16－4 Number Of Patent Application and their Certification |  |
|  |  | （2009year） | (item) |  |
Items | Total | of Which |  |
Urban | Jiangyin | Yixing |  |
Districts | City | City |  |
Number of patent applicaticns | 23683 | 16857 | 3729 | 3097 |  |
Invention | 4346 | 3343 | 578 | 425 |  |
Applied Type | 5831 | 3631 | 1591 | 609 |  |
Design | 13506 | 9883 | 1560 | 2063 |  |
Number of patent applicaticn certified | 9364 | 6109 | 2239 | 1016 |  |
Invention | 728 | 513 | 156 | 59 |  |
Applied Type | 3457 | 2042 | 1055 | 360 |  |
Design | 5179 | 3554 | 1028 | 597 |  |