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 |
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 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
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Latest update 13.04.2018