Patent applicants and applications; industries/sectors (SBI93) 2000-2008

This table contains data on the number of patent applicants and applications from the Netherlands to the European Patent Office (EPO) and at NL Patent Centre, a division of Agency NL (NLOC). Patents may be granted to companies, universities, institutions, individuals or other entities as long as the invention meets the conditions for patentability. To qualify for a patent, an invention must be new, iventive and receptive to industrial application. Whether an invention meets these criteria is assessed by a patent office such as the EPO or the NLOC. The patent office will eventually grant or reject the application. The data on patent applicants and applications are broken down in this table by the industry/sector in which the applicant company operates. For the classification by industry, the Standard Business Classification 1993 (SBI'93) is used. The figures indicate which industries in Dutch society are (most) innovative. Data available from 2000. Amended as of 29 March 2013. Due to a calculation error, the number of patent applications to the EPO of the C Mining Industry in 2007 was incorrect. This was corrected in this version of the table (was 64; it is 113). This table has been discontinued as a result of transition to Standard Business Classification 2008 (SBI 2008). Status of the figures: Between 2000 and 2008 are final figures. When are new figures coming? This table was discontinued as of 29-03-2013 and continued as patent applicants and industry/sectors (SBI 2008) applicant.