Patents granted in Finland, and patents in force at the end of the year
Finland acceded to the European Patent Convention on 1 March 1996.
| Year | Patents granted by the Finnish Patent Office (NBPR) |
In force at the end of the year |
European patents validated in Finland | In force at the end of the year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 |
835 |
10 372 |
5 249 |
37 571 |
| 2011 |
841 |
11 119 |
4 764 |
36 003 |
| 2010 |
923 |
12 216 |
4 644 |
34 406 |
| 2009 | 1 055 | 13 401 | 4 556 | 33 893 |
| 2008 | 998 |
14 168 |
5 245 | 32 859 |
| 2007 | 921 |
14 604 |
5 478 | 29 918 |
| 2006 | 1 059 |
17 076 |
6 469 | 26 269 |
| 2005 | 1 757 | 17 846 |
5 639 | 21 625 |
| 2004 | 2 075 | 18 234 |
5 759 | 17 825 |
| 2003 | 2 402 | 18 601 |
6 266 | 13 362 |
| 2002 | 2 056 | 19 110 |
4 259 | 7 808 |
| 2001 | 2 047 | 19 043 |
1 833 | |
| 2000 | 1 939 | 19 377 |
1 405 | |
| 1999 | 1 786 | 19 500 |
710 | |
| 1998 | 2 064 | 20 274 |
130 | |
| 1997 | 2 298 | 19 878 |
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| 1996 | 2 302 | 19 529 |
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| 1995 | 2 347 | 19 202 |
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| 1994 | 2 563 | 18 954 |
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| 1993 | 2 721 | 18 721 |
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| 1992 | 2 695 | 18 367 |
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| 1991 | 2 683 | 16 629 |
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| 1990 | 2 497 | 16 576 |
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| 1989 | 2 512 | 14 958 |
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| 1988 | 2 690 | 14 199 |
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| 1987 | 2 672 | 13 126 |
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| 1986 | 2 175 | 12 100 |
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| 1985 | 2 161 | 11 275 |
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| 1984 | 2 204 | 10 752 |
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| 1983 | 2 224 | 10 179 |
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| 1982 | 2 057 | 9 646 |
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| 1981 | 2 050 | 9 049 |
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| 1980 | 1 906 | 8 386 |
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