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Individual Business/ organisation Total




1991 863 1 315 2 178
1992 803 1 247 2 050
1993 891 1 316 2 207
1994 941 1 395 2 336
1995 731 1 393 2 124
1996 802 1 424 2 226
1997 784 1 626 2 410
1998 680 1 791 2 471
1999 678 1 833 2 511
2000 695 1 883 2 575
2001 627 1 764 2 391
2002 550 1 606 2 156
2003 467 1 506 1 973
2004 443 1 567 2 010
2005 464 1 371 1 835
2006 419 1 394 1 813
2007 452 1 349 1 801

Source: Statistics Finland, Science and Technology Statistics                 Table with figure

The number of Finnish patent applications was at its highest at the turn of the millennium, but it has fallen notably since then. Contemporaneously, the proportion of applications filed by businesses and organisations has risen and totalled 75 per cent in 2007. Foreign applicants nowadays apply for a patent in Finland mainly through the European Patent Office.

According to the division based on the International Patent Classification IPC, the biggest share of Finnish applications filed in Finland in 2007, i.e. 20 per cent, belonged to the group of performing operations and transporting. The second largest class was electricity.

31.10.2008 Statistics Finland