Year

1996

1997

1998

1999

2000

2001

2002

2003

2004

2005

Patent

application (x1)

6595

6313

6321

7723

10,344

12,174

13,842

17,003

18,402

22,572

FTE (x2)

84,793

84,913

86,602

85,740

98,723

95,255

114,919

110,358

152,132

177,765

S&T personnel

(x3)

265,552

273,161

237,127

229,584

261,113

240,609

257,326

270,921

301,202

383,153

Year

2006

2007

2008

2009

2010

2011

2012

2013

2014

Patent

application (x1)

26,555

31,680

43,508

50,236

57,296

77,955

92,305

123,336

138,111

FTE (x2)

168,875

204,668

200,080

191,779

193,718

217,255

235,493

242,175

245,384

S&T personnel

(x3)

382,756

450,331

450,147

529,985

529,811

605,980

651,003

681,346

726,792