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Patent applications filed by business enterprises in Finland by region in 2000-2004

Region	2000		2001		2002		2003		2004
	No.	%	No.	%	No.	%	No.	%	No.	%
Uusimaa	733	38.5	611	34.3	577	35.2	591	39.2	582	37.1
Itä-Uusimaa	28	1.5	23	1.3	18	1.1	14	0.9	14	0.9
Varsinais-Suomi	163	8.6	151	8.5	140	8.5	128	8.5	114	7.3
Satakunta	51	2.7	55	3.1	68	4.2	46	3.1	49	3.1
Kanta-Häme	31	1.6	34	1.9	28	1.7	21	1.4	20	1.3
Pirkanmaa	287	15.1	311	17.5	248	15.1	222	14.7	233	14.9
Päijät-Häme	57	3.0	53	3.0	52	3.2	38	2.5	50	3.2
Kymenlaakso	31	1.6	36	2.0	34	2.1	16	1.1	21	1.3
South Karelia	12	0.6	16	0.9	24	1.5	24	1.6	38	2.4
Etelä-Savo	30	1.6	18	1.0	25	1.5	13	0.9	15	1.0
Pohjois-Savo	26	1.4	47	2.6	39	2.4	28	1.9	32	2.0
North Karelia	31	1.6	22	1.2	18	1.1	33	2.2	21	1.3
Central Finland	109	5.7	135	7.6	93	5.7	82	5.4	123	7.8
South Ostrobothnia	16	0.8	19	1.1	18	1.1	16	1.1	13	0.8
Ostrobothnia	34	1.8	24	1.3	41	2.5	37	2.5	51	3.3
Central Ostrobothnia	9	0.5	14	0.8	4	0.2	11	0.7	2	0.1
North Ostrobothnia	163	8.6	137	7.7	122	7.4	113	7.5	108	6.9
Kainuu	12	0.6	5	0.3	8	0.5	7	0.5	5	0.3
Lapland	18	1.5	14	0.8	5	0.3	7	0.5	11	0.7
Åland	2	0.1	2	0.1	-	-	-	-	1	0.1
Domestic total	1,843	96.8	1,727	97.0	1,562	95.4	1,447	96.1	1,503	95.9
Foreign	59	3.1	-	-	39	2.4	51	3.4	55	3.5
Unknown	2	0.1	53	3.0	32	2.0	8	0.5	9	0.6
Total	1,904	100.0	1,780	100.0	1,638	100.0	1,506	100.0	1,567	100.0

by inventor's address

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Last updated 21.12.2005