An­nual sta­tis­tics


National patent applications
National applications = patent applications filed with the Finnish Patent and Registration Office (PRH)
Finnish applicant = patent applications received by PRH from Finnish applicants
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
Na­tional patent ap­pli­ca­tions
1833
774
1827
1737
1545
1416
1368
1529
1487
1396
1685
1662
1447
1745
1829
1666
Finnish ap­pli­cant
1731
1650
1704
1597
1422
1289
1260
1391
1387
1322
1588
1557
1361
1672
1770
1602

International patent applications (PCT)
PCT phase I (ISA) = PCT applications that have been the subject of a novelty search at PRH
PCT phase II (IPEA) = PCT applications that have been the subject of a preliminary examination of patentability at PRH
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
Re­ceived by PRH
1182
1230
1358
1265
1112
1005
969
980
1007
958
896
933
892
757
768
743
PRH / ISA (PRH has car­ried out the nov­elty search)
917
926
980
800
593
480
441
505
498
485
454
382
274
190
184
128
PRH / IPEA (PRH has car­ried out the pre­lim. ex­am­i­na­tion of patentabil­ity)
118
123
107
93
105
76
70
75
63
57
49
42
35
18
18
8

Granted patents
Granted patents (tot.) = patents granted by PRH
Finnish applicant = patents granted by PRH to Finnish applicants
Expired = patents granted by PRH, which have expired
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
Granted patents (tot.)
923
841
835
711
786
931
815
704
533
505
602
545
677
586
591
592
Finnish ap­pli­cant
717
718
698
636
690
812
710
594
472
453
553
511
623
549
534
535
Ex­pired patents
521
535
550
500
538
529
280
164
263
211
204
161
155
157
158
151

Patents in force in Finland
Granted by PRH = patents granted by PRH, 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 PRH 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.
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
Granted by PRH
10372
9455
8606
8217
7818
7689
7167
6842
6679
6477
6454
6370
6304
6036
Granted by EPO
37571
38336
39584
40268
41160
42626
44973
47659
49219
50370
50014
47770
45137
42602

Applications filed by Finnish applicants in other countries
Source: WIPO IP Statistics Data Center
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
PCT ap­pli­ca­tions
2138
2075
2312
2095
1815
1592
1524
1601
1834
1660
1676
1894
1769
1538
2003
With EPO
1639
1571
1900
1894
2182
1993
1820
1818
1726
1704
1895
2108
2139
2333
2404
With USPTO
2772
2551
2760
2869
3102
3219
3085
2872
2660
2573
2494
2337
2385
2384
2390
With JPO (Japan)
413
319
367
362
385
353
407
425
368
357
381
418
463
469
470
With CNIPA (China)
1089
964
1069
1039
1165
1041
1 007
877
839
912
955
1073
906
1031
1470
With KIPO (Ko­rea)
387
334
273
312
331
273
283
286
262
247
256
241
232
271
284
With UKIPO (United King­dom)
50
52
72
173
166
110
117
124
102
105
80
81
202
499
776