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Patents granted to domestic business enterprises in Finland by industry in 2001-2004

Industry	2001		2002		2003		2004
	Firms	Patents granted	Firms	Patents granted	Firms	Patents granted	Firms	Patents granted
	No.	No.	No.	No.	No.	No.	No.	No.
Manufacturing total	192	711	219	674	208	878	218	817
Food industry	6	13	10	11	6	8	4	9
Textile, clothing and leather industry	3	5	2	2	3	3	2	3
Wood processing industry	13	24	11	20	18	34	11	19
Chemical industry	26	61	25	57	24	60	26	55
Metal and mechanical industry	87	196	107	240	91	411	98	356
Electronics industry	48	403	47	321	47	333	65	357
Other manufacturing	9	9	17	23	19	29	12	18
Electricity, gas and water supply	1	2	3	3	-	-	2	2
Construction	11	12	3	4	13	13	6	7
Wholesale and retail trade	16	27	19	25	15	20	14	22
Transport, storage and communication	10	37	11	51	12	68	14	72
Computer and related activities	7	8	6	6	17	21	31	40
Research and development	11	26	14	35	18	44	12	35
Other business activities	38	45	40	50	42	64	61	100
Other industries	16	18	17	20	21	25	14	19
Business enterprises total	302	886	332	868	346	1,133	372	1,114

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Last updated 21.12.2005