Patent applications filed with PRH

	Finnish applicants			Applicants from other countries
Year	Private person	Business	Total	Private person	Business	Total
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	1 284	1 704	20	103	123
2013	342	1 255	1 597	13	127	140
2014	344	1 078	1 422	7	116	123
2015	325	964	1 289	8	119	127
2016	263	997	1 260	12	96	108
2017	261	1 130	1 391	14	24	138
2018	227	1 160	1 387	4	96	100
2019	169	1 153	1 322	3	71	74

Patents granted by PRH

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
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
2013	69	567	636	9	66	75
2014	58	632	690	4	92	96
2015	81	731	812	8	111	129
2016	69	641	710	1	104	105
2017	53	541	594	1	109	110
2018	39	433	472	1	60	61
2019	32	421	453	1	51	52

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Latest update 13.01.2020