Patent applicants and patent applications; industry, size of business
Description
This table contains data on the number of patent applicants and applications from the Netherlands at the European Patent Office (EPO) and at the Patent Centre Nederland (OCNL), the patent granting authority for the Netherlands which is part of the Rijksdienst voor Ondernemend Nederland (RVO). Patents can be granted to companies, universities, institutions or individuals as long as the invention meets the conditions for patentability. To qualify for a patent, an invention must be new, inventive and admissible for industrial application. Whether an invention meets these criteria is tested by a patent office such as the EPO or the OCNL. The patent office will eventually accept or reject the application.
The data on patent applicants and applications are broken down in this table by industry/sector in which the applicant company operates. The classification by industry is based on the Standard Business Classification 2008 (SBI 2008). The figures provide an indication of which industries in Dutch society are (most) innovative. In addition, a breakdown by company size is available.
Data available from: 2013
Status of the figures:
The data for 2013 to 2017 are final. The 2018 data are further preliminary. The 2019 data are provisional.
Changes as of 10 February 2023:
The preliminary figures for 2018 and 2019 have been updated.
Correction of figures for 2013 to 2019. Previously, a patent applicant was counted via the psn_id (the ID for standardised names within PATSTAT), with each psn_id representing a unique applicant. Further analysis of the microdata shows that some companies are nevertheless represented by several psn_id’s in the link, thus double counting certain companies as patent applicants. With this adjustment, the companies themselves are counted as applicants instead of the psn_id’s, thus eliminating double counting. This correction covers all statistical years and concerns several dozen fewer patent applicants per year than before. In addition, the figures are now rounded to multiples of five.
When will there be new figures?
New figures for 2020 will be published in mid 2023.
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https://opendata.cbs.nl/statline/#/CBS/nl/dataset/85136NED/table |
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https://opendata.cbs.nl/statline/#/CBS/nl/dataset/85136NED/table |
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https://opendata.cbs.nl/statline/#/CBS/nl/dataset/85136NED/table |