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Table 5A. Domestic patents granted to enterprises and associations by industry (TOL 2002) in 2001, 2004, 2007 and 2008

Industry	Year
	2001		2004		2007		2008
	Patents	Enterprises	Patents	Enterprises	Patents	Enterprises	Patents	Enterprises
Total of industries	886	302	1114	372	559	246	668	268
Total of manufacturing industries	711	192	817	218	396	150	480	148
Manufacture of food products and bewerages	13	6	9	4	3	3	1	1
Manufacture of textiles and clothing	5	3	3	2	3	2	5	3
Manufacture of wood and wood products	24	13	19	11	17	5	24	10
Manufacture of chemicals and chemical products	61	26	55	26	33	22	25	19
Manufacture of metals, metal products, machinery	196	87	356	98	223	66	266	62
Manufacture of electrical and optical equipment	403	48	357	65	111	46	147	43
Other manufacturing industries	9	9	18	12	6	6	12	10
Total of other industries	175	110	297	154	163	96	188	120
Electricity, gas and water supply	2	1	2	2	1	1	1	1
Construction	12	11	7	6	3	3	10	8
Wholesale and retail trade	27	16	22	14	24	15	20	13
Transport, storage and communication	37	10	72	14	12	2	11	7
Computer and related activities	8	7	40	31	28	17	24	17
Research and development	26	11	35	12	27	14	33	16
Other business activities	45	38	100	61	51	31	72	45
Other industries	18	16	19	14	17	13	17	13

Source: Patenting 2008. Statistics Finland

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Updated 3.12.2009