(The EU acknowledges Turkey as a further applicant, but has not brought it into the current process).
The court adjourned for further submissions the claim brought on behalf of one further applicant, Haroon Rashid Aswat, who is suffering from schizophrenia.
A further 19 applicants from other ethnic minority groups, including Indian, Pakistani and Bangladeshi, were awarded places.
A further 9,000 applicants were "in the process of being scheduled", meaning they had been trained and have security clearance, but did not have deployment information.
While previous law required patent owners to submit relevant prior art that was uncovered during the invention and review process, this provision goes one step further stating applicants need to do a search for patentability as part of preparing a case for filing.
A further nine applicants (19%) had been tomboyish girls but had not questioned their gender or experienced dysphoria, and as to most of the applicants (30/47, 64%), neither the young person nor her/his parents recalled gender dysphoria or cross-gender behaviors during childhood.
Competition is further heightened because applicants are increasingly qualified.
A drive to increase the games division has meant certain experience requirements have been waived for applicants, further lowering the average age.
A further 600 accepted applicants have come from older age groups, aged 20 and over, which is a seven per cent rise on last year.
A survey by Inside Housing magazine in March 2016 found 159 English councils have struck 237,793 people off their waiting lists and barred a further 42,994 new applicants since the Localism Act came into effect in June 2012.
