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9. Partner countries in patents granted to Finnish inventors in 2006

Partner's country of residence
	Domestic ownership of inventions made abroad, EPO	Domestic ownership of inventions made abroad, USPTO	Foreign ownership of domestic inventions, EPO	Foreign ownership of domestic inventions, USPTO	Patents with at least one foreign co-inventor, EPO	Patents with at least one foreign co-inventor, USPTO
Total of grants	835	1040	788	915	788	915
Total co-operation with abroad	177	295	74	96	92	129
EU-25	123	146	50	45	62	67
Great Britain	33	46	2	3	10	13
United States	33	123	14	41	22	56
Germany	31	30	8	8	20	21
Sweden	19	25	32	19	14	10
Denmark	15	26	3	1	5	5
Austria	10	1	1	..	5	2
Japan	7	12	..	..	3	1
Netherlands	5	7	2	13	5	10
France	5	2	..	1	6	4
Italy	2	5	..	..	1	3
Switzerland	1	2	6	7	2	4

Source: Patenting 2006. Statistics Finland

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Updated 25.10.2007