16－4 Number Of Patent Application and their Certification
| （2010year） | (item)
Items | Total | of Which
Urban | Jiangyin | Yixing
Districts | City | City
| Number of patent applicaticns | 32690 | 23464 | 5776 | 3450
| Invention | 6672 | 5216 | 796 | 660
| Applied Type | 8519 | 5259 | 2427 | 833
| Design | 17499 | 12989 | 2553 | 1957
| Number of patent applicaticn certified | 26448 | 19930 | 3830 | 2688
| Invention | 1147 | 787 | 234 | 126
| Applied Type | 7445 | 4539 | 2186 | 720
| Design | 17856 | 14604 | 1410 | 1842