Year

1997

1998

1999

2000

2001

2002

2003

2004

2005

Patent

applications

6313

6321

7723

10,344

12174

13,842

17,003

18,402

22,572

Simulation value

5469.0

6591.6

7944.6

9575.4

11,540.9

13,909.9

16,765.1

20,206.4

24,354.1

Relative error

0.1337

−0.0428

−0.0287

0.0743

0.0520

−0.0049

0.0140

−0.0981

−0.0789

Year

2006

2007

2008

2009

2010

2011

2012

2013

2014

Patent applications

26,555

31,680

43,508

50,236

57,296

77,955

92,305

123,336

138,111

Simulation value

29,353.1

35,378.3

42,640.2

51,392.8

61,942.0

74,656.5

89,981.0

108,451.0

130,712.2

Relative error

−0.1054

−0.1167

0.0199

−0.0230

−0.0811

0.0423

0.0252

0.1207

0.0536