Breakdown of Patent Registrations According to IPC Symbols

** Possible for same application to have more than 1 IPC class e.g. Class A & C

Section A:	Human Necessities E.g. Agriculture, Foodstuff; Personal or domestic articles
Section B:	Performing Operations; transporting E.g. Physical or chemical processes or apparatus in general; Hand cutting tools; Vehicles in general
Section C:	Chemistry; Metallurgy E.g. Inorganic & Organic Chemistry; treatment of water, wastes etc
Section D:	Textiles; Paper E.g. Yarns; treatment of textiles; Paper making
Section E:	Fixed Constructions Construction of roads, railways or bridges; Hydraulic engineering
Section F:	Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating; Weapons; Blasting E.g. Machines or engines in general
Section G:	Physics E.g. Optics; Photography; Horology; Nuclear Physics; Nuclear engineering
Section H:	Electricity E.g. Basic Electric elements; Electric Communication Techniques

Percentages Of Grants Issued (From Yr 1995 to Yr 2010) According To IPC Symbols

IPC Symbols	A	B	C	D	E	F	G	H
Issued in 1995	14.6%	19.1%	23.0%	1.6%	4.1%	4.7%	25.4%	25.1%
Issued in 1996	18.6%	14.9%	23.4%	2.0%	4.0%	4.9%	23.4%	28.2%
Issued in 1997	18.5%	17.1%	26.9%	1.2%	3.3%	6.3%	21.2%	26.2%
Issued in 1998	16.9%	17.2%	24.2%	1.5%	3.7%	6.0%	20.1%	25.4%
Issued in 1999	18.3%	15.3%	30.2%	1.2%	2.8%	4.3%	21.0%	22.4%
Issued in 2000	19.1%	16.8%	28.9%	1.6%	2.5%	4.8%	19.8%	24.8%
Issued in 2001	17.6%	16.5%	30.0%	1.5%	3.0%	4.7%	21.7%	26.4%
Issued in 2002	18.6%	14.6%	27.9%	1.5%	2.5%	4.7%	22.0%	25.2%
Issued in 2003	15.3%	14.7%	27.4%	1.2%	2.5%	4.1%	23.4%	22.2%
Issued in 2004	15.8%	14.8%	28.7%	1.0%	2.6%	4.4%	22.9%	24.0%
Issued in 2005	15.1%	14.5%	27.7%	0.8%	2.4%	4.3%	23.8%	24.7%
Issued in 2006	18.1%	14.8%	27.9%	0.6%	2.7%	4.5%	22.9%	21.6%
Issued in 2007	20.7%	16.4%	30.9%	1.0%	2.4%	4.9%	23.8%	22.0%
Issued in 2008	20.4%	15.7%	28.0%	0.7%	2.9%	4.6%	27.1%	24.5%
Issued in 2009	23.1%	17.1%	30.0%	0.9%	2.4%	4.2%	25.7%	25.7%
Issued in 2010	26.0%	16.1%	31.3%	0.8%	2.2%	4.9%	22.2%	25.8%

Percentages Of Grants Issued To Singapore Residents (From Yr 1995 To Yr 2010) According To IPC Symbols

IPC
Symbols

Issued in 1995

15.0%

10.0%

0.0%

20.0%

5.0%

15.0%

10.0%

Issued in 1996

0.0%

23.3%

13.3%

0.0%

13.3%

6.7%

33.3%

30.0%

Issued in 1997

25.0%

15.0%

0.0%

10.0%

5.0%

20.0%

35.0%

Issued in 1998

10.0%

16.7%

0.0%

10.0%

6.7%

26.7%

50.0%

Issued in 1999

4.0%

14.0%

2.0%

0.0%

8.0%

4.0%

20.0%

60.0%

Issued in 2000

2.7%

18.2%

10.9%

0.9%

7.3%

1.8%

29.1%

51.8%

Issued in 2001

5.9%

14.1%

4.1%

1.2%

8.2%

5.3%

34.7%

48.2%

Issued in 2002

5.8%

13.3%

8.8%

0.4%

5.4%

2.9%

29.2%

53.3%

Issued in 2003

8.3%

11.1%

8.9%

1.7%

5.0%

6.1%

36.1%

31.1%

Issued in 2004

8.0%

11.3%

12.0%

1.0%

3.5%

3.8%

24.8%

52.0%

Issued in 2005

7.1%

12.7%

9.5%

0.2%

3.9%

2.5%

26.8%

57.0%

Issued in 2006

7.9%

18.1%

13.5%

0.2%

4.7%

5.3%

27.9%

44.2%

Issued in 2007

10.8%

12.7%

13.1%

1.1%

2.7%

4.0%

34.0%

41.6%

Issued in 2008

11.9%

16.8%

11.9%

0.8%

5.7%

4.5%

29.3%

40.6%

Issued in 2009

13.1%

18.8%

11.5%

0.6%

3.5%

3.1%

33.8%

41.0%

Issued in 2010

12.2%

11.1%

8.9%

0.8%

2.2%

2.7%

29.5%

32.2%

(As at Jan 2011)