Facts & figures
Over four million patent rights are in force throughout the world and every year around 700,000 new patent applications are filed. NL Patent Office also publishes its most significant achievements every year. A Dutch patent right is maintained for an average of six to eight years and almost half of the applications in the Netherlands are filed electronically.
| NL Patent Office | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 |
| Patents: | |||||
| Number of patents in force in the Netherlands | 139,027 | 141,906 | 145,786 | 140,899 | 139,801 |
| Number of patent applications: | |||||
| - via NL Patent Office | 2,716 | 2,446 | 2,732 | 2,845 | 2,772 |
| - via World Intellectual Property Organisation | 1,006 | 1,043 | 1,143 | 1,113 | 1,086 |
| Total number of Dutch patents granted | 2,361 | 2,319 | 2,058 | 1,948 | 1,949 |
| Budget (in million euros) | 13.8 | 14.8 | 14.4 | 15.3 | 16.6 |
| Internet: | |||||
| - website hits | 176,798 | 239,259 | 242,715 | 234,898 | |
| - patent register hits | 47,949 | 39,592 | 48,557 | 74,082 | |
| - espacenet hits | 131,271 | 140,621 | 148,234 | 159,449 |
Annual report
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Published on: 14-04-2011|Changed on: 27-02-2012
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