Patent applicants and patent applications; SIC 2008 of applicant, 2009-2010

This table gives an overview of the number of patent applicants and patent applications at the European Patent Office (EPO) and NL Patent Office, a division of NL Agency (NLOC). Patents can be granted to enterprises, universities, institutions, private persons or other entities as long as the invention which they cover fulfils certain criteria. To obtain a patent the invention must be novel, contain an inventive step and be industrially applicable. This is assessed by a patent office like the EPO or NLOC. The patent office will grant or reject the application. The data are broken down by economic activity of the enterprise applying for a patent. For the classification by economic activity the Dutch Standard Industrial Classification (SIC 2008) is used. The data give an indication which branches are (most) innovative.

This table has been stopped.

Data available from 2009 up to 2010.

Status of the figures:
Data are final for 2009. The data for 2010 are provisional. Since this table has been stopped, the data for 2010 will not be finalized. 

Changes as of 30 October 2015:
None, this table has been stopped.

When will new figures be published?
No longer applicable.



本表概述了欧洲专利局（EPO）和荷兰专利局（NLOC，荷兰机构的一部分）的专利申请人数量及专利申请情况。专利可授予企业、大学、机构、私人个人或其他实体，前提是其所涵盖的发明满足特定标准。为获得专利，发明必须新颖、具备创造性步骤且具有工业应用性。此评估由专利局如EPO或NLOC进行。专利局将批准或拒绝申请。数据按申请专利的企业经济活动进行细分。经济活动分类采用荷兰标准工业分类（SIC 2008）。这些数据提供了关于哪些行业（最为）具有创新性的指示。

本表已停止更新。

数据可追溯至2009年直至2010年。

数据状况：
2009年的数据已最终确定。2010年的数据为临时数据。由于本表已停止更新，2010年的数据将不会最终确定。

自2015年10月30日起的变化：
无，本表已停止更新。

何时将发布新数据？
不再适用。