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Table 3A. Domestic patent applications of enterprises and associations by industry (TOL 2002) in 2001, 2004, 2007 and 2008

Industry	Year
	2001		2004		2007		2008
	Applications	Nr of enterprises	Applications	Nr of enterprises	Applications	Nr of enterprises	Applications	Nr of enterprises
Total of industries	1775	610	1583	552	1349	467	1397	512
Total of manufacturing industries	1137	296	1066	295	840	217	854	250
Manufacture of food products and bewerages	23	10	11	9	16	9	17	6
Manufacture of textiles and clothing	12	6	12	6	8	3	4	2
Manufacture of wood and wood products	52	20	49	18	38	11	83	21
Manufacture of chemicals and chemical products	102	34	56	35	79	35	70	31
Manufacture of metals, metal products, machinery	467	125	541	142	437	91	505	116
Manufacture of electrical and optical equipment	419	69	356	61	226	52	141	51
Other manufacturing industries	62	32	41	24	36	16	34	23
Total of other industries	638	314	517	257	509	250	543	262
Electricity, gas and water supply	3	3	0	0	.	.	2	1
Construction	23	19	42	19	26	20	25	21
Wholesale and retail trade	75	54	63	49	51	33	50	34
Transport, storage and communication	94	14	37	7	18	9	25	11
Computer and related activities	94	59	56	35	63	43	73	43
Research and development	118	29	103	26	131	26	99	26
Other business activities	176	102	162	87	137	33	175	82
Other industries	55	34	54	34	83	33	94	44

Source: Patenting 2008. Statistics Finland

Inquiries: Ari Leppälahti (09) 1734 3237, tiede.teknologia@stat.fi

Director in charge: Leena Storgårds

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Updated 3.12.2009