- International families
- 8,6812015 to 2024
- Leading country
- United States1.9× the next
- All families
- 69khome filings included
- Over five years
- Falling2020 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 States
China
Japan
South Korea
Canada
Cayman Islands
United Kingdom
Taiwan
Germany
India
2,907
1,531
1,087
813
421
193
159
157
140
137
| 2000 to 2025 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States | 2,907 | 33.5% | 1.0× | 9,707 | |
| 2 | China | 1,531 | 17.6% | 0.5× | 41,841 | |
| 3 | Japan | 1,087 | 12.5% | 0.9× | 4,417 | |
| 4 | South Korea | 813 | 9.4% | 1.2× | 7,552 | |
| 5 | Canada | 421 | 4.8% | 0.9× | 814 | |
| 6 | Cayman Islands | 193 | 2.2% | 0.0× | 210 | |
| 7 | United Kingdom | 159 | 1.8% | 0.9× | 251 | |
| 8 | Taiwan | 157 | 1.8% | 0.6× | 1,263 | |
| 9 | Germany | 140 | 1.6% | 0.8× | 256 | |
| 10 | India | 137 | 1.6% | 1.2× | 219 | |
| 11 | Singapore | 124 | 1.4% | 0.9× | 152 | |
| 12 | Türkiye | 122 | 1.4% | 3.7× | 237 | |
| 13 | Australia | 111 | 1.3% | 0.5× | 255 | |
| 14 | Switzerland | 101 | 1.2% | 1.1× | 135 | |
| 15 | France | 86 | 1.0% | 0.5× | 161 | |
| 16 | Israel | 70 | 0.8% | 0.7× | 143 | |
| 17 | Hong Kong | 51 | 0.6% | 0.2× | 64 | |
| 18 | Russia | 48 | 0.6% | 0.4× | 86 | |
| 19 | Italy | 45 | 0.5% | 0.8× | 118 | |
| 20 | Ireland | 42 | 0.5% | 0.3× | 86 | |
| 21 | South Africa | 30 | 0.3% | 0.9× | 34 | |
| 22 | Sweden | 25 | 0.3% | 0.6× | 37 | |
| 23 | Belgium | 25 | 0.3% | 0.2× | 32 | |
| 24 | New Zealand | 22 | 0.3% | 2.7× | 24 | |
| 25 | Netherlands | 21 | 0.2% | 0.4× | 36 | |
| 26 | Brazil | 20 | 0.2% | 1.0× | 95 | |
| 27 | Malaysia | 18 | 0.2% | 0.3× | 32 | |
| 28 | Austria | 16 | 0.2% | 0.6× | 20 | |
| 29 | Spain | 15 | 0.2% | 0.5× | 30 | |
| 30 | Saudi Arabia | 14 | 0.2% | 13× | 19 | |
| 31 | Denmark | 6 | 0.1% | 5.0× | 6 | |
| 32 | Luxembourg | 6 | 0.1% | 2.0× | 9 | |
| 33 | Finland | 5 | 0.1% | 1.5× | 7 | |
| 34 | Norway | 4 | 0.0% | 0.0× | 4 | |
| 35 | Mexico | 3 | 0.0% | 0.5× | 10 | |
| 36 | Portugal | 3 | 0.0% | 2.0× | 6 | |
| 37 | Poland | 2 | 0.0% | 1.0× | 7 | |
| 38 | Liechtenstein | 2 | 0.0% | – | 2 | |
| 39 | Czechia | 1 | 0.0% | – | 2 | |
| 40 | Hungary | 1 | 0.0% | – | 2 |
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 Banks, Insurers & Systemic Institutions. Names are as held in the source and are not consolidated across subsidiaries.
Global
8,681 international families
PING AN TECH SHENZHEN CO LTD · China
ALIBABA GROUP HOLDING LTD · China
ALIBABA GROUP SERVICES LTD · Cayman Islands
ADVANCED NEW TECHNOLOGIES CO LTD · Cayman Islands
MASTERCARD INTERNATIONAL INC · United States
CAPITAL ONE SERVICES LLC · United States
529
282
221
206
203
187
United States
2,907 international families
MASTERCARD INTERNATIONAL INC
CAPITAL ONE SERVICES LLC
VISA INT SERVICE ASS
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK NA
ALLSTATE INSURANCE CO
NCR CORP
203
186
110
89
83
49
China
1,531 international families
PING AN TECH SHENZHEN CO LTD
ONE CONNECT SMART TECH CO LTD SHENZHEN
SHENZHEN ONECONNECT TECH CO LTD
ALIBABA GROUP HOLDING LTD
ALIPAY HANGZHOU INF TECH CO LTD
PING AN TECHNOLOGY SHENZHEN CO LTD
529
97
79
59
55
46
Japan
1,087 international families
GLORY KOGYO KK
NEC CORP
HITACHI LTD
TOYOTA MOTOR CO LTD
TOYOTA MOTOR CORP
OKI ELECTRIC IND CO LTD
103
100
65
58
58
49
South Korea
813 international families
HYOSUNG TNS INC
AIZEN GLOBAL CO INC
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO LTD
HYUNDAI MOTOR CO LTD
NAUTILUS HYOSUNG INC
COUPANG CORP
90
29
27
18
18
15
Canada
421 international families
TORONTO DOMINION BANK
CANADA LTD 10353744
ROYAL BANK OF CANADA
SHENZHEN CIFPAY NETWORK BANK TECH CO LTD
SUNING FINANCE TECH NANJING CO LTD
NOMURA RES INST LTD
110
80
48
44
13
11
Similar capabilities
The nine capabilities that share the most international patent families with Banks, Insurers & Systemic Institutions, 2015 to 2024: the families counted in both as a share of those counted in either. Each card shows its five largest countries.
Financial Strength
Banking System Capacity
56.6% shared · 4,913 families in both
United States
China
Japan
South Korea
Canada
1,677
722
638
486
297
Financial Strength
Long-Term & Institutional Capital
50.7% shared · 4,401 families in both
United States
China
Japan
South Korea
Canada
1,486
868
498
378
172
Financial Strength
Payment & Market Infrastructure Oversight
11.3% shared · 2,612 families in both
United States
China
South Korea
Japan
Cayman Islands
6,452
2,381
1,618
1,604
589
Strategic Infrastructure
Markets, Exchanges & Depositories
11.1% shared · 1,318 families in both
China
United States
Japan
South Korea
Cayman Islands
1,322
1,185
384
363
253
Financial Strength
Capital Markets Depth & Development
11.1% shared · 1,318 families in both
China
United States
Japan
South Korea
Cayman Islands
1,322
1,185
384
363
253
Strategic Infrastructure
Payments & Settlement Systems
10.5% shared · 3,226 families in both
United States
Japan
China
South Korea
Germany
8,689
3,604
3,322
2,540
750
Production & Innovation
Services Economy
9.1% shared · 7,657 families in both
United States
Japan
South Korea
China
Germany
24,048
16,321
11,491
8,566
3,398
Financial Strength
Currency Issuance & Digital Money
7.2% shared · 1,733 families in both
United States
Japan
China
South Korea
Germany
4,952
2,438
1,902
1,526
1,399
Financial Strength
Financial Inclusion & Household Access
5.7% shared · 922 families in both
United States
South Korea
China
Japan
France
3,362
961
951
791
329
Crosswalk
How Banks, Insurers & Systemic Institutions is matched to the patent classifications. The entries below were chosen for it; each stands for itself and everything beneath it in the scheme, 64 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G06Q40/02 | Banking, e.g. interest calculation or account maintenance | Banking systems: accounts and interest | 11 | 1 | 85,436 |
| G06Q40/03 | Credit; Loans; Processing thereof | Credit and loan processing | 14 | 1 | 39,850 |
| G06Q40/06 | Asset management; Financial planning or analysis | Asset management and financial planning | 9 | 1 | 46,490 |
| G06Q40/08 | Insurance | Insurance systems | 16 | 1 | 54,837 |
| G07F19/00 | Complete banking systems; Coded card-freed arrangements adapted for dispensing or receiving monies or the like and posting such transactions to existing accounts, e.g. automatic teller machines | Automated teller machines and banking terminals | 14 | 1 | 65,002 |
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 Banks, Insurers & Systemic Institutions: 64 codes on 275,278 documents. The full crosswalk is in the cpc-to-capability.csv download.
| Code | Title | Under entry | How placed | Documents |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| G06Q40/02 | Banking, e.g. interest calculation or account maintenance | G06Q40/02 | In the scheme | 68,345 |
| G06Q40/08 | Insurance | G06Q40/08 | In the scheme | 53,519 |
| G06Q40/06 | Asset management; Financial planning or analysis | G06Q40/06 | In the scheme | 45,735 |
| G06Q40/03 | Credit; Loans; Processing thereof | G06Q40/03 | In the scheme | 38,808 |
| G07F19/20 | Automatic teller machines [ATMs] | G07F19/00 | In the scheme | 17,652 |
| G07F19/201 | Accessories of ATMs | G07F19/00 | In the scheme | 9,607 |
| G07F19/205 | Housing aspects of ATMs | G07F19/00 | In the scheme | 6,098 |
| G07F19/202 | Depositing operations within ATMs | G07F19/00 | In the scheme | 5,943 |
| G07F19/203 | Dispensing operations within ATMs | G07F19/00 | In the scheme | 4,888 |
| G07F19/207 | Surveillance aspects at ATMs | G07F19/00 | In the scheme | 4,038 |
| G07F19/00 | Complete banking systems; Coded card-freed arrangements adapted for dispensing or receiving monies or the like and posting such transactions to existing accounts, e.g. automatic teller machines | G07F19/00 | In the scheme | 3,676 |
| G07F19/211 | Software architecture within ATMs or in relation to the ATM network | G07F19/00 | In the scheme | 3,615 |
| G07F19/206 | Software aspects at ATMs | G07F19/00 | In the scheme | 3,595 |
| G07F19/209 | Monitoring, auditing or diagnose of functioning of ATMs | G07F19/00 | In the scheme | 2,854 |
| G07F19/2055 | Anti-skimming aspects at ATMs | G07F19/00 | In the scheme | 1,867 |
| G07F19/204 | Loading of a stored value token using an ATM | G07F19/00 | In the scheme | 433 |
| G07F19/208 | Use of an ATM as a switch or hub | G07F19/00 | In the scheme | 378 |
| G07F19/21 | Retaining of the payment card by ATMs | G07F19/00 | In the scheme | 358 |
| G06Q40/024 | Anti-fraud, anti-money laundering or know-your-customer | G06Q40/02 | In the scheme | 236 |
| G06Q40/09 | Insurance using artificial intelligence, machine learning or neural networks | G06Q40/08 | In the scheme | 227 |
| G06Q40/0631 | Asset management predictions or forecasting using artificial intelligence, machine learning or neural networks | G06Q40/06 | In the scheme | 195 |
| G06Q40/084 | Insurance by insurance claims processing | G06Q40/08 | In the scheme | 182 |
| G06Q40/063 | Asset management predictions or forecasting | G06Q40/06 | In the scheme | 174 |
| G06Q40/062 | Investment screening, selection or watchlist | G06Q40/06 | In the scheme | 161 |
| G06Q40/033 | Analysing or forecasting financial condition of borrowers | G06Q40/03 | In the scheme | 157 |
| G06Q40/03055 | Platforms for credit or lending product research, comparison or matching using artificial intelligence, machine learning or neural networks | G06Q40/03 | In the scheme | 152 |
| G06Q40/082 | Insurance platforms for insurance research, comparison or matching insurance customers and providers using insurance risk factors | G06Q40/08 | In the scheme | 148 |
| G06Q40/0305 | Platforms for credit or lending product research, comparison or matching | G06Q40/03 | In the scheme | 136 |
| G06Q40/0822 | Insurance platforms for insurance research, comparison or matching insurance customers and providers using insurance risk factors by determining insurance risk or fault | G06Q40/08 | In the scheme | 135 |
| G06Q40/022 | Management of bank accounts, e.g. opening or closing of bank accounts, new customer bank accounts | G06Q40/02 | In the scheme | 125 |
| G06Q40/086 | Insurance by calculating insurance premiums for insurance policies | G06Q40/08 | In the scheme | 107 |
| G06Q40/034 | Loan servicing | G06Q40/03 | In the scheme | 106 |
| G06Q40/023 | Banking, e.g. interest calculation or account maintenance specially adapted for online banking | G06Q40/02 | In the scheme | 105 |
| G06Q40/031 | Credit restrictions on particular classes of purchases or children accounts | G06Q40/03 | In the scheme | 95 |
| G06Q40/0222 | Monitoring, detecting or alert notifications of bank account events | G06Q40/02 | In the scheme | 91 |
| G06Q40/083 | Insurance using fraud detection or prevention analysis | G06Q40/08 | In the scheme | 84 |
| G06Q40/0841 | Insurance by insurance claims processing using image analysis | G06Q40/08 | In the scheme | 82 |
| G06Q40/0842 | Insurance by insurance claims processing using sensors | G06Q40/08 | In the scheme | 77 |
| G06Q40/064 | Asset management; Financial planning or analysis including visualisation for planning or analysis | G06Q40/06 | In the scheme | 75 |
| G06Q40/039 | Personal or business loans | G06Q40/03 | In the scheme | 74 |
| G06Q40/026 | Banking interfaces | G06Q40/02 | In the scheme | 69 |
| G06Q40/03251 | Account notification, monitoring, detecting, or reporting therefor specially adapted for detecting or preventing credit or loan fraud using artificial intelligence, machine learning or neural networks | G06Q40/03 | In the scheme | 68 |
| G06Q40/085 | Insurance for coordinating insurance risk prevention measures for insurance policy coverage | G06Q40/08 | In the scheme | 63 |
| G06Q40/08221 | Insurance platforms for insurance research, comparison or matching insurance customers and providers using insurance risk factors by determining insurance risk or fault using vehicle data and driving data | G06Q40/08 | In the scheme | 62 |
| G06Q40/032 | Account notification, monitoring, detecting, or reporting therefor | G06Q40/03 | In the scheme | 60 |
| G06Q40/0325 | Account notification, monitoring, detecting, or reporting therefor specially adapted for detecting or preventing credit or loan fraud | G06Q40/03 | In the scheme | 59 |
| G06Q40/068 | Investment funding including crowdfunding or crowdlending | G06Q40/06 | In the scheme | 54 |
| G06Q40/0821 | Insurance platforms for insurance research, comparison or matching insurance customers and providers using insurance risk factors by recommending insurance products, customers or providers based on risk analysis | G06Q40/08 | In the scheme | 52 |
| G06Q40/038 | Car or vehicle loans | G06Q40/03 | In the scheme | 50 |
| G06Q40/036 | Mortgages | G06Q40/03 | In the scheme | 44 |
| G06Q40/066 | Retirement planning | G06Q40/06 | In the scheme | 38 |
| G06Q40/0221 | Intra-bank account relationships, e.g. sub-accounts, linked or joint accounts | G06Q40/02 | In the scheme | 36 |
| G06Q40/0861 | Insurance by calculating insurance premiums for insurance policies using sensors | G06Q40/08 | In the scheme | 34 |
| G06Q40/065 | Budgeting | G06Q40/06 | In the scheme | 31 |
| G06Q40/035 | Credit; Loans; Processing thereof using financial equations or formulas | G06Q40/03 | In the scheme | 29 |
| G06Q40/0225 | Bank transfers not related to payment transactions | G06Q40/02 | In the scheme | 28 |
| G06Q40/067 | Financial business planning | G06Q40/06 | In the scheme | 27 |
| G06Q40/08223 | Insurance platforms for insurance research, comparison or matching insurance customers and providers using insurance risk factors by determining insurance risk or fault by calculating potential insurance loss value | G06Q40/08 | In the scheme | 27 |
| G06Q40/029 | Banking at kiosks, computers, point of sale [POS] terminals or automated teller machines [ATM] | G06Q40/02 | In the scheme | 23 |
| G06Q40/087 | Insurance using annuities | G06Q40/08 | In the scheme | 22 |
| G06Q40/028 | Processing paper cheques | G06Q40/02 | In the scheme | 21 |
| G06Q40/0223 | For planning or pre-staging a bank account transaction | G06Q40/02 | In the scheme | 20 |
| G06Q40/08222 | Insurance platforms for insurance research, comparison or matching insurance customers and providers using insurance risk factors by determining insurance risk or fault by calculating actual insurance loss value | G06Q40/08 | In the scheme | 16 |
| G06Q40/037 | Revolving line of credit | G06Q40/03 | In the scheme | 12 |