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 |
2012 | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Industrial chemistry |
178 |
180 |
184 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Organic chemistry |
43 |
49 |
59 | ||||||||||
| Polymers |
101 |
102 |
92 | ||||||||||
| Biotechnology |
43 |
39 |
26 | ||||||||||
| Audio-video-media |
33 |
24 |
35 | ||||||||||
| Telecommunications |
33 |
28 |
37 | ||||||||||
| Electronics |
53 |
52 |
34 | ||||||||||
| Electrical engineering and electrical devices |
112 |
83 |
98 | ||||||||||
| Computer technology |
65 |
76 |
80 | ||||||||||
| Measurement technology; optics |
105 |
83 |
90 | ||||||||||
| Handling and processing |
302 |
266 |
283 | ||||||||||
| Vehicle engineering and general mechanics |
140 |
130 |
153 | ||||||||||
| Road and hydraulic engineering; thermal engineering |
348 |
345 |
326 | ||||||||||
| Human necessities |
175 |
193 |
227 | ||||||||||
| Total |
1731 |
1650 |
1704 |