Annual statistics
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
| 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 |
2022 | 2023 | 2024 | |
| National patent applications | 1933 | 1833 | 774 | 1827 | 1737 | 1545 | 1416 | 1368 | 1529 | 1487 | 1396 | 1685 |
1662 |
1447 | 1745 | 1829 |
| Finnish applicant | 1805 | 1731 | 1650 | 1704 | 1597 | 1422 | 1289 | 1260 | 1391 | 1387 | 1322 | 1588 |
1557 |
1361 | 1672 | 1770 |
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
| 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 |
2021 |
2022 | 2023 | 2024 | |
| Received by PRH | 1165 | 1182 | 1230 | 1358 | 1265 | 1112 | 1005 | 969 | 980 | 1007 | 958 | 896 |
933 |
892 | 757 | 768 |
| PRH / ISA (PRH has carried out the novelty search) | 871 | 917 | 926 | 980 | 800 | 593 | 480 | 441 | 505 | 498 | 485 | 454 |
382 |
274 | 190 | 184 |
| PRH / IPEA (PRH has carried out the prelim. examination of patentability) | 130 | 118 | 123 | 107 | 93 | 105 | 76 | 70 | 75 | 63 | 57 | 49 |
42 |
35 | 18 | 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
| 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 |
2021 |
2022 | 2023 | 2024 | |
| Granted patents (tot.) | 1055 | 923 | 841 | 835 | 711 | 786 | 931 | 815 | 704 | 533 | 505 | 602 |
545 |
677 | 586 | 591 |
| Finnish applicant | 713 | 717 | 718 | 698 | 636 | 690 | 812 | 710 | 594 | 472 | 453 | 553 |
511 |
623 | 549 | 534 |
| Expired patents | 489 | 521 | 535 | 550 | 500 | 538 | 529 | 280 | 164 | 263 | 211 | 204 |
161 |
155 | 157 | 158 |
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.
| 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 |
2021 |
2022 | 2023 | 2024 | |
| Granted by PRH | 11119 | 10372 | 9455 | 8606 | 8217 | 7818 | 7689 | 7167 | 6842 | 6679 |
6477 |
6454 | 6370 |
6304 |
| Granted by EPO | 36003 | 37571 | 38336 | 39584 | 40268 | 41160 | 42626 | 44973 | 47659 | 49219 |
50370 |
50014 | 47770 | 45137 |
Applications filed by Finnish applicants in other countries
| 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 |
2021 | 2022 | 2023 | |
| PCT applications | 2123 | 2138 | 2075 | 2312 | 2095 | 1815 | 1592 | 1524 | 1601 | 1834 | 1660 | 1676 |
1894 | 1769 | 1538 |
| With EPO | 1444 | 1639 | 1571 | 1900 | 1894 | 2182 | 1993 | 1820 | 1818 | 1726 | 1704 | 1895 |
2108 | 2139 | 2333 |
| With USPTO | 2610 | 2772 | 2551 | 2760 | 2869 | 3102 | 3219 | 3085 | 2872 | 2660 | 2573 | 2494 |
2337 | 2385 | 2384 |
| With JPO (Japan) | 340 | 413 | 319 | 367 | 362 | 385 | 353 | 407 | 425 | 368 | 357 | 381 |
418 | 463 | 469 |
| With CNIPA (China) | 902 | 1089 | 964 | 1069 | 1039 | 1165 | 1041 | 1 007 | 877 | 839 | 912 | 955 |
1073 | 906 | 1031 |
| With KIPO (Korea) | 393 | 387 | 334 | 273 | 312 | 331 | 273 | 283 | 286 | 262 | 247 | 256 |
241 | 232 | 271 |
| With UKIPO (United Kingdom) | 73 | 50 | 52 | 72 | 173 | 166 | 110 | 117 | 124 | 102 | 105 | 80 |
81 | 202 | 499 |