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Patents granted in Finland by IPC section in 2002-2004

IPC section 2002 2003 2004
Domestic Foreign    Total Domestic Foreign    Total Domestic Foreign    Total
Human necessities (A) 116 140 256 105 146 251 82 118 200
Performing operations, transporting (B) 244 203 447 275 219 494 189 99 288
Chemistry and metallurgy (C) 70 283 353 86 406 492 80 319 399
Textiles and paper (D) 106 71 177 152 86 238 116 68 184
Fixed constructions (E) 55 40 95 45 23 68 46 15 61
Mechanical engineering, lighting, heating, weapons, blasting (F) 78 69 147 95 57 152 105 31 136
Physics (G) 98 58 156 126 68 194 163 67 230
Electricity (H) 308 122 430 357 156 513 427 159 586
Total 1,075 986 2,061 1,241 1,161 2,402 1,208 876 2,084

Last updated 21.12.2005

Referencing instructions:

Official Statistics of Finland (OSF): Patenting [e-publication].
ISSN=1797-3023. 2004, Patents granted in Finland by IPC section in 2002-2004 . Helsinki: Statistics Finland [referred: 20.4.2024].
Access method: http://www.stat.fi/til/pat/2004/pat_2004_2005-12-21_tau_006_en.html