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Appendix table 5. Patents granted to Finnish enterprises and associations by European Patent Office and US Patent and Trademark Office by industry (TOL 2008), 2011

Industry	European Patent Office 2011		US Patent and Trademark Office 2011
	Patents	Number of enterprises	Patents	Number of enterprises
Total	573	131	1060	170
C Manufacturing, total	442	85	890	93
10-12 Food industry	4	4
13-15 Textile, clothing, leather and footwear industry	1	1	3	2
16-17 Wood and paper industry	9	3	9	4
19-22 Chemical industry	25	13	49	22
24-25, 28-30 Metal and engineering industry	110	34	135	31
26-27 Electrical and electronics industry	284	24	685	28
Other manufacturing	9	6	9	6
D, E Electricity, gas and water supply			2	2
F Construction	3	3
G Wholesale and retail trade	3	3	12	7
J Information and communication	13	10	36	24
72 Scientific research and development	27	13	42	15
M Professional, scientific and technical activities (excl. 72)	31	13	48	20
Other industries	54	4	30	9

Source: Patenting 2011. Statistics Finland

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Updated 1.11.2012