Patent applicants and applications; SIC 2008 and company size
Country (UCI) | SIC 2008 | Company size | Periods | EPO-Patent applicants (number) | EPO-Patent applications (number) | EPO-Patent Applicants with foreign cooperation (number) | EPO-Patent Applications with foreign cooperation (number) | OCNL-Patent Patent applicants (number) | OCNL-Patent Patent applications (number) | OCNL-Patent Applicants with foreign cooperation (number) | OCNL-Patent Applications with foreign cooperation (number) |
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Total domestic and foreign | B-E Industry (no construction), energy | Total employed persons | 2020* | 300 | 2,230 | 15 | 40 | 310 | 620 | 0 | 5 |
Total domestic and foreign | B-E Industry (no construction), energy | 0 to 49 employed persons | 2020* | 115 | 160 | 0 | 0 | 150 | 180 | 0 | 0 |
Total domestic and foreign | B-E Industry (no construction), energy | 50 to 249 employed persons | 2020* | 85 | 175 | 5 | 5 | 90 | 145 | 0 | 0 |
Total domestic and foreign | B-E Industry (no construction), energy | 250 and more employed persons | 2020* | 95 | 1,890 | 10 | 35 | 70 | 290 | 0 | 5 |
Total domestic and foreign | B-E Industry (no construction), energy | Employed persons unknown | 2020* | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Total domestic and foreign | 26-27 Elektrical and electron. Industry | Total employed persons | 2020* | 35 | 1,195 | 0 | 15 | 30 | 95 | 0 | 0 |
Total domestic and foreign | 26-27 Elektrical and electron. Industry | 0 to 49 employed persons | 2020* | 15 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 25 | 0 | 0 |
Total domestic and foreign | 26-27 Elektrical and electron. Industry | 50 to 249 employed persons | 2020* | 5 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 15 | 0 | 0 |
Total domestic and foreign | 26-27 Elektrical and electron. Industry | 250 and more employed persons | 2020* | 10 | 1,145 | 0 | 15 | 10 | 50 | 0 | 0 |
Total domestic and foreign | 26-27 Elektrical and electron. Industry | Employed persons unknown | 2020* | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Domestic | B-E Industry (no construction), energy | Total employed persons | 2020* | 200 | 1,735 | 5 | 25 | 255 | 475 | 0 | 0 |
Domestic | B-E Industry (no construction), energy | 0 to 49 employed persons | 2020* | 105 | 140 | 0 | 0 | 145 | 175 | 0 | 0 |
Domestic | B-E Industry (no construction), energy | 50 to 249 employed persons | 2020* | 45 | 60 | 0 | 0 | 65 | 100 | 0 | 0 |
Domestic | B-E Industry (no construction), energy | 250 and more employed persons | 2020* | 45 | 1,530 | 5 | 25 | 40 | 200 | 0 | 0 |
Domestic | B-E Industry (no construction), energy | Employed persons unknown | 2020* | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Domestic | 26-27 Elektrical and electron. Industry | Total employed persons | 2020* | 25 | 1,155 | 0 | 15 | 25 | 80 | 0 | 0 |
Domestic | 26-27 Elektrical and electron. Industry | 0 to 49 employed persons | 2020* | 15 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 25 | 0 | 0 |
Domestic | 26-27 Elektrical and electron. Industry | 50 to 249 employed persons | 2020* | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 15 | 0 | 0 |
Domestic | 26-27 Elektrical and electron. Industry | 250 and more employed persons | 2020* | 10 | 1,130 | 0 | 15 | 5 | 40 | 0 | 0 |
Domestic | 26-27 Elektrical and electron. Industry | Employed persons unknown | 2020* | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Foreign | B-E Industry (no construction), energy | Total employed persons | 2020* | 100 | 495 | 10 | 15 | 55 | 145 | 0 | 0 |
Foreign | B-E Industry (no construction), energy | 0 to 49 employed persons | 2020* | 10 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
Foreign | B-E Industry (no construction), energy | 50 to 249 employed persons | 2020* | 40 | 115 | 5 | 5 | 25 | 45 | 0 | 0 |
Foreign | B-E Industry (no construction), energy | 250 and more employed persons | 2020* | 50 | 360 | 5 | 10 | 25 | 90 | 0 | 0 |
Foreign | B-E Industry (no construction), energy | Employed persons unknown | 2020* | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Foreign | 26-27 Elektrical and electron. Industry | Total employed persons | 2020* | 10 | 45 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 15 | 0 | 0 |
Foreign | 26-27 Elektrical and electron. Industry | 0 to 49 employed persons | 2020* | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Foreign | 26-27 Elektrical and electron. Industry | 50 to 249 employed persons | 2020* | 5 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Foreign | 26-27 Elektrical and electron. Industry | 250 and more employed persons | 2020* | 5 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
Foreign | 26-27 Elektrical and electron. Industry | Employed persons unknown | 2020* | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Equally-shared control | B-E Industry (no construction), energy | Total employed persons | 2020* | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Equally-shared control | B-E Industry (no construction), energy | 0 to 49 employed persons | 2020* | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Equally-shared control | B-E Industry (no construction), energy | 50 to 249 employed persons | 2020* | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Equally-shared control | B-E Industry (no construction), energy | 250 and more employed persons | 2020* | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Equally-shared control | B-E Industry (no construction), energy | Employed persons unknown | 2020* | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Equally-shared control | 26-27 Elektrical and electron. Industry | Total employed persons | 2020* | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Equally-shared control | 26-27 Elektrical and electron. Industry | 0 to 49 employed persons | 2020* | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Equally-shared control | 26-27 Elektrical and electron. Industry | 50 to 249 employed persons | 2020* | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Equally-shared control | 26-27 Elektrical and electron. Industry | 250 and more employed persons | 2020* | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Equally-shared control | 26-27 Elektrical and electron. Industry | Employed persons unknown | 2020* | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Extra EU-27 not allocated | B-E Industry (no construction), energy | Total employed persons | 2020* | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Extra EU-27 not allocated | B-E Industry (no construction), energy | 0 to 49 employed persons | 2020* | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Extra EU-27 not allocated | B-E Industry (no construction), energy | 50 to 249 employed persons | 2020* | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Extra EU-27 not allocated | B-E Industry (no construction), energy | 250 and more employed persons | 2020* | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Extra EU-27 not allocated | B-E Industry (no construction), energy | Employed persons unknown | 2020* | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Extra EU-27 not allocated | 26-27 Elektrical and electron. Industry | Total employed persons | 2020* | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Extra EU-27 not allocated | 26-27 Elektrical and electron. Industry | 0 to 49 employed persons | 2020* | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Extra EU-27 not allocated | 26-27 Elektrical and electron. Industry | 50 to 249 employed persons | 2020* | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Extra EU-27 not allocated | 26-27 Elektrical and electron. Industry | 250 and more employed persons | 2020* | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Extra EU-27 not allocated | 26-27 Elektrical and electron. Industry | Employed persons unknown | 2020* | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Offshore financial centres | B-E Industry (no construction), energy | Total employed persons | 2020* | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Offshore financial centres | B-E Industry (no construction), energy | 0 to 49 employed persons | 2020* | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Offshore financial centres | B-E Industry (no construction), energy | 50 to 249 employed persons | 2020* | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Offshore financial centres | B-E Industry (no construction), energy | 250 and more employed persons | 2020* | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Offshore financial centres | B-E Industry (no construction), energy | Employed persons unknown | 2020* | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Offshore financial centres | 26-27 Elektrical and electron. Industry | Total employed persons | 2020* | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Offshore financial centres | 26-27 Elektrical and electron. Industry | 0 to 49 employed persons | 2020* | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Offshore financial centres | 26-27 Elektrical and electron. Industry | 50 to 249 employed persons | 2020* | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Offshore financial centres | 26-27 Elektrical and electron. Industry | 250 and more employed persons | 2020* | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Offshore financial centres | 26-27 Elektrical and electron. Industry | Employed persons unknown | 2020* | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Unknown | B-E Industry (no construction), energy | Total employed persons | 2020* | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Unknown | B-E Industry (no construction), energy | 0 to 49 employed persons | 2020* | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Unknown | B-E Industry (no construction), energy | 50 to 249 employed persons | 2020* | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Unknown | B-E Industry (no construction), energy | 250 and more employed persons | 2020* | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Unknown | B-E Industry (no construction), energy | Employed persons unknown | 2020* | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Unknown | 26-27 Elektrical and electron. Industry | Total employed persons | 2020* | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Unknown | 26-27 Elektrical and electron. Industry | 0 to 49 employed persons | 2020* | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Unknown | 26-27 Elektrical and electron. Industry | 50 to 249 employed persons | 2020* | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Unknown | 26-27 Elektrical and electron. Industry | 250 and more employed persons | 2020* | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Unknown | 26-27 Elektrical and electron. Industry | Employed persons unknown | 2020* | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Source: CBS. |
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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 2018 are final. The figures for 2019 are revised provisional. The figures for 2020 are provisional.
Changes as of 6 February 2024:
Provisional figures for 2019 and 2020 have been updated.
Changes as of June 30, 2023:
The figures for 2018 and 2019 have been adjusted and the provisional figures for 2020 have been added.
When will new figures be published?
Mid 2024 the figures for 2019 and 2020 will be updated and new figures for 2021 will be added. Beginning of 2025 the figures for 2020 and 2021 will be updated.
Description topics
- EPO-Patent
- A patent that is granted by the European Patent Office (EPO) is valid in all member countries of the EPO. However, the EPO patent must be validated at the national patent office in order to be effective in member countries.
- applicants
- Enterprises who applied for a patent at the European Patent Office (EPO)in the period observed.
A patent that is granted by the European Patent Office (EPO) is valid in all member countries of the EPO. However the EPO patent must be validated at the national patent office in order to be effective in member countries.
- applications
- Patent applications at the European Patent Office (EPO) in the period observed.
A patent that is granted by the European Patent Office (EPO) is valid in all member countries of the EPO. However the EPO patent must be validated at the national patent office in order to be effective in member countries.
- Applicants with foreign cooperation
- Enterprises who applied for a patent at the European Patent Office (EPO) in the period observed, where the Dutch applicant has cooperated with a foreign entity for any of its applications.
- Applications with foreign cooperation
- Patent applications at the European Patent Office (EPO) in the period observed, where the Dutch applicant has cooperated with a foreign entity for this specific application.
- OCNL-Patent
- A patent that is granted by NL Patent Office (OCNL), a division of Agency NL, is only valid in the Netherlands.
- Patent applicants
- Enterprises who applied for a patent at the Netherlands Patent Office (OCNL), a department of the Netherlands Enterprise Agency (RVO), in the period observed.
A patent that is granted by NL Patent Office (OCNL), a division of Agency NL, is only valid in the Netherlands.
- Patent applications
- Patent applications at the Netherlands Patent Office (OCNL), a department of the Netherlands Enterprise Agency (RVO), in the period observed.
A patent that is granted by NL Patent Office (OCNL), a division of Agency NL, is only valid in the Netherlands.
- Applicants with foreign cooperation
- Enterprises who applied for a patent at the Netherlands Patent Office (OCNL), a department of the Netherlands Enterprise Agency (RVO), in the period observed, where the Dutch applicant has cooperated with a foreign entity for any of its applications.
- Applications with foreign cooperation
- Patent applications at the Netherlands Patent Office (OCNL), a department of the Netherlands Enterprise Agency (RVO), in the period observed, where the Dutch applicant has cooperated with a foreign entity for this specific application.