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3. Patent applications filed by enterprises and associations in Finland by industry in 2000, 2003 and 2006

Industry	Year
	2000		2003		2006
	Enterprises	Applications	Enterprises	Applications	Enterprises	Applications
Total of industries	563	1898	527	1526	526	1393
Total of manufaturing industries	301	1343	272	1032	255	915
Manufacture of food products and bewerages	14	28	8	14	9	20
Manufacture of textiles and clothing	4	5	2	2	2	6
Manufacture of wood and wood products	18	46	21	57	18	49
Manufacture of chemicals and chemical products	36	126	36	92	34	59
Manufacture of metals, metal products, machinery and equipment	129	526	117	475	105	458
Manufacture of electrical and optical equipment	71	561	61	355	63	287
Other manufacturing industries	29	51	27	37	24	36
Total of other industries	262	555	255	494	271	478
Electricity, gas and water supply	1	1	0	0	2	4
Construction	17	19	7	10	24	36
Whole and retail trade	49	81	48	66	53	68
Transprot, storage and communication	10	100	18	65	8	17
Computer and related activities	40	64	39	60	33	43
Research and development	25	99	23	115	32	119
Other business services	87	146	83	131	94	154
Other industries	33	45	37	47	25	37

Source: Patenting 2006. Statistics Finland

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Updated 25.10.2007