Domestic patent applications filed by business enterprises and associations in Finland by industry in 2000-2003

Industry	2000		2001		2002		2003
	Firms	Appl.	Firms	Appl.	Firms	Appl.	Firms	Appl.
	No.	No.	No.	No.	No.	No.	No.	No.
Manufacturing total	308	1,343	296	1,137	323	1,093	272	1,032
Food industry	17	28	10	23	15	30	8	14
Textile, clothing and leather industry	4	5	6	12	5	11	2	2
Wood processing industry	18	46	20	52	25	65	21	57
Chemical industry	36	126	34	102	45	99	36	92
Metal and mechanical industry	131	526	125	467	142	509	117	475
Electronics industry	73	561	69	419	64	336	61	355
Other manufacturing	29	51	32	62	27	43	27	37
Electricity, gas and water supply	1	1	3	3	2	2	-	-
Construction	17	19	19	23	21	26	7	10
Wholesale and commission trade	49	81	54	75	50	79	47	65
Transport, storage and communication	10	100	14	94	15	64	18	65
Computer and related activities	41	64	61	94	53	87	39	60
Research and development	25	99	30	118	30	90	23	115
Other business activities	88	146	104	176	83	147	84	132
Other industries	33	45	35	55	33	46	37	47
Business enterprises total	572	1,898	616	1,775	610	1,634	527	1,526

Last updated 21.12.2005

Contents (Patenting 2003)

Referencing instructions:

Official Statistics of Finland (OSF): Patenting [e-publication].
ISSN=1797-3023. 2003, Domestic patent applications filed by business enterprises and associations in Finland by industry in 2000-2003 . Helsinki: Statistics Finland [referred: 27.5.2012].
Access method: http://www.stat.fi/til/pat/2003/pat_2003_2005-12-21_tau_007_en.html.

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