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Table 7A. Patents granted to finnish enterprises by European Patent Office by industry (TOL 2002) in 2007 and 2008

Industry	European Patent Office, 2007		European Patent Office, 2008
	Patents	Enterprises	Patents	Enterprises
Total of industries	732	171	768	167
Total of manufacturing industries	649	126	675	108
Manufacture of food products and bewerages	8	6	6	5
Manufacture of textiles and clothing	11	3	2	2
Manufacture of wood and wood products	12	6	14	6
Manufacture of chemicals and chemical products	52	19	65	14
Manufacture of metals, metal products, machinery and equipment	156	48	126	39
Manufacture of electrical and optical equipment	401	36	450	35
Other manufacturing industries	9	8	12	7
Electricity, gas and water supply			1	1
Construction	1	1	2	2
Wholesale and retail trade	8	7	7	7
Transport, storage and communication	17	4	18	3
Computer and related activities	6	4	14	10
Research and development	19	8	23	16
Other business activities	24	14	24	16
Other industries	8	7	4	4

Source: Patenting 2008. Statistics Finland

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Updated 3.12.2009