Patent applications per technical field

The table includes the number of patent applications filed with the NBPR, where the home country of the first applicant is Finland. The statistics do not therefore cover applications filed with the NBPR by applicants from other countries.

Year	2010	2011
Industrial chemistry	178	180
Organic chemistry	43	49
Polymers	101	102
Biotechnology	43	39
Audio-video-media	33	24
Telecommunications	33	28
Electronics	53	52
Electrical engineering and electrical devices	112	83
Computer technology	65	76
Measurement technology; optics	105	83
Handling and processing	302	266
Vehicle engineering and general mechanics	140	130
Road and hydraulic engineering; thermal engineering	348	345
Human necessities	175	193
Total	1731	1650

Patent applications per technical field

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