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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	20241212	19710123	20241212
	Patents	19281026	20241212	19960529	20241212
	Utility Model Applications	19710723	20060209	19930205	20031107
	Utility Models	19640805	19960329
	Registered Utility Models	19940726	20241212	19940726	20241212
	Designs	20070109	20241212
	WO Republications	19790726	20241212

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	2023	188107	188107	100	188107	100	188107	100	188107	100	188107	100	188097	100	177686	100	177686	100	177686	100	177686	100
A2	2022	196455	196455	100	196455	100	196455	100	196455	100	196455	100	196449	100	181586	100	181586	100	181586	100	181586	100
A2	2021	207672	207672	100	207672	100	207672	100	207672	100	207655	100	207660	100	191881	100	191881	100	191881	100	191881	100
A2	2020	217899	217899	100	217899	100	217899	100	217899	100	217895	100	217897	100	199363	100	199363	100	199363	100	199363	100
A2	2019	230143	230143	100	230143	100	230143	100	230143	100	230138	100	230141	100	214281	100	214281	100	214281	100	214281	100
A2	2018	214071	214071	100	214071	100	214071	100	214071	100	214056	100	214067	100	201093	100	201093	100	201093	100	201093	100
A2	2017	232176	232176	100	232176	100	232176	100	232176	100	232138	100	232141	100	221854	100	221854	100	221854	100	221854	100
A2	2016	227955	226588	99	226588	99	227955	100	227955	100	226584	99	226581	99	219558	100	219558	100	219558	100	219558	100
A2	2015	235052	233728	99	233728	99	235052	100	235052	100	230348	98	230343	98	227196	100	227196	100	227196	100	227196	100
A2	2014	242966	241744	99	241744	99	242033	100	241244	99	241205	99	241205	99	235443	100	235442	100	235443	100	235443	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	249859	100	249858	100	249814	100	249826	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	288569	288461	100	288460	100	288457	100	288437	100	288437	100	288437	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	312645	312521	100	312522	100	312512	100	307430	98	307159	98	307159	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	364581	100	364581	100	364499	100	359962	99	360121	99	360121	99	354644	100	354643	100	354628	100	354629	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	374579	100	374570	100	374591	100	373460	100	374612	100	364759	97	365825	100	365822	100	365811	100	365813	100
A2	2001	360205	360137	100	360129	100	360030	100	358329	99	360092	100	340676	95	350211	100	350211	100	350189	100	350196	100
A2	2000	360559	360532	100	360530	100	360425	100	358831	100	360499	100	338715	94	349679	100	349629	100	349677	100	349681	100
A2	1999	357401	357388	100	357347	100	357275	100	355778	100	357357	100	338900	95	348368	100	348368	100	348282	100	348334	100
A2	1998	341453	341398	100	341354	100	341359	100	340411	100	341333	100	327787	96	333646	100	333646	100	333575	100	333601	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	2023	210068	1753	1	1754	1	210068	100	36557	17	210061	100	210061	100	203486	100	200798	99	203486	100	203486	100
B	2022	212314	2	0	2	0	212313	100	25244	12	212113	100	212113	100	205216	100	205210	100	205216	100	205216	100
B	2021	182482	19	0	20	0	182482	100	12215	7	182363	100	182363	100	176661	100	176652	100	176661	100	176661	100
B	2020	180281	0	0	1	0	180281	100	12309	7	180005	100	180005	100	174443	100	174442	100	174443	100	174443	100
B	2019	181337	1	0	1	0	181336	100	11583	6	180773	100	180773	100	175638	100	175635	100	175638	100	175638	100
B	2018	191821	4	0	2	0	191821	100	11081	6	191140	100	191137	100	185705	100	185703	100	185705	100	185705	100
B	2017	199929	1	0	7	0	199929	100	10936	5	199567	100	199566	100	193348	100	193347	100	193348	100	193348	100
B	2016	217826	1	0	52	0	217826	100	10175	5	217776	100	217773	100	210293	100	210290	100	210293	100	210293	100
B	2015	190670	2	0	1	0	190658	100	7265	4	190461	100	190462	100	184168	100	184167	100	184168	100	184168	100
B	2014	277190	19	0	3	0	277112	100	8066	3	267538	97	267538	97	258682	100	258668	100	258687	100	258687	100
B	2013	286163	35	0	115394	40	286138	100	5721	2	268708	94	268708	94	260574	100	260537	100	260487	100	260493	100
B	2012	276193	26	0	20667	7	276124	100	4121	1	262307	95	262307	95	254826	100	254805	100	254795	100	254816	100
B	2011	265355	45	0	11778	4	257012	97	3441	1	255100	96	255100	96	237919	100	237889	100	237738	100	237842	100
B	2010	220118	88	0	7458	3	213933	97	3706	2	212633	97	212633	97	205863	100	205802	100	205549	100	205864	100
B	2009	195166	48	0	6164	3	190115	97	2836	1	187151	96	187151	96	184292	100	184265	100	183474	100	184233	100
B	2008	179813	47	0	105260	59	175363	98	2369	1	174742	97	174742	97	170487	100	170482	100	168991	99	170352	100
B	2007	168919	34	0	14891	9	165075	98	2079	1	164637	97	164637	97	160415	100	160410	100	158629	99	160244	100
B	2006	137506	12	0	6443	5	134661	98	1240	1	134391	98	134391	98	131130	100	131124	100	129548	99	130940	100
B	2005	126947	6	0	4883	4	124583	98	1067	1	124457	98	124456	98	121515	100	121498	100	119991	99	121350	100
B	2004	125613	5	0	4366	3	123706	98	931	1	123402	98	123211	98	120623	100	120566	100	118910	99	120447	100
B	2003	123854	18	0	3990	3	122207	99	778	1	121939	98	121464	98	118878	100	118718	100	117063	98	118692	100
B	2002	119501	443	0	4072	3	118107	99	602	1	117996	99	117386	98	114793	100	114226	99	112696	98	114663	100
B	2001	122885	900	1	3902	3	121606	99	769	1	121561	99	120654	98	118187	100	116817	99	115457	97	118209	100
B	2000	126199	941	1	4181	3	125235	99	5305	4	125209	99	123877	98	121791	100	120585	99	116371	95	121852	100
B	1999	155402	362	0	4485	3	154663	100	6196	4	154655	100	151299	97	150497	100	150458	100	136076	90	150242	100
B	1998	147402	103	0	3640	2	147054	100	582	0	147048	100	138085	94	142274	100	141896	100	122998	86	142015	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	2023	4811	3204	67	3282	68	4811	100	4811	100	4811	100	4810	100	4800	100	1577	33	4800	100	4800	100
U	2022	4843	3426	71	3490	72	4843	100	4843	100	4843	100	4843	100	4823	100	1380	29	4823	100	4823	100
U	2021	5498	4098	75	4166	76	5498	100	5498	100	5493	100	5493	100	5489	100	1388	25	5489	100	5489	100
U	2020	5448	4097	75	4180	77	5448	100	5448	100	5441	100	5441	100	5424	100	1322	24	5424	100	5424	100
U	2019	5063	3775	75	3854	76	5063	100	5063	100	5059	100	5059	100	5036	100	1263	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	6657	5406	81	4510	68	6657	100	5598	84	4679	70	4679	70	5869	89	1208	18	6622	100	6622	100
U	2014	7544	6144	81	2419	32	7424	98	3201	42	0	0	0	0	4803	68	1207	17	7034	100	7034	100
U	2013	7380	6107	83	69	1	7156	97	75	1	0	0	0	0	3774	51	1227	17	7354	100	7354	100
U	2012	8130	6674	82	10	0	7888	97	0	0	0	0	0	0	3837	47	1188	15	7891	97	7891	97
U	2011	7543	6257	83	5906	78	7396	98	6911	92	0	0	0	0	7156	95	1086	14	7512	100	7512	100
U	2010	8601	7388	86	7526	88	8601	100	8598	100	8410	98	8410	98	8395	98	1164	14	8570	100	8570	100
U	2009	8969	8020	89	8144	91	8969	100	8969	100	8968	100	8968	100	8653	97	907	10	8941	100	8941	100
U	2008	9034	8143	90	8264	91	9034	100	9034	100	9034	100	9034	100	3257	36	854	9	9001	100	9001	100
U	2007	10162	9197	91	9333	92	10162	100	10162	100	10162	100	10162	100	3702	37	912	9	10120	100	10120	100
U	2006	11304	10387	92	10537	93	11304	100	11304	100	11304	100	11304	100	4083	36	845	8	11258	100	11258	100
U	2005	10645	9897	93	10019	94	10645	100	10643	100	10643	100	10643	100	3486	33	665	6	10559	100	10559	100
U	2004	9559	8910	93	9002	94	9559	100	9558	100	9558	100	9558	100	2726	29	603	6	9494	100	9494	100
U	2003	5922	5536	93	5592	94	5922	100	5922	100	5922	100	5922	100	1773	30	348	6	5882	100	5882	100
U	2002	8111	7661	94	7748	96	8111	100	8111	100	8111	100	8111	100	2306	29	388	5	8073	100	8073	100
U	2001	8533	8056	94	8106	95	8533	100	8495	100	8495	100	8495	100	2504	30	413	5	8466	100	8468	100
U	2000	10353	9850	95	9880	95	10350	100	10297	99	10297	99	10296	99	3075	31	393	4	10049	100	10052	100
U	1999	9433	8992	95	8817	93	9432	100	9171	97	9171	97	9169	97	2747	30	323	4	9064	100	9066	100
U	1998	10805	10295	95	10249	95	10802	100	10674	99	10674	99	10671	99	2820	27	374	4	10441	100	10442	100

Notes

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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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