18-17   Patents Application Accepted and Granted by Region(2012)
								(unit)
Region	Number of Patents Application Accepted				Number of  Patents Application Granted
		Inventions	Utility Models	Designs		Inventions	Utility Models	Designs
Total	128614	40381	69170	19063	75522	7454	59120	8948
Jinan	23094	8603	13101	1390	14367	2123	11122	1122
Qingdao	27009	12092	10155	4762	12689	1510	9188	1991
Zibo	10120	2253	3932	3935	4401	541	3273	587
Zaozhuang	2759	696	1694	369	1864	112	1458	294
Dongying	3434	470	2788	176	2576	232	2195	149
Yantai	9571	3640	4743	1188	5801	658	4204	939
Weifang	11115	2512	7002	1601	7386	400	6129	857
Jining	6909	1298	5013	598	5457	235	4975	247
Tai'an	8586	2858	4343	1385	2710	196	2348	166
Weihai	4982	1718	2181	1083	2990	337	1948	705
Rizhao	2157	452	1542	163	1638	85	1439	114
Laiwu	1980	400	1546	34	1913	90	1800	23
Linyi	3696	965	1803	928	2706	326	1662	718
Dezhou	3671	635	2520	516	2423	133	1968	322
Liaocheng	2303	473	1603	227	1409	218	1047	144
Binzhou	4071	636	3037	398	3280	112	2755	413
Heze	3157	680	2167	310	1912	146	1609	157