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Domestic patent applications filed by business enterprises and associations in Finland by industry in 2000-2003
Industry | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | ||||
Firms | Appl. | Firms | Appl. | Firms | Appl. | Firms | Appl. | |
No. | No. | No. | No. | No. | No. | No. | No. | |
Manufacturing total | 308 | 1,343 | 296 | 1,137 | 323 | 1,093 | 272 | 1,032 |
Food industry | 17 | 28 | 10 | 23 | 15 | 30 | 8 | 14 |
Textile, clothing and leather industry | 4 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 5 | 11 | 2 | 2 |
Wood processing industry | 18 | 46 | 20 | 52 | 25 | 65 | 21 | 57 |
Chemical industry | 36 | 126 | 34 | 102 | 45 | 99 | 36 | 92 |
Metal and mechanical industry | 131 | 526 | 125 | 467 | 142 | 509 | 117 | 475 |
Electronics industry | 73 | 561 | 69 | 419 | 64 | 336 | 61 | 355 |
Other manufacturing | 29 | 51 | 32 | 62 | 27 | 43 | 27 | 37 |
Electricity, gas and water supply | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | - | - |
Construction | 17 | 19 | 19 | 23 | 21 | 26 | 7 | 10 |
Wholesale and commission trade | 49 | 81 | 54 | 75 | 50 | 79 | 47 | 65 |
Transport, storage and communication | 10 | 100 | 14 | 94 | 15 | 64 | 18 | 65 |
Computer and related activities | 41 | 64 | 61 | 94 | 53 | 87 | 39 | 60 |
Research and development | 25 | 99 | 30 | 118 | 30 | 90 | 23 | 115 |
Other business activities | 88 | 146 | 104 | 176 | 83 | 147 | 84 | 132 |
Other industries | 33 | 45 | 35 | 55 | 33 | 46 | 37 | 47 |
Business enterprises total | 572 | 1,898 | 616 | 1,775 | 610 | 1,634 | 527 | 1,526 |
Last updated 21.12.2005
Official Statistics of Finland (OSF):
Patenting [e-publication].
ISSN=1797-3023. 2003,
Domestic patent applications filed by business enterprises and associations in Finland by industry in 2000-2003
. Helsinki: Statistics Finland [referred: 17.8.2024].
Access method: http://www.stat.fi/til/pat/2003/pat_2003_2005-12-21_tau_007_en.html