Patent applicants and applications; SIC 2008 and company size

This table gives an overview of the number of patent applicants and patent applications at the European Patent Office (EPO) and the Netherlands Patent Office (OCNL), a department of the Netherlands Enterprise Agency (RVO). 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 OCNL. 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. Additionally, a breakdown by enterprise size class is available.

Data available from: 2013

Status of the figures:
The figures from 2013 to 2019 are final. The figures for 2020 are revised provisional. The figures for 2021 are provisional.

Changes as of 15 July 2024:
The figures for 2019 and 2020 have been adjusted and the provisional figures for 2021 have been added.

Changes as of 1 February 2024:
Provisional figures for 2019 and 2020 have been updated.

When will new figures be published?
Beginning of 2025 the figures for 2020 and 2021 will be updated. Mid 2025 the figures for 2020 and 2021 will be updated and new figures for 2022 will be added.

本表概述了欧洲专利局（EPO）和荷兰专利局（OCNL，荷兰企业署RVO下属部门）的专利申请人数量及专利申请情况。只要所涵盖的发明满足特定标准，专利即可授予企业、大学、机构、私人个人或其他实体。为获得专利，发明必须新颖、包含创造性步骤且具有工业应用性。此评估由如EPO或OCNL的专利局进行。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）。这些数据表明哪些行业（最为）具有创新性。此外，还提供了按企业规模类别划分的数据。数据可追溯至2013年。数据图表状态：2013年至2019年的数据为最终数据，2020年的数据为修订后的临时数据，2021年的数据为临时数据。自2024年7月15日起的变化：2019年和2020年的数据已调整，并添加了2021年的临时数据。自2024年2月1日起的变化：2019年和2020年的临时数据已更新。何时发布新数据？预计2025年初将更新2020年和2021年的数据，2025年中期将更新2020年和2021年的数据并新增2022年的数据。