Patent applications filed with PRH

Finnish applicants

Year	Private person	Business	Total
2008	397	1 402	1 799
2009	399	1 406	1 805
2010	375	1 356	1 731
2011	409	1 241	1 650
2012	420	1 284	1 704
2013	342	1 255	1 597
2014	344	1 078	1 422
2015	325	964	1 289
2016	263	997	1 260
2017	261	1 130	1 391
2018	227	1 160	1 387
2019	169	1 153	1 322
2020	165	1 423	1 588
2021	173	1 384	1 557
2022	124	1 237	1 361
2023	142	1 530	1 672

Applicants from other countries

Year	Private person	Business	Total
2008	16	132	148
2009	14	114	128
2010	10	92	102
2011	12	112	124
2012	20	103	123
2013	13	127	140
2014	7	116	123
2015	8	119	127
2016	12	96	108
2017	14	24	138
2018	4	96	100
2019	3	71	74
2020	4	93	97
2021	7	98	105
2022	8	78	86
2023	8	65	73

Patents granted by PRH

Finnish applicants

Year	Private person	Business	Total
2008	60	670	730
2009	65	648	713
2010	69	648	717
2011	76	642	718
2012	67	631	698
2013	69	567	636
2014	58	632	690
2015	81	731	812
2016	69	641	710
2017	53	541	594
2018	39	433	472
2019	32	421	453
2020	31	522	553
2021	48	463	511
2022	39	584	623
2023	18	531	549

Applicants from other countries

Year	Private person	Business	Total
2008	3	265	268
2009	5	337	342
2010	10	196	206
2011	4	119	123
2012	7	130	137
2013	9	66	75
2014	4	92	96
2015	8	111	129
2016	1	104	105
2017	1	109	110
2018	1	60	61
2019	1	51	52
2020	2	47	49
2021	3	31	34
2022	3	51	54
2023	0	37	37

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