Patent applications filed with the NBPR
Please note: Finland acceded to the European Patent Convention in March 1996, and after that the number of applications submitted directly to Finland by foreign applicants fell.
| Finnish applicants |
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| Applicants from other countries | | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Private person |
Business |
Total | Private person | Business | Total |
| 1982 |
724 |
914 |
1 638 | 356 | 2 551 | 2 907 |
| 1983 |
789 |
930 |
1 719 | 336 | 2 842 | 3 178 |
| 1984 | 722 |
1 053 |
1 775 | 344 | 3 064 | 3 408 |
| 1985 | 701 |
1 026 |
1 727 | 327 | 3 145 | 3 472 |
| 1986 | 719 |
1 035 |
1 754 | 294 | 3 333 | 3 627 |
| 1987 | 773 |
1 086 |
1 859 | 338 | 3 603 | 3 941 |
| 1988 | |
|
1 981 | | | 4 084 |
| 1989 | |
|
1 948 | | | 4 417 |
| 1990 | |
|
2 057 | | | 4 412 |
| 1991 | 863 |
1 315 |
2 178 | 314 | 3 702 | 4 016 |
| 1992 | 803 |
1 247 |
2 050 | 261 | 3 694 | 3 955 |
| 1993 | 891 |
1 316 |
2 207 | 216 | 3 548 | 3 764 |
| 1994 | 965 |
1 385 |
2 350 | 215 | 3 651 | 3 866 |
| 1995 | 736 |
1 399 |
2 135 | 211 | 4 016 | 4 227 |
| 1996 | 806 |
1 421 |
2 227 | 174 | 2 908 | 3 082 |
| 1997 | 783 |
1 632 |
2 145 | 144 | 2 109 | 2 253 |
| 1998 | 683 |
1 801 |
2 484 | 24 | 349 | 373 |
| 1999 | 673 |
1 838 |
2 511 | 19 | 324 | 343 |
| 2000 | 706 |
1 873 |
2 579 | 22 | 302 | 324 |
| 2001 | 639 |
1 751 |
2 390 | 29 | 241 | 270 |
| 2002 | 563 |
1 599 |
2 162 | 20 | 187 | 207 |
| 2003 | 467 |
1 523 |
1 990 | 12 | 185 | 197 |
| 2004 | 463 |
1 548 |
2 011 | 7 | 202 | 209 |
| 2005 | 485 |
1 345 |
1 830 | 23 | 206 | 229 |
| 2006 | 427 |
1 386 |
1 813 | 20 | 185 | 205 |
| 2007 | 445 |
1 359 |
1 804 | 6 | 205 | 211 |
| 2008 | 397 |
1 402 |
1 799 | 16 | 132 | 148 |
| 2009 | 399 |
1 406 |
1 805 | 14 | 114 | 128 |
| 2010 | 375 |
1 356 |
1 731 | 10 | 92 | 102 |
| 2011 | 409 |
1 241 |
1 650 | 12 | 112 | 124 |
| 2012 | 420 |
1284 |
1704 | 20 | 103 | 123 |
Patents granted by the NBPR
| Finnish applicants |
Applicants from other countries | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Private person |
Business |
Total | Private person | Business | Total |
| 1994 |
186 |
749 |
965 | 103 | 1 525 | 1 628 |
| 1995 |
183 |
677 |
860 | 99 | 1 388 | 1 487 |
| 1996 | 199 | 758 | 957 | 59 | 1 286 | 1 345 |
| 1997 | 184 | 906 | 1 090 | 61 | 1 147 | 1 208 |
| 1998 | 212 |
748 |
960 | 51 | 1 053 | 1 104 |
| 1999 | 153 | 726 | 89 | 45 | 862 | 907 |
| 2000 | 117 | 882 | 999 | 35 | 905 | 940 |
| 2001 | 135 | 957 | 1 092 | 45 | 910 | 955 |
| 2002 | 144 | 948 | 1 092 | 46 | 918 | 964 |
| 2003 | 126 | 1 128 | 1 254 | 50 | 1 098 | 1 148 |
| 2004 | 96 | 1 083 | 1 179 | 25 | 871 | 896 |
| 2005 | 108 | 1 020 | 1 128 | 22 | 607 | 629 |
| 2006 | 70 | 643 | 713 | 8 | 338 | 346 |
| 2007 | 60 | 556 | 616 | 8 | 297 | 305 |
| 2008 | 60 | 670 | 730 | 3 | 265 | 268 |
| 2009 | 65 | 648 | 713 | 5 | 337 | 342 |
| 2010 | 69 |
648 |
717 | 10 | 196 | 206 |
| 2011 | 76 |
642 |
718 | 4 | 119 | 123 |
| 2012 |
67 |
631 |
698 | 7 | 130 | 137 |