Patent applications by nonresidents — all countries

Patent applications by nonresidents — Finland

Patent applications by nonresidents in Finland in 2021 — 105 filings. Ranked 70 in the world out of 121. Since 1980, the indicator has fallen by 96.2%.

2021 105 filings +8.25% vs 2020
World rank 70of 121
Period maximum 4,417 filings1989
Period minimum 75 filings2019

Trend over time

1980–2021 · applications

Patent applications by nonresidents — Finland, 1980–202102,0004,0006,0001980198519901995200020052010201520201980: 2,734 filings1981: 2,809 filings1982: 2,907 filings1983: 3,178 filings1984: 3,408 filings1985: 3,472 filings1986: 3,627 filings1987: 3,941 filings1988: 4,084 filings1989: 4,417 filings1990: 4,410 filings1991: 2,671 filings1992: 3,953 filings1993: 2,052 filings1994: 1,842 filings1995: 1,733 filings1996: 483 filings1997: 250 filings1998: 212 filings1999: 343 filings2000: 324 filings2001: 270 filings2002: 207 filings2003: 215 filings2004: 209 filings2005: 229 filings2006: 202 filings2007: 211 filings2008: 147 filings2009: 127 filings2010: 102 filings2011: 124 filings2012: 129 filings2013: 141 filings2014: 126 filings2015: 127 filings2016: 108 filings2017: 139 filings2018: 100 filings2019: 75 filings2020: 97 filings2021: 105 filings
Change over the period: −2,629 (−96.16%) Average annual rate: -7.64 %

Comparison, 2021

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Finland

Finland 105 filings
World 1.02M filings
Europe & Central Asia computed 49,325 filings
Northern Europe computed 8,671 filings
High-income countries computed 614,590 filings
Patent applications by nonresidents — Finland, by year Finland All countries CSV XLSX
Year filings Change Change, %
2021 105 +8 +8.25%
2020 97 +22 +29.33%
2019 75 −25 −25%
2018 100 −39 −28.06%
2017 139 +31 +28.7%
2016 108 −19 −14.96%
2015 127 +1 +0.79%
2014 126 −15 −10.64%
2013 141 +12 +9.3%
2012 129 +5 +4.03%
2011 124 +22 +21.57%
2010 102 −25 −19.69%
2009 127 −20 −13.61%
2008 147 −64 −30.33%
2007 211 +9 +4.46%
2006 202 −27 −11.79%
2005 229 +20 +9.57%
2004 209 −6 −2.79%
2003 215 +8 +3.86%
2002 207 −63 −23.33%
2001 270 −54 −16.67%
2000 324 −19 −5.54%
1999 343 +131 +61.79%
1998 212 −38 −15.2%
1997 250 −233 −48.24%
1996 483 −1,250 −72.13%
1995 1,733 −109 −5.92%
1994 1,842 −210 −10.23%
1993 2,052 −1,901 −48.09%
1992 3,953 +1,282 +48%
1991 2,671 −1,739 −39.43%
1990 4,410 −7 −0.16%
1989 4,417 +333 +8.15%
1988 4,084 +143 +3.63%
1987 3,941 +314 +8.66%
1986 3,627 +155 +4.46%
1985 3,472 +64 +1.88%
1984 3,408 +230 +7.24%
1983 3,178 +271 +9.32%
1982 2,907 +98 +3.49%
1981 2,809 +75 +2.74%
1980 2,734

Northern Europe, 2021

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

About the indicator

The number of patent applications filed in a country by nonresident applicants. The indicator measures not the inventive activity of the country but the value of its market: a patent has force only where it is granted, so foreign companies file where they intend to sell or where they fear copying. The ratio to applications by residents splits countries into those that invent and those where others file.

Important: A measure of the appeal of a market, not of innovativeness. An application is not a patent: some applications are rejected, and the share of rejections differs across countries.

Source: IP Statistics (WIPO), license CC BY 3.0 IGO.