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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


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
BusinessTotal
1994
 186
 749
 965
103
 1 525
 1 628
1995
 183
 677
 860
99
 1 388
 1 487
1996 199 758 957591 2861 345
1997 184 906 1 090
611 1471 208
1998 212
748
960
51
1 053
1 104
1999 153 726 8945862907
2000 117 882 99935905940
2001 135 957 1 09245910955
2002 144 948 1 09246918964
2003 126 1 128 1 254501 0981 148
2004 96 1 083 1 17925871896
2005 108 1 020 1 12822607629
2006 70 643 7138338346
2007 60 556 6168297305
2008 60 670 730 3
 265
 268
2009 65 648 7135337342
2010 69
648
717
10
196
206
2011 76
642
718
4
119
123
2012
 67
631
698
7
130
137


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