- International families
- 4092015 to 2024
- Leading country
- United States2.5× the next
- All families
- 1,277home filings included
- Over five years
- Steady2020 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
Germany
South Korea
France
United Kingdom
China
Israel
Australia
Japan
Switzerland
133
53
37
28
26
21
17
12
11
11
| 2000 to 2025 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States | 133 | 32.5% | 1.0× | 257 | |
| 2 | Germany | 53 | 13.0% | 0.7× | 78 | |
| 3 | South Korea | 37 | 9.0% | 1.2× | 271 | |
| 4 | France | 28 | 6.8% | 1.0× | 45 | |
| 5 | United Kingdom | 26 | 6.4% | 0.9× | 34 | |
| 6 | China | 21 | 5.1% | 1.3× | 328 | |
| 7 | Israel | 17 | 4.2% | 0.2× | 21 | |
| 8 | Australia | 12 | 2.9% | 1.4× | 14 | |
| 9 | Japan | 11 | 2.7% | 1.2× | 92 | |
| 10 | Switzerland | 11 | 2.7% | 1.8× | 12 | |
| 11 | Canada | 9 | 2.2% | 2.0× | 13 | |
| 12 | Spain | 6 | 1.5% | 5.0× | 8 | |
| 13 | Belgium | 6 | 1.5% | 5.0× | 7 | |
| 14 | Finland | 5 | 1.2% | 0.7× | 6 | |
| 15 | Türkiye | 5 | 1.2% | 4.0× | 6 | |
| 16 | Taiwan | 4 | 1.0% | 3.0× | 13 | |
| 17 | Sweden | 3 | 0.7% | 2.0× | 3 | |
| 18 | Russia | 3 | 0.7% | 0.5× | 22 | |
| 19 | Italy | 2 | 0.5% | 0.0× | 7 | |
| 20 | India | 2 | 0.5% | 1.0× | 2 | |
| 21 | Ireland | 2 | 0.5% | 0.0× | 2 | |
| 22 | Poland | 2 | 0.5% | 1.0× | 8 | |
| 23 | Austria | 1 | 0.2% | 0.0× | 1 | |
| 24 | Norway | 1 | 0.2% | 0.0× | 2 | |
| 25 | Hong Kong | 1 | 0.2% | 0.0× | 1 | |
| 26 | Czechia | 1 | 0.2% | – | 7 | |
| 27 | Singapore | 0 | 0.0% | – | 1 | |
| 28 | Brazil | 0 | 0.0% | – | 3 |
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 CBRN Defence. Names are as held in the source and are not consolidated across subsidiaries.
Global
409 international families
RESCUE AIR SYSTEMS INC · United States
BLUECHER GMBH · Germany
TURIELLO ANTHONY J · United States
BETH EL ZIKHRON YAAQOV IND LTD · Israel
COMMISSARIAT ENERGIE ATOMIQUE · France
JONATHAN SCHNEIDER · Israel
17
15
13
10
10
10
United States
133 international families
RESCUE AIR SYSTEMS INC
TURIELLO ANTHONY J
HONEYWELL INT INC
BATTELLE MEMORIAL INSTITUTE
DUPONT SAFETY & CONSTRUCTION INC
3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES CO
17
13
8
6
5
3
Germany
53 international families
BLUECHER GMBH
MEIKO MASCHINENBAU GMBH & CO
FOERSTER INST DR GMBH & CO KG
DRAEGER SAFETY AG & CO KGAA
BUNDESREPUBLIK DEUTSCHLAND VERTRETEN DURCH DEN BUNDESMINISTER FUR WIRTSCH UND ENERGIE DIESER VERTRET
ALTINGER TESIMAX GMBH
15
7
5
4
3
2
South Korea
37 international families
AGENCY DEFENSE DEV
KIM JUNG GYU
E&F TECH CO LTD
KOREA INST SCI & TECH
SANCHEONG CO LTD
TL CO LTD
9
3
2
2
2
2
France
28 international families
COMMISSARIAT ENERGIE ATOMIQUE
CENTRE NAT RECH SCIENT
PAUL BOYE TECH
EUROPROTECT FRANCE SA
SAFRAN ELECTRONICS & DEFENSE
UTILIS
10
4
3
2
2
2
United Kingdom
26 international families
DYSON TECHNOLOGY LTD
SMITHS DETECTION WATFORD LTD
HEATHCOAT FABRICS LTD
NONWOVENN LTD
RESPIREX INT LTD
RESPIREX INTERNAT LTD
3
3
2
2
2
2
Similar capabilities
The nine capabilities that share the most international patent families with CBRN Defence, 2015 to 2024: the families counted in both as a share of those counted in either. Each card shows its five largest countries.
Governance & Integrity
Civil Protection & Emergency Management
2.2% shared · 322 families in both
United States
South Korea
China
Germany
Japan
3,773
1,821
1,687
1,350
1,052
National Security
Operational Sustainment & War Reserves
0.5% shared · 4 families in both
United States
Germany
France
United Kingdom
China
88
67
32
24
23
Critical Technology
Energetic Materials
0.4% shared · 4 families in both
United States
France
China
Germany
Japan
166
62
59
59
41
Strategic Infrastructure
Military Bases & Installations
0.3% shared · 6 families in both
United States
Germany
South Korea
United Kingdom
Japan
353
218
111
100
84
National Security
Defence Industrial Mobilisation
0.3% shared · 2 families in both
United States
Germany
France
China
United Kingdom
96
38
34
29
27
Strategic Infrastructure
Mining & Quarrying
0.3% shared · 12 families in both
China
United States
Germany
Australia
South Africa
1,624
664
351
271
185
Strategic Infrastructure
Nuclear Fuel Cycle & Radioactive Waste
0.2% shared · 6 families in both
United States
South Korea
France
Japan
China
589
294
275
227
207
Strategic Infrastructure
Manufacturing Facilities
0.2% shared · 5 families in both
United States
France
Germany
United Kingdom
Japan
892
274
266
193
97
Strategic Infrastructure
Emergency Services & Civil Protection
0.2% shared · 35 families in both
United States
Japan
South Korea
China
Germany
4,379
2,906
2,123
1,861
1,333
Crosswalk
How CBRN Defence is matched to the patent classifications. The entries below were chosen for it; each stands for itself and everything beneath it in the scheme, 9 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A62D5/00 | Composition of materials for coverings or clothing affording protection against harmful chemical agents | Materials for clothing that protects against chemical agents | 1 | 1 | 2,388 |
| A62B17/006 | Protective clothing affording protection against heat or harmful chemical agents or for use at high altitudes against contamination from chemicals, toxic or hostile environments; ABC suits | Protective suits against chemical, biological and nuclear contamination | 1 | none | 2,632 |
| A62D2101/02 | Chemical warfare substances, e.g. cholinesterase inhibitors | Neutralising chemical warfare agents | 1 | none | 1,956 |
| A62B29/00 | Devices, e.g. installations, for rendering harmless or for keeping off harmful chemical agents | Installations for neutralising or keeping off harmful chemical agents | 1 | 2 | 640 |
| A62B13/00 | Special devices for ventilating gasproof shelters | Ventilation of gasproof shelters | 1 | 1 | 2,172 |
| A62B23/04 | Filters for breathing-protection purposes for gasproof shelters | Air filters for gasproof shelters | 1 | 1 | 716 |
| A62B15/00 | Installations affording protection against poisonous or injurious substances, e.g. with separate breathing apparatus | Collective protection installations against poisonous substances | 1 | 1 | 855 |
| G01N33/0057 | Warfare agents or explosives | Detecting chemical warfare agents or explosives | 1 | none | 1,978 |
| B01D2259/4583 | Gas separation or purification devices adapted for specific applications for removing chemical, biological and nuclear warfare agents | Air purification removing chemical, biological and nuclear warfare agents | 1 | none | 537 |
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 CBRN Defence: 9 codes on 12,282 documents. The full crosswalk is in the cpc-to-capability.csv download.
| Code | Title | Under entry | How placed | Documents |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A62B17/006 | Protective clothing affording protection against heat or harmful chemical agents or for use at high altitudes against contamination from chemicals, toxic or hostile environments; ABC suits | A62B17/006 | In the scheme | 2,632 |
| A62D5/00 | Composition of materials for coverings or clothing affording protection against harmful chemical agents | A62D5/00 | In the scheme | 2,245 |
| G01N33/0057 | Warfare agents or explosives | G01N33/0057 | In the scheme | 1,978 |
| A62D2101/02 | Chemical warfare substances, e.g. cholinesterase inhibitors | A62D2101/02 | In the scheme | 1,956 |
| A62B13/00 | Special devices for ventilating gasproof shelters | A62B13/00 | In the scheme | 1,377 |
| A62B15/00 | Installations affording protection against poisonous or injurious substances, e.g. with separate breathing apparatus | A62B15/00 | In the scheme | 755 |
| B01D2259/4583 | Gas separation or purification devices adapted for specific applications for removing chemical, biological and nuclear warfare agents | B01D2259/4583 | In the scheme | 537 |
| A62B23/04 | Filters for breathing-protection purposes for gasproof shelters | A62B23/04 | In the scheme | 435 |
| A62B29/00 | Devices, e.g. installations, for rendering harmless or for keeping off harmful chemical agents | A62B29/00 | In the scheme | 367 |
Other capabilities in Joint Command, Projection & Sustainment
- Command, Control & Communications
- Strategic Lift & Mobility
- Expeditionary & Peace Operations
- Operational Sustainment & War Reserves
- Defence Industrial Mobilisation