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Appendix table 4. European patents validated in Finland by IPC-section and resident country of assignee, 2011

Resident country of assignee	Total of patents	A: Human necessities	B:Performing operations, transporting	C: Chemistry, metallurgy	D: Textiles, paper	E: Fixed constructions	F: Mechanical engineering	G:Physics	H:Electricity
Total of countries	4762	968	752	1289	218	145	246	378	766
Finland	122	12	32	17	13	5	9	12	22
United States	1016	256	67	305	37	6	31	112	202
Germany	983	122	257	193	102	47	88	54	120
Switzerland	409	139	62	145	3	6	13	22	19
France	324	59	30	92	8	2	4	35	94
Japan	311	69	46	103	9	8	14	35	27
Great Britain	205	44	35	68	4	5	11	18	20
Italy	179	36	44	53	5	8	9	9	15
Sweden	170	35	31	22	12	5	16	14	35
Netherlands	157	30	36	45	8	10	3	11	14
Belgium	113	19	15	53		3	11	5	7
Denmark	105	25	11	47	1	10	8	1	2
Republic of Korea	96	4	4	8				9	71
Austria	96	7	29	14	8	15	8	3	9
Canada	73	9	12	13				9	30
China	55	2	4	5				1	43
Spain	50	17	8	18		2	1	4
Norway	40	8	5	7		2	7	7	4
Total of other countries	261	75	24	81	8	11	13	17	32

Source: Patenting 2011. Statistics Finland

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Updated 1.11.2012