100
U	2014	7544	6144	81	2415	32	7424	98	3198	42	0	0	0	0	4801	68	1207	17	7034	100	7034	100
U	2013	7380	6107	83	59	1	7156	97	75	1	0	0	0	0	3773	51	1227	17	7354	100	7354	100
U	2012	8130	6675	82	0	0	7888	97	0	0	0	0	0	0	3835	47	1187	15	7891	97	7891	97
U	2011	7543	6257	83	5895	78	7396	98	6911	92	0	0	0	0	7156	95	1086	14	7512	100	7512	100
U	2010	8601	7388	86	7513	87	8601	100	8598	100	8410	98	8410	98	8394	98	1163	14	8570	100	8570	100
U	2009	8969	8020	89	8129	91	8969	100	8969	100	8968	100	8968	100	8652	97	907	10	8941	100	8941	100
U	2008	9034	8143	90	8242	91	9034	100	9034	100	9034	100	9034	100	3257	36	854	9	9001	100	9001	100
U	2007	10162	9198	91	9324	92	10162	100	10162	100	10162	100	10162	100	3701	37	911	9	10120	100	10120	100
U	2006	11304	10387	92	10521	93	11304	100	11304	100	11304	100	11304	100	4083	36	845	8	11258	100	11258	100
U	2005	10648	9897	93	9996	94	10648	100	10646	100	10646	100	10646	100	3486	33	665	6	10559	100	10559	100
U	2004	9562	8910	93	8980	94	9562	100	9561	100	9561	100	9561	100	2726	29	603	6	9494	100	9494	100
U	2003	5922	5536	93	5588	94	5922	100	5922	100	5922	100	5922	100	1773	30	348	6	5882	100	5882	100
U	2002	8111	7661	94	7735	95	8111	100	8111	100	8111	100	8111	100	2306	29	388	5	8073	100	8073	100
U	2001	8534	8056	94	8089	95	8534	100	8496	100	8496	100	8496	100	2504	30	413	5	8466	100	8468	100
U	2000	10352	9852	95	9862	95	10349	100	10296	99	10296	99	10295	99	3074	31	391	4	10049	100	10052	100
U	1999	9433	8992	95	8812	93	9432	100	9171	97	9171	97	9169	97	2747	30	323	4	9064	100	9066	100
U	1998	10805	10295	95	10225	95	10802	100	10673	99	10673	99	10670	99	2820	27	374	4	10441	100	10442	100
U	1997	12193	11664	96	11522	94	12189	100	12002	98	12002	98	12002	98	3258	27	421	4	11851	100	11853	100

Notes

NOTES

Detailed coverage information provided for the last 26 years only (JP A2); for the last 25 years only (JP U); for the last 22 years only (JP B)

Searchable full text machine translations available 1998 to date for patent applications. Some full-texts and searchable machine translations available from 1993

JP B combines both B1 and B2 publications.

Searchable full text machine translations available 1994 to 2010 for registered utility models

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