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Annual statistics on patent applications and patents

Patent applications
 19992000200120022003
2004200520062007200820092010
 20112012
National applications
 2 854
 2 903
2 660
2 369
2 187
2 220
2 059
2 018
2 015
1 947
1 933
1 833
1774
1827
Finnish applicant
 2 511
 2 579
2 390
2 162
1 990
2 011
1 830
1 813
1 804
1 799
1 805
1 731
1650
1704
International patent applications (PCT)














Received by NBPR
 1 093
1 165
1 156
1 061
997
1 006
1 056
1 015
1 029
9431 165
1 182
1230
1358
NBPR / ISA (NBPR has carried out the novelty search)





427
643
721
660
871
917
926
980
NBPR / IPEA (NBPR has carried out the prelim. examination of patentability)





4
122
149
155
130
118
123
107
Granted patents (tot.)
 1 786
 1 939
2 047
2 056
2 402
2 075
1 757
 1 059
921
998
1 055
923
841
835
Finnish applicant
 879
 999
1 092
1 092
1 254
1 179
1 128
713
616
730
713
717
718
698
Expired 227
 281
295
334
331
307
385
375
424
489
489
521
 535
550
Patents in force in Finland













Granted by NBPR
 19 500
 19 377
19 043
19 110
18 601
18 234
17 846
17 076
14 604
14 168
13 401
12 216
11119
10372
Granted by EPO


7 808
13 362
17 825
21 625
26 269
29 918
32 859
33 893
34 406
36003
37571
Average life span (years)













Granted by NBPR
 11,4
 11,5
11,5
11,5
11,6
11,6
11,5
11,5
11,4
11,4
11,3
11,3
 11,6
11,5
Granted by EPO
 3,0
 4,4
5,1
5,7
6,2
6,7
7,2
7,7
8,2
8,7
9,3
9,7
 7,4
7,3
Applications filed by Finnish applicants in other countries













PCT applications
 1 269
 1 437
1 623
1 762
1 497
1 676
1 893
1 846
2 009
2 214
2 123
2 138
 2080
With EPO
 1 017
 1 223
1 546
1 599
1 452
1 582
1 500
1 686
2 039
1 793
1 444
 1 639
 1571
With USPTO
 1 376
 1 530
1 840
1 811
1 935
2 096
2 032
2 383
2 444
2 621
2 610
2772
 2551
With JPTO (Japan)

561
547
461
334
453
535
567
585
575
340
413
 319
With SIPO (China)

378
475
596
598
817
851
898
973
979
897
1 089
 964
With KIPO (Korea)






377
551
536
575
393
387
 334

National patent applications

National applications = patent applications filed with the National Board of Patents and Registration of Finland (NBPR)

Finnish applicant = patent applications received by the NBPR from Finnish applicants

International patent applications (PCT)

PCT phase I (ISA) = PCT applications that have been the subject of a novelty search at the NBPR

PCT phase II (IPEA) = PCT applications that have been the subject of a preliminary examination of patentability at the NBPR

Granted patents

Granted patents (tot.) = patents granted by the NBPR

Finnish applicant = patents granted by the NBPR to Finnish applicants

Expired = patents granted by the NBPR, which have expired

Patents in force in Finland

Granted by NBPR = patents granted by the NBPR, which are in force at the end of the year

Granted by EPO = patents granted by the European Patent Office (EPO), which have been validated in Finland and are in force at the NBPR at the end of the year

Please note: Finland acceded to the European Patent Convention on 1 March 1996, which allows the EPO to grant patents which are then validated in Finland. Patents granted by the EPO are not automatically in force in Finland – the applicant must validate the patent in Finland after the grant by filing a translation of the patent and by paying a publication fee.

Average life span (years)

Granted by NBPR = average life span of patents granted by the NBPR

Granted by EPO = average life span of patents granted by the EPO and validated in Finland

Applications filed by Finnish applicants in other countries

PCT applications = total number of PCT applications filed by Finnish applicants, see PCT Yearly Review at www.wipo.int/ipstats/en

With EPO (total) = European patent applications filed by Finnish applicants, see EPO Annual Reports at www.epo.org

With USPTO = patent applications filed with the US Patent Office, see www.uspto.gov/web/offices/ac/ido/oeip/taf/appl_yr.pdf

With JPTO = patent applications filed with the Japan Patent Office, see JPTO Annual Reports at www.jpo.go.jp/index_e/reference_room.html

With SIPO = patent applications filed with the China Patent Office, see Statistics at http://english.sipo.gov.cn/statistics/

With KIPO = patent applications filed with the Korea Patent Office, see KIPO Annual Reports at www.kipo.go.kr/en