TOP 20 INVENTION PATENTS GRANTED IN TAIWAN BY TYPES OF INDUSTRY (2007)

	Types of Industry	Corresponding International Patent Classification (IPC)	2005	2005%	2006	2006%	2007	2007%
1	Instrument 1（Optics）	G01-G03 (except G01N33 )	2235	10.70%	2750	11.80%	3129	14.00%
2	Semiconductor Device	H01L	3446	16.60%	3504	15.00%	2802	12.60%
3	Basic Electronic Circuitry；Telecommunication	H03, H04	2513	12.10%	2651	11.40%	1864	8.40%
4	Instrument 3（Semiconductor Application)	G09-G12	1532	7.40%	1877	8.00%	1731	7.80%
5	Information	G06F（except 17/60）	1395	6.70%	1594	6.80%	1491	6.70%
6	Power；Generation,Distribution, Transformation, and Heat of Power	H02, H05	976	4.70%	1130	4.80%	1245	5.60%
7	Molding	B21-B32 (except B31)	867	4.20%	1016	4.40%	1214	5.40%
8	Basic Electronics and Electric Devices	H01 (except H01L)	1117	5.40%	1466	6.30%	1187	5.30%
9	Transportation	B60-B68	748	3.60%	889	3.80%	1072	4.80%
10	Instrument 2（Measurement）	G04-G08,(except G06F)	415	2.00%	553	2.40%	572	2.60%
11	Health Care and Entertainment	A61-A63 (except A61K and A61P)	550	2.60%	520	2.20%	557	2.50%
12	Polymer	C08	458	2.20%	538	2.30%	517	2.30%
13	Separation and Mixing	B01-B09	340	1.60%	367	1.60%	441	2.00%
14	Organic Chemistry	C07 (except C07K)	478	2.30%	432	1.90%	428	1.90%
15	Dye, Petroleum, Animal and Plant Oils	C09-C11	340	1.60%	365	1.60%	400	1.80%
16	Lighting；Heating	F21-F28	228	1.10%	353	1.50%	359	1.60%
17	Metallurgy, Metal Surface Treatment, Planting	C21-C23, C25	329	1.60%	399	1.70%	338	1.50%
18	Daily Supplies	A41-A47	342	1.60%	387	1.70%	337	1.50%
19	Inorganic Chemistry, Waste Water Treatment	C01-C05, C30	376	1.80%	377	1.60%	324	1.50%
20	Medicines	A61K（except 35/66-35/76,38,39,47/42,48,49/14,49/16,51/08,51/10）	367	*	292	1.30%	323	1.40%