Year

Number of Patent Acceptance (Thousands)

Number of Patents Granted (Thousands)

2000

170.68

105.35

2001

203.57

114.25

2002

252.63

132.40

2003

308.49

182.23

2004

353.81

190.24

2005

476.26

214.00

2006

573.18

268.00

2007

693.92

351.78

2008

828.33

411.98

2009

976.69

581.99

2010

1222.29

814.83

2011

1633.35

960.51

2012

2050.65

1255.14

2013

2377.06

1313.00

2014

2361.24

1302.69

2015

2798.50

1718.19

2016

3464.82

1753.76

2017

3697.85

1836.43

2018

4323.11

2447.46

2019

4380.47

2591.61

2020

5194.15

3639.27