- International families
- 222015 to 2024
- Leading country
- United Kingdom1.7× the next
- All families
- 53home filings included
- Over five years
- Rising2020 to 2024 against the five before
Year by year
Patent families by country of origin and the year of the earliest filing, 2000 to 2025; 2025 is a part year, still filling in. International families are those for which protection was sought beyond one country.
Volume
International patent families in the capability, by the year of the earliest filing.
Source: Global Institute for National Capability (GINC), 2026. Underlying patents from 107 patent offices, IFI CLAIMS and Google
Share by country
Each country's share of the year's international families, in per cent: the capability's five largest countries of origin, 2015 to 2024, and the rest of the world.
Source: Global Institute for National Capability (GINC), 2026. Underlying patents from 107 patent offices, IFI CLAIMS and Google
Country leaderboard
International patent families, 2015 to 2024, by country of origin. Growth compares the latest five full years with the five before.
Ten largest
United Kingdom
United States
Australia
China
Spain
New Zealand
Japan
South Korea
France
Italy
10
6
3
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
| 2000 to 2025 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United Kingdom | 10 | 45.5% | – | 13 | |
| 2 | United States | 6 | 27.3% | 0.5× | 12 | |
| 3 | Australia | 3 | 13.6% | 0.5× | 3 | |
| 4 | China | 1 | 4.5% | – | 16 | |
| 5 | Spain | 1 | 4.5% | 0.0× | 1 | |
| 6 | New Zealand | 1 | 4.5% | – | 1 | |
| 7 | Japan | 0 | 0.0% | – | 1 | |
| 8 | South Korea | 0 | 0.0% | – | 1 | |
| 9 | France | 0 | 0.0% | – | 1 | |
| 10 | Italy | 0 | 0.0% | – | 1 | |
| 11 | Canada | 0 | 0.0% | – | 2 | |
| 12 | Brazil | 0 | 0.0% | – | 1 |
Applicants
The largest applicants by international patent families, 2015 to 2024: across the world, then within each of the five countries with the most families in Amphibious & Expeditionary Operations. Names are as held in the source and are not consolidated across subsidiaries.
Global
22 international families
BAE SYSTEMS PLC · United Kingdom
OCKERMAN AUTOMATION CONSULTING INC · United States
BIRDON (UK) LTD · United Kingdom
BRYHAM MAURICE JOHN · New Zealand
CRACKNELL GARY · Australia
CURTIS TIMOTHY · United Kingdom
10
2
1
1
1
1
United Kingdom
10 international families
BAE SYSTEMS PLC
10
United States
6 international families
OCKERMAN AUTOMATION CONSULTING INC
BIRDON (UK) LTD
CURTIS TIMOTHY
DAY THOMAS M
LEIMBACH WENDELL B
PECORARO GRANT C
2
1
1
1
1
1
Australia
3 international families
CRACKNELL GARY
Navantia Australia Pty Ltd
PIONEER MARITIME PTY LTD
SEA TRANSP DESIGN PTY LTD
1
1
1
1
China
1 international families
HUANENG ZHEJIANG ENERGY DEV CO LTD YUHUAN BRANCH
YUHUAN BRANCH HUANENG ZHEJIANG ENERGY DEV CO LTD
1
1
Spain
1 international families
NAVANTIA S A
1
Similar capabilities
The nine capabilities that share the most international patent families with Amphibious & Expeditionary Operations, 2015 to 2024: the families counted in both as a share of those counted in either. Each card shows its five largest countries.
National Security
Sea Control
2.8% shared · 6 families in both
Germany
United States
United Kingdom
France
South Korea
37
32
31
25
13
Strategic Infrastructure
Seaports & Terminals
0.3% shared · 9 families in both
China
Japan
United States
France
South Korea
482
422
420
416
286
Strategic Infrastructure
Inland Waterways & Ferries
0.1% shared · 2 families in both
Japan
China
United States
South Korea
United Kingdom
324
216
161
124
46
Trade & Investment
Maritime & Logistics Services
0.0% shared · 8 families in both
United States
Japan
China
Germany
South Korea
8,146
6,361
4,144
3,442
2,840
Critical Technology
Uncrewed & Collaborative Systems
0.0% shared · 1 families in both
United States
Japan
China
South Korea
Germany
3,995
3,332
3,111
1,460
958
Strategic Infrastructure
Oil & Gas Extraction
0.0% shared · 2 families in both
United States
China
Saudi Arabia
France
Norway
17,083
4,363
2,572
1,718
1,707
Strategic Infrastructure
Roads & Bridges
0.0% shared · 1 families in both
China
United States
Japan
Germany
South Korea
4,101
4,012
3,973
2,790
1,426
Production & Innovation
Manufacturing & Advanced Industry
0.0% shared · 5 families in both
Japan
United States
Germany
China
South Korea
138,612
87,628
76,621
49,292
40,578
Crosswalk
How Amphibious & Expeditionary Operations is matched to the patent classifications. The entries below were chosen for it; each stands for itself and everything beneath it in the scheme, 1 Cooperative entries in all. A patent family counts when any of its codes, in either scheme and at any office, falls under one of them. Codes since retired are placed under the entries that replaced them.
| Entry | Title in the scheme | Why it is chosen | CPC codes | IPC codes | Documents |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| B63B2035/001 | Vessels or similar floating structures specially adapted for specific purposes and not otherwise provided for for beach loading or unloading, e.g. landing crafts | Landing craft and other beach-loading vessels | 1 | none | 153 |
CPC and IPC codes are the codes in use on patent documents, at any office, that fall under the entry. Documents is the larger of the two schemes' counts of documents carrying one of them. An entry with no IPC codes can be told apart only in the Cooperative scheme.
The Cooperative codes in use that count towards Amphibious & Expeditionary Operations: 1 codes on 153 documents. The full crosswalk is in the cpc-to-capability.csv download.
| Code | Title | Under entry | How placed | Documents |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| B63B2035/001 | Vessels or similar floating structures specially adapted for specific purposes and not otherwise provided for for beach loading or unloading, e.g. landing crafts | B63B2035/001 | In the scheme | 153 |