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Patent applications filed in Finland in 1985-2004

Year      Domestic applicants Foreign
  applicants  
    Total    
   Private   
person
Business
enterprise/
  association  
  Domestic  
total
1985 681 1,038 1,719 3,480 5,199
1986 718 1,035 1,753 3,630 5,383
1987 747 1,104 1,851 3,949 5,800
1988 742 1,235 1,977 4,091 6,068
1989 682 1,262 1,944 4,415 6,359
1990 708 1,360 2,068 4,414 6,482
1991 863 1,315 2,178 4,013 6,191
1992 803 1,247 2,050 3,948 5,998
1993 891 1,316 2,207 3,768 5,975
1994 941 1,395 2,336 3,852 6,188
1995 731 1,393 2,124 4,240 6,364
1996 802 1,424 2,226 3,087 5,313
1997 784 1,626 2,410 2,258 4,668
1998 680 1,791 2,471 387 2,858
1999 678 1,833 2,511 359 2,870
2000 695 1,883 2,575 338 2,913
2001 627 1,764 2,391 277 2,668
2002 550 1,606 2,156 216 2,372
2003 467 1,506 1,973 214 2,187
2004 443 1,567 2,010 215 2,225

Last updated 21.12.2005

Referencing instructions:

Official Statistics of Finland (OSF): Patenting [e-publication].
ISSN=1797-3023. 2004, Patent applications filed in Finland in 1985-2004 . Helsinki: Statistics Finland [referred: 16.4.2024].
Access method: http://www.stat.fi/til/pat/2004/pat_2004_2005-12-21_tau_001_en.html