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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

2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021
2022 2023
National patent applications 1947 1933 1833 774 1827 1737 1545 1416 1368 1529 1487 1396 1685
1662
1447 1745
Finnish applicant 1799 1805 1731 1650 1704 1597 1422 1289 1260 1391 1387 1322 1588
1557
1361 1672

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

2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020
2021
2022 2023
Received by PRH 943 1165 1182 1230 1358 1265 1112 1005 969 980 1007 958 896
933
892 757
PRH / ISA (PRH has carried out the novelty search) 660 871 917 926 980 800 593 480 441 505 498 485 454
382
274 190
PRH / IPEA (PRH has carried out the prelim. examination of patentability) 155 130 118 123 107 93 105 76 70 75 63 57 49
42
35 18

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

2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020
2021
2022 2023
Granted patents (tot.) 998 1055 923 841 835 711 786 931 815 704 533 505 602
545
677 586
Finnish applicant 730 713 717 718 698 636 690 812 710 594 472 453 553
511
623 549
Expired patents 489 489 521 535 550 500 538 529 280 164 263 211 204
161
155 157

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.

2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020
2021
2022 2023
Granted by PRH 12216 11119 10372 9455 8606 8217 7818 7689 7167 6842 6679
6477
6454 6370
Granted by EPO 34406 36003 37571 38336 39584 40268 41160 42626 44973 47659 49219
50370
50014 47770

Applications filed by Finnish applicants in other countries

2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020
2021 2022
PCT applications 2214 2123 2138 2075 2312 2095 1815 1592 1524 1601 1834 1660 1676
1894 1769
With EPO 1793 1444 1639 1571 1900 1894 2182 1993 1820 1818 1726 1704 1895
2108 2139
With USPTO 2621 2610 2772 2551 2760 2869 3102 3219 3085 2872 2660 2573 2494
2337 2385
With JPO (Japan) 575 340 413 319 367 362 385 353 407 425 368 357 381
418 463
With CNIPA (China) 979 902 1089 964 1069 1039 1165 1041 1 007 877 839 912 955
1073 906
With KIPO (Korea) 575 393 387 334 273 312 331 273 283 286 262 247 256
241 232
With UKIPO (United Kingdom) 67 73 50 52 72 173 166 110 117 124 102 105 80
81 202
Printable version Latest update 19.01.2024