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Appendix table 2. Domestic patent applications by region, 2005–2010

Region	Year
	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010
	Applications total	Applications total	Applications total	Applications total	Applications total	Applications total
Regions Total	1828	1813	1801	1798	1804	1731
Uusimaa	714	662	716	719	701	643
Itä-Uusimaa	32	14	34	16	26	24
Varsinais-Suomi	139	137	145	122	150	107
Satakunta	57	46	38	41	45	48
Kanta-Häme	49	39	35	35	54	32
PIrkanmaa	179	174	189	196	162	207
Päijät-Häme	51	68	59	64	63	56
Kymenlaakso	40	42	44	32	23	32
South Karelia	29	31	29	35	30	33
Etelä-Savo	34	35	34	42	43	35
Pohjois-Savo	84	77	70	63	85	83
North Karelia	45	49	34	31	40	37
Central Finland	120	154	110	107	111	115
South Ostrobothnia	21	24	23	25	16	28
Ostrobothnia	61	47	61	63	56	52
Central Ostrobothnia	4	8	5	11	8	8
North Ostrobothnia	137	110	106	95	95	109
Kainuu	13	12	7	13	16	14
Lappi	18	12	15	16	13	19
Åland	5	5	1	1	1	2
Unknown / Foreign countries	1	70	50	71	67	47

Source: Patenting 2010. Statistics Finland

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Updated 3.11.2011