Statistics on Applications for Program Registration

March  31,  2013
SOFTIC ( Software Information Center , Japan )

1. Types of registration

Type
／
FY*
 Registration of the
date of creation		 Registration of the date of 
first publication, etc.		 Registration of the
 true name
 Registration of copyright
(in case of copyright
transfer, etc.)
 Total
1987
 473
 26
 4
 30
 533
1988
 456
 14
 1
 28
 499
1989
 521
 17
 1
 42
 581
1990
 531
 5
 1
 36
 573
1991
 510
 4
 1
 38
 553
1992
 542
 9
 1
 48
 600
1993
 554
 5
 1
 42
 602
1994
 505
 12
 3
 52
 572
1995
 489
 2
 0
 41
 532
1996
 501
 11
 0
 50
 562
1997
 441
 9
 0
 55
 505
1998
 372
 8
 0
 96
 476
1999
 360
 16
 0
 99
 475
2000
 321
 15
 5
 128
 469
2001
 369
 7
 0
 90
 466
2002
 438
 3
 0
 136
 577
2003
 270
 3
 0
 177
 450
2004
 213
 3
 0
 114
 330
2005
 325
 4
 0
 160
 489
2006
 196
 5
 0
 135
 336
2007
 224
 8
 0
 125
 357
2008
 183
 5
 0
 61
 249
2009
 170
 5
 0
 81
 256
2010
 110
 6
 1
 99
 216
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Total 9,245
 207
 22
 2,083
 11,557

* A fiscal year (FY) starts in April and ends in March of the next year.

2. Registration from abroad
Country・
Region
／
FY*
 Austra-
lia
 China
 France
 Germany
 Greece
 India
 Israel
 Korea
 New
Zealand		 Philip
pines		Spain
 Switzer-
land
 Taiwan
 U.K.
 U.S.A.
 Total
1987
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0 00
 0
 0
 0
 1
 1
1988
 0
 0
 0
 3
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0 00
 0
 0
 1
 0
 4
1989
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0
 1
 0
 0 01
 0
 5
 0
 6
 13
1990
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0
 1
 0 00
 0
 0
 0
 2
 3
1991
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0 00
 0
 0
 1
 0
 1
1992
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0 00
 1
 0
 1
 0
 2
1993
 0
 1
 0
 0
 0
 0
 1
 1
 0 00
 0
 0
 0
 1
 4
1994
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0
 1
 0 00
 0
 0
 0
 2
 3
1995
 0
 0
 1
 0
 0
 0
 0
 2
 0 00
 0
 0
 0
 1
 4
1996
 0
 0
 1
 0
 0
 0
 0
 1
 0 00
 0
 0
 1
 4
 7
1997
 11
 5
 1
 0
 0
 0
 1
 0
 0 00
 0
 0
 2
 0
 20
1998
 0
 3
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0 00
 0
 0
 1
 5
 9
1999
 6
 1
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0
 1
 0 00
 0
 0
 1
 7
 16
2000
 0
 5
 0
 0
 1
 0
 0
 4
 0 00
 0
 0
 0
 6
 16
2001
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0 00
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0
2002
 0
 1
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0
 2
 0 00
 0
 0
 0
 0
 3
2003
 0
 0
 1
 0
 0
 0
 0
 1
 0 00
 0
 0
 0
 0
 2
2004
 0
 2
 0
 0
 0
 1
 0
 4
 0 00
 0
 0
 0
 1
 8
2005
 0
 2
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0
 4
 0 00
 0
 0
 0
 1
 7
2006
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0
 3
 0 00
 1
 0
 1
 0
 5
2007
 1
 1
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0 00
 0
 0
 0
 2
 4
2008
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0 00
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0
2009
 0
 1
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0
 1 00
 1
 0
 0
 0
 3
2010
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0
 3
 2 00
 0
 0
 1
 0
 6
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Total 18
 24
 4
 3
 1
 1
 3
 34
 3 11
 3
 5
 12
 41
 154

* A fiscal year (FY) starts in April and ends in March of the next year.