Patent applicants and applications; SIC 2008 and company size

Changed on: 15/07/2024 02:00

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)
Total domestic and foreign	A-U All economic activities	Total employed persons	2021*	590	2,395	55	180	1,100	1,635	20	15
Total domestic and foreign	A-U All economic activities	0 to 49 employed persons	2021*	305	410	20	55	660	840	10	10
Total domestic and foreign	A-U All economic activities	50 to 249 employed persons	2021*	85	230	5	45	135	250	0	0
Total domestic and foreign	A-U All economic activities	250 and more employed persons	2021*	135	1,640	25	80	120	355	5	5
Total domestic and foreign	A-U All economic activities	Employed persons unknown	2021*	65	115	5	5	185	185	5	5
Total domestic and foreign	All enterprises (no finance and utilitie	Total employed persons	2021*	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Total domestic and foreign	All enterprises (no finance and utilitie	0 to 49 employed persons	2021*	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Total domestic and foreign	All enterprises (no finance and utilitie	50 to 249 employed persons	2021*	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Total domestic and foreign	All enterprises (no finance and utilitie	250 and more employed persons	2021*	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Total domestic and foreign	All enterprises (no finance and utilitie	Employed persons unknown	2021*	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Total domestic and foreign	A-N Business economy and agriculture	Total employed persons	2021*	505	2,240	40	165	895	1,345	10	10
Total domestic and foreign	A-N Business economy and agriculture	0 to 49 employed persons	2021*	300	400	15	50	640	770	5	5
Total domestic and foreign	A-N Business economy and agriculture	50 to 249 employed persons	2021*	85	230	5	45	135	250	0	0
Total domestic and foreign	A-N Business economy and agriculture	250 and more employed persons	2021*	115	1,600	20	70	100	305	0	0
Total domestic and foreign	A-N Business economy and agriculture	Employed persons unknown	2021*	10	10	0	0	15	20	0	0
Total domestic and foreign	A Agriculture, forestry and fishing	Total employed persons	2021*	10	10	0	0	20	25	0	0
Total domestic and foreign	A Agriculture, forestry and fishing	0 to 49 employed persons	2021*	5	5	0	0	15	20	0	0
Total domestic and foreign	A Agriculture, forestry and fishing	50 to 249 employed persons	2021*	.	.	.	.	0	0	0	0
Total domestic and foreign	A Agriculture, forestry and fishing	250 and more employed persons	2021*	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total domestic and foreign	A Agriculture, forestry and fishing	Employed persons unknown	2021*	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Total domestic and foreign	01 Agriculture	Total employed persons	2021*	10	10	0	0	20	25	0	0
Total domestic and foreign	01 Agriculture	0 to 49 employed persons	2021*	5	5	0	0	15	20	0	0
Total domestic and foreign	01 Agriculture	50 to 249 employed persons	2021*	.	.	.	.	0	0	0	0
Total domestic and foreign	01 Agriculture	250 and more employed persons	2021*	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total domestic and foreign	01 Agriculture	Employed persons unknown	2021*	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Total domestic and foreign	02 Forestry and logging	Total employed persons	2021*	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Total domestic and foreign	02 Forestry and logging	0 to 49 employed persons	2021*	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Total domestic and foreign	02 Forestry and logging	50 to 249 employed persons	2021*	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Total domestic and foreign	02 Forestry and logging	250 and more employed persons	2021*	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Total domestic and foreign	02 Forestry and logging	Employed persons unknown	2021*	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Total domestic and foreign	03 Fishing and aquaculture	Total employed persons	2021*	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Total domestic and foreign	03 Fishing and aquaculture	0 to 49 employed persons	2021*	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Total domestic and foreign	03 Fishing and aquaculture	50 to 249 employed persons	2021*	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Total domestic and foreign	03 Fishing and aquaculture	250 and more employed persons	2021*	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Total domestic and foreign	03 Fishing and aquaculture	Employed persons unknown	2021*	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Total domestic and foreign	B Mining and quarrying	Total employed persons	2021*	0	0	0	0	5	5	0	0
Total domestic and foreign	B Mining and quarrying	0 to 49 employed persons	2021*	.	.	.	.	0	0	0	0
Total domestic and foreign	B Mining and quarrying	50 to 249 employed persons	2021*	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total domestic and foreign	B Mining and quarrying	250 and more employed persons	2021*	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total domestic and foreign	B Mining and quarrying	Employed persons unknown	2021*	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Total domestic and foreign	B-E Industry (no construction), energy	Total employed persons	2021*	205	1,655	15	30	310	585	0	0
Total domestic and foreign	B-E Industry (no construction), energy	0 to 49 employed persons	2021*	75	95	5	5	155	200	0	0
Total domestic and foreign	B-E Industry (no construction), energy	50 to 249 employed persons	2021*	50	125	0	0	80	140	0	0
Total domestic and foreign	B-E Industry (no construction), energy	250 and more employed persons	2021*	75	1,430	10	25	70	245	0	0
Total domestic and foreign	B-E Industry (no construction), energy	Employed persons unknown	2021*	5	5	0	0	5	5	0	0
Total domestic and foreign	06 Extraction of crude petroleum and gas	Total employed persons	2021*	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Total domestic and foreign	06 Extraction of crude petroleum and gas	0 to 49 employed persons	2021*	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Total domestic and foreign	06 Extraction of crude petroleum and gas	50 to 249 employed persons	2021*	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Total domestic and foreign	06 Extraction of crude petroleum and gas	250 and more employed persons	2021*	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Total domestic and foreign	06 Extraction of crude petroleum and gas	Employed persons unknown	2021*	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Total domestic and foreign	08 Mining and quarrying (no oil and gas)	Total employed persons	2021*	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total domestic and foreign	08 Mining and quarrying (no oil and gas)	0 to 49 employed persons	2021*	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Total domestic and foreign	08 Mining and quarrying (no oil and gas)	50 to 249 employed persons	2021*	.	.	.	.	0	0	0	0
Total domestic and foreign	08 Mining and quarrying (no oil and gas)	250 and more employed persons	2021*	0	0	0	0	.	.	.	.
Total domestic and foreign	08 Mining and quarrying (no oil and gas)	Employed persons unknown	2021*	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Total domestic and foreign	09 Mining support activities	Total employed persons	2021*	0	0	0	0	5	5	0	0
Total domestic and foreign	09 Mining support activities	0 to 49 employed persons	2021*	.	.	.	.	0	0	0	0
Total domestic and foreign	09 Mining support activities	50 to 249 employed persons	2021*	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total domestic and foreign	09 Mining support activities	250 and more employed persons	2021*	.	.	.	.	0	0	0	0
Total domestic and foreign	09 Mining support activities	Employed persons unknown	2021*	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Total domestic and foreign	C Manufacturing	Total employed persons	2021*	190	1,640	15	30	295	560	0	0
Total domestic and foreign	C Manufacturing	0 to 49 employed persons	2021*	70	85	5	5	145	180	0	0
Total domestic and foreign	C Manufacturing	50 to 249 employed persons	2021*	50	125	0	0	80	135	0	0
Total domestic and foreign	C Manufacturing	250 and more employed persons	2021*	70	1,425	10	25	65	240	0	0
Total domestic and foreign	C Manufacturing	Employed persons unknown	2021*	5	5	0	0	5	5	0	0
Total domestic and foreign	10-12 Manufacture of food and beverages	Total employed persons	2021*	15	20	0	0	15	25	0	0
Total domestic and foreign	10-12 Manufacture of food and beverages	0 to 49 employed persons	2021*	5	5	0	0	5	5	0	0
Total domestic and foreign	10-12 Manufacture of food and beverages	50 to 249 employed persons	2021*	5	5	0	0	5	5	0	0
Total domestic and foreign	10-12 Manufacture of food and beverages	250 and more employed persons	2021*	10	15	0	0	10	10	0	0
Total domestic and foreign	10-12 Manufacture of food and beverages	Employed persons unknown	2021*	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Total domestic and foreign	10 Manufacture of food products	Total employed persons	2021*	10	15	0	0	15	25	0	0
Total domestic and foreign	10 Manufacture of food products	0 to 49 employed persons	2021*	5	5	0	0	5	5	0	0
Total domestic and foreign	10 Manufacture of food products	50 to 249 employed persons	2021*	0	0	0	0	5	5	0	0
Total domestic and foreign	10 Manufacture of food products	250 and more employed persons	2021*	5	10	0	0	10	10	0	0
Total domestic and foreign	10 Manufacture of food products	Employed persons unknown	2021*	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Total domestic and foreign	11 Manufacture of beverages	Total employed persons	2021*	0	5	0	0	.	.	.	.
Total domestic and foreign	11 Manufacture of beverages	0 to 49 employed persons	2021*	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Total domestic and foreign	11 Manufacture of beverages	50 to 249 employed persons	2021*	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Total domestic and foreign	11 Manufacture of beverages	250 and more employed persons	2021*	0	5	0	0	.	.	.	.
Total domestic and foreign	11 Manufacture of beverages	Employed persons unknown	2021*	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Total domestic and foreign	12 Manufacture of tobacco products	Total employed persons	2021*	0	0	0	0	.	.	.	.
Total domestic and foreign	12 Manufacture of tobacco products	0 to 49 employed persons	2021*	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Total domestic and foreign	12 Manufacture of tobacco products	50 to 249 employed persons	2021*	0	0	0	0	.	.	.	.
Total domestic and foreign	12 Manufacture of tobacco products	250 and more employed persons	2021*	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Total domestic and foreign	12 Manufacture of tobacco products	Employed persons unknown	2021*	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Total domestic and foreign	13 Manufacture of textiles	Total employed persons	2021*	5	5	0	0	5	5	0	0
Total domestic and foreign	13 Manufacture of textiles	0 to 49 employed persons	2021*	0	0	0	0	5	5	0	0
Total domestic and foreign	13 Manufacture of textiles	50 to 249 employed persons	2021*	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total domestic and foreign	13 Manufacture of textiles	250 and more employed persons	2021*	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Total domestic and foreign	13 Manufacture of textiles	Employed persons unknown	2021*	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Total domestic and foreign	13-15 Man. of textile-, leatherproducts	Total employed persons	2021*	5	5	0	0	5	5	0	0
Total domestic and foreign	13-15 Man. of textile-, leatherproducts	0 to 49 employed persons	2021*	0	0	0	0	5	5	0	0
Total domestic and foreign	13-15 Man. of textile-, leatherproducts	50 to 249 employed persons	2021*	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total domestic and foreign	13-15 Man. of textile-, leatherproducts	250 and more employed persons	2021*	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Total domestic and foreign	13-15 Man. of textile-, leatherproducts	Employed persons unknown	2021*	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Total domestic and foreign	14 Manufacture of wearing apparel	Total employed persons	2021*	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Total domestic and foreign	14 Manufacture of wearing apparel	0 to 49 employed persons	2021*	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Total domestic and foreign	14 Manufacture of wearing apparel	50 to 249 employed persons	2021*	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Total domestic and foreign	14 Manufacture of wearing apparel	250 and more employed persons	2021*	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Total domestic and foreign	14 Manufacture of wearing apparel	Employed persons unknown	2021*	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Source: CBS.

Explanation of symbols

Table explanation

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.

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.