- International families
- 4,5102015 to 2024
- Leading country
- China1.4× the next
- All families
- 67khome 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
China
United States
Japan
Norway
South Korea
Germany
France
Taiwan
United Kingdom
Denmark
887
642
521
475
307
165
137
106
106
102
| 2000 to 2025 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | China | 887 | 19.7% | 1.9× | 53,572 | |
| 2 | United States | 642 | 14.2% | 1.2× | 1,387 | |
| 3 | Japan | 521 | 11.6% | 1.1× | 2,351 | |
| 4 | Norway | 475 | 10.5% | 1.0× | 737 | |
| 5 | South Korea | 307 | 6.8% | 1.0× | 5,736 | |
| 6 | Germany | 165 | 3.7% | 0.9× | 256 | |
| 7 | France | 137 | 3.0% | 1.0× | 251 | |
| 8 | Taiwan | 106 | 2.4% | 0.6× | 545 | |
| 9 | United Kingdom | 106 | 2.4% | 1.5× | 150 | |
| 10 | Denmark | 102 | 2.3% | 0.8× | 119 | |
| 11 | Netherlands | 94 | 2.1% | 0.7× | 116 | |
| 12 | Canada | 85 | 1.9% | 0.8× | 144 | |
| 13 | Australia | 83 | 1.8% | 1.2× | 148 | |
| 14 | Israel | 65 | 1.4% | 0.8× | 68 | |
| 15 | Spain | 62 | 1.4% | 1.8× | 112 | |
| 16 | Italy | 42 | 0.9% | 1.6× | 94 | |
| 17 | Sweden | 39 | 0.9% | 0.7× | 44 | |
| 18 | Singapore | 38 | 0.8% | 1.0× | 42 | |
| 19 | Switzerland | 34 | 0.8% | 1.0× | 38 | |
| 20 | India | 33 | 0.7% | 0.9× | 43 | |
| 21 | Finland | 31 | 0.7% | 1.2× | 42 | |
| 22 | Türkiye | 25 | 0.6% | 1.8× | 60 | |
| 23 | New Zealand | 24 | 0.5% | 0.8× | 35 | |
| 24 | Russia | 23 | 0.5% | 0.3× | 236 | |
| 25 | Portugal | 22 | 0.5% | 0.4× | 33 | |
| 26 | Ireland | 18 | 0.4% | 1.3× | 22 | |
| 27 | Austria | 16 | 0.4% | 1.0× | 18 | |
| 28 | Mexico | 14 | 0.3% | 0.4× | 59 | |
| 29 | Belgium | 13 | 0.3% | 0.3× | 18 | |
| 30 | Hong Kong | 13 | 0.3% | 0.9× | 15 | |
| 31 | Brazil | 8 | 0.2% | 0.3× | 96 | |
| 32 | Saudi Arabia | 8 | 0.2% | 0.1× | 10 | |
| 33 | South Africa | 7 | 0.2% | 0.4× | 7 | |
| 34 | Poland | 6 | 0.1% | 0.2× | 59 | |
| 35 | Hungary | 6 | 0.1% | 5.0× | 11 | |
| 36 | Malaysia | 5 | 0.1% | 0.0× | 17 | |
| 37 | Luxembourg | 3 | 0.1% | 0.5× | 3 | |
| 38 | Czechia | 2 | 0.0% | 1.0× | 10 |
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 Fisheries & Aquaculture. Names are as held in the source and are not consolidated across subsidiaries.
Global
4,510 international families
NORDISCHER MASCHINENBAU · Germany
X DEV LLC · United States
FISHERY MACHINERY & INSTRUMENT RES INST CAFS · China
TIDALX AI INC · United States
SIGNIFY HOLDING BV · Netherlands
FURUNO ELECTRIC CO · Japan
62
48
39
30
22
21
China
887 international families
FISHERY MACHINERY & INSTRUMENT RES INST CAFS
UNIV SHANGHAI OCEAN
TANGSHAN HARBIN SHIP TECH CO LTD
YELLOW SEA FISHERIES RES INST CHINESE ACAD FISHERY SCIENCES
TANGSHAN HYDRIENCE MARINE TECH CO LTD
UNIV GUANGDONG OCEAN
39
21
20
20
18
18
United States
642 international families
X DEV LLC
TIDALX AI INC
SPECTRUM BRANDS INC
LAITRAM LLC
RUNNING TIDE TECH INC
AQUABYTE INC
48
30
18
12
11
10
Japan
521 international families
FURUNO ELECTRIC CO
NIPPON SUISAN KAISHA LTD
NISSUI CORP
NEC CORP
SOFTBANK CORP
NATIONAL UNIV CORPORATION TOKYO UNIV OF MARINE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
21
19
16
15
15
10
Norway
475 international families
SEARAS AS
MMC FIRST PROCESS AS
Watermoon AS
Mowi ASA
SEAFARMING SYSTEMS AS
SFS GROUP AS
16
15
8
7
7
7
South Korea
307 international families
KOREA INST OCEAN SCI & TECH
REPUBLIC KOREA NAT FISHERIES RES & DEVELOPMENT INST
NAT UNIV PUKYONG IND UNIV COOP FOUND
LEE KWANG BOK
ECINU CO LTD
SHUE TCO CO LTD
15
10
6
5
4
4
Similar capabilities
The nine capabilities that share the most international patent families with Fisheries & Aquaculture, 2015 to 2024: the families counted in both as a share of those counted in either. Each card shows its five largest countries.
Production & Innovation
Agrifood & Primary Production
3.4% shared · 4,306 families in both
United States
Japan
China
Germany
South Korea
28,708
17,669
15,613
10,229
9,737
Strategic Infrastructure
Livestock & Veterinary
2.0% shared · 237 families in both
United States
China
Japan
Germany
South Korea
1,532
997
648
576
537
Strategic Infrastructure
Dams, Reservoirs & Flood Defence
1.7% shared · 123 families in both
China
United States
Germany
Japan
South Korea
808
403
293
212
172
Strategic Infrastructure
Wastewater & Sanitation
1.5% shared · 483 families in both
United States
China
Japan
South Korea
Germany
5,326
5,281
4,432
2,243
2,077
Governance & Integrity
Recovery, Continuity & Adaptation
1.5% shared · 98 families in both
China
United States
Japan
South Korea
Italy
513
307
286
199
125
Strategic Infrastructure
Water Supply & Treatment
1.3% shared · 362 families in both
United States
China
Japan
South Korea
Germany
5,013
4,301
3,866
1,986
1,665
National Security
Sea Denial & Undersea Warfare
0.8% shared · 50 families in both
United States
Germany
China
France
Japan
308
277
266
139
138
Strategic Infrastructure
Storage, Cold Chain & Markets
0.8% shared · 70 families in both
United States
China
Japan
Germany
South Korea
1,169
539
507
285
282
Strategic Infrastructure
Seaports & Terminals
0.8% shared · 62 families in both
China
Japan
United States
France
South Korea
482
422
420
416
286
Crosswalk
How Fisheries & Aquaculture is matched to the patent classifications. The entries below were chosen for it; each stands for itself and everything beneath it in the scheme, 109 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A01K61/00 | Culture of aquatic animals | Culture of fish, shellfish and other aquatic animals | 36 | 28 | 140,353 |
| A01K63/00 | Receptacles for live fish, e.g. aquaria; Terraria | Fish tanks and pond water treatment | 9 | 5 | 137,595 |
| A01K69/00 | Stationary catching devices | Stationary fish-catching devices and traps | 6 | 6 | 9,776 |
| A01K73/00 | Drawn nets | Trawls and other drawn fishing nets | 12 | 9 | 11,527 |
| A01K75/00 | Accessories for fishing nets; Details of fishing nets, e.g. structure | Fishing net details and accessories | 5 | 4 | 11,358 |
| A01K79/00 | Methods or means of catching fish in bulk not provided for in groups A01K69/00 - A01K77/00, e.g. fish pumps; Detection of fish; Whale fishery | Bulk fish catching, fish pumps and fish detection | 2 | 2 | 11,257 |
| A01K80/00 | Harvesting oysters, mussels, sponges or the like | Harvesting oysters, mussels and similar shellfish | 2 | 1 | 4,152 |
| B63B35/14 | Fishing vessels | Fishing vessels | 7 | 7 | 5,555 |
| A22C25/00 | Processing fish ; Curing of fish; Stunning of fish by electric current; Investigating fish by optical means | Fish processing and curing | 22 | 13 | 41,496 |
| A22C29/00 | Processing shellfish or bivalves, e.g. oysters, lobsters; Devices therefor, e.g. claw locks, claw crushers, grading devices; Processing lines | Shellfish processing | 14 | 3 | 14,286 |
| A01G33/00 | Cultivation of seaweed or algae | Seaweed and algae cultivation | 1 | 2 | 15,365 |
| Y02A40/81 | Aquaculture, e.g. of fish | Tagged aquaculture technologies | 2 | none | 164,297 |
| A01K63/003 | Aquaria; Terraria | Left out |
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 Fisheries & Aquaculture: 118 codes on 388,745 documents. The full crosswalk is in the cpc-to-capability.csv download.
| Code | Title | Under entry | How placed | Documents |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Y02A40/81 | Aquaculture, e.g. of fish | Y02A40/81 | In the scheme | 144,203 |
| Y02A40/818 | Alternative feeds for fish, e.g. in aquacultures | Y02A40/81 | In the scheme | 20,094 |
| A01K63/04 | Arrangements for treating water specially adapted to receptacles for live fish | A01K63/00 | In the scheme | 15,472 |
| A01K63/042 | Introducing gases into the water, e.g. aerators, air pumps | A01K63/00 | In the scheme | 13,730 |
| A01K61/10 | Culture of aquatic animals of fish | A01K61/00 | In the scheme | 12,518 |
| A01K61/60 | Floating cultivation devices, e.g. rafts or floating fish-farms | A01K61/00 | In the scheme | 10,885 |
| A01K61/00 | Culture of aquatic animals | A01K61/00 | In the scheme | 10,878 |
| A01K63/045 | Filters for aquaria | A01K63/00 | In the scheme | 10,579 |
| A01K61/80 | Feeding devices | A01K61/00 | In the scheme | 8,633 |
| A01G33/00 | Cultivation of seaweed or algae | A01G33/00 | In the scheme | 8,375 |
| A01K61/59 | Culture of aquatic animals of shellfish of crustaceans, e.g. lobsters or shrimps | A01K61/00 | In the scheme | 6,352 |
| A01K61/54 | Culture of aquatic animals of shellfish of bivalves, e.g. oysters or mussels | A01K61/00 | In the scheme | 5,636 |
| A01K63/00 | Receptacles for live fish, e.g. aquaria; Terraria | A01K63/00 | In the scheme | 4,902 |
| A01K61/13 | Prevention or treatment of fish diseases | A01K61/00 | In the scheme | 4,577 |
| A01K63/047 | Liquid pumps for aquaria | A01K63/00 | In the scheme | 4,310 |
| A01K63/065 | Heating or cooling devices | A01K63/00 | In the scheme | 4,280 |
| A01K79/00 | Methods or means of catching fish in bulk not provided for in groups A01K69/00 - A01K77/00, e.g. fish pumps; Detection of fish; Whale fishery | A01K79/00 | In the scheme | 4,151 |
| A22C25/08 | Holding, guiding, or conveying fish before, during or after its preparation ; Devices for sizing fish; Automatically adapting conveyors or processing machines to the measured size | A22C25/00 | In the scheme | 4,128 |
| A01K75/00 | Accessories for fishing nets; Details of fishing nets, e.g. structure | A01K75/00 | In the scheme | 3,759 |
| A01K61/65 | Connecting or mooring devices therefor | A01K61/00 | In the scheme | 3,507 |
| A01K63/06 | Arrangements for heating or lighting in, or attached to, receptacles for live fish | A01K63/00 | In the scheme | 3,444 |
| A01K63/02 | Receptacles specially adapted for transporting live fish | A01K63/00 | In the scheme | 3,419 |
| A01K61/95 | Sorting, grading, counting or marking live aquatic animals, e.g. sex determination specially adapted for fish | A01K61/00 | In the scheme | 3,144 |
| A01K63/10 | Cleaning bottoms or walls of ponds or receptacles | A01K63/00 | In the scheme | 3,113 |
| A01K61/70 | Artificial fishing banks or reefs | A01K61/00 | In the scheme | 3,015 |
| A01K61/17 | Hatching, e.g. incubators | A01K61/00 | In the scheme | 2,732 |
| A01K61/90 | Sorting, grading, counting or marking live aquatic animals, e.g. sex determination | A01K61/00 | In the scheme | 2,549 |
| A22C25/16 | Removing fish-bones; Filleting fish | A22C25/00 | In the scheme | 2,543 |
| A01K80/00 | Harvesting oysters, mussels, sponges or the like | A01K80/00 | In the scheme | 2,530 |
| A01K79/02 | Methods or means of catching fish in bulk not provided for in groups A01K69/00 - A01K77/00, e.g. fish pumps; Detection of fish; Whale fishery by electrocution | A01K79/00 | In the scheme | 2,439 |
| A22C25/00 | Processing fish ; Curing of fish; Stunning of fish by electric current; Investigating fish by optical means | A22C25/00 | In the scheme | 2,400 |
| A01K61/85 | Feeding devices for use with aquaria | A01K61/00 | In the scheme | 2,083 |
| A22C25/02 | Washing or descaling fish | A22C25/00 | In the scheme | 1,922 |
| A01K73/02 | Trawling nets | A01K73/00 | In the scheme | 1,872 |
| A22C25/18 | Cutting fish into portions | A22C25/00 | In the scheme | 1,806 |
| A01K69/06 | Traps | A01K69/00 | In the scheme | 1,778 |
| A22C25/145 | Eviscerating fish | A22C25/00 | In the scheme | 1,653 |
| A01K73/06 | Hauling devices for the headlines | A01K73/00 | In the scheme | 1,554 |
| A22C25/14 | Beheading, eviscerating, or cleaning fish | A22C25/00 | In the scheme | 1,501 |
| A01K69/08 | Rigid traps, e.g. lobster pots | A01K69/00 | In the scheme | 1,375 |
| A01K61/73 | Artificial fishing banks or reefs assembled of components | A01K61/00 | In the scheme | 1,358 |
| A22C25/17 | Skinning fish | A22C25/00 | In the scheme | 1,355 |
| A01K75/04 | Floats | A01K75/00 | In the scheme | 1,282 |
| B63B35/14 | Fishing vessels | B63B35/14 | In the scheme | 1,237 |
| A22C25/142 | Beheading fish | A22C25/00 | In the scheme | 1,233 |
| A01K73/045 | Devices for spreading or positioning, e.g. control thereof for lateral sheering, e.g. trawl boards | A01K73/00 | In the scheme | 1,190 |
| A01K61/51 | Culture of aquatic animals of shellfish of gastropods, e.g. abalones or turban snails | A01K61/00 | In the scheme | 1,183 |
| A22C25/12 | Arranging fish, e.g. according to the position of head and tail | A22C25/00 | In the scheme | 1,173 |
| A22C29/026 | Mechanically peeling and shelling shrimps, prawns or other soft-shelled crustaceans | A22C29/00 | In the scheme | 1,128 |
| A22C25/04 | Sorting fish; Separating ice from fish packed in ice | A22C25/00 | In the scheme | 1,121 |
| A22C29/043 | Cleaning operations on bivalves, e.g. evisceration, brushing, separation of meat and shell material | A22C29/00 | In the scheme | 1,084 |
| A01K61/50 | Culture of aquatic animals of shellfish | A01K61/00 | In the scheme | 1,054 |
| A22C29/02 | Processing shrimps, lobsters or the like ; Methods or machines for the shelling of shellfish | A22C29/00 | In the scheme | 1,020 |
| A22C29/021 | Cleaning operations on shellfish, e.g. evisceration, brushing | A22C29/00 | In the scheme | 969 |
| A22C29/046 | Opening or shucking bivalves | A22C29/00 | In the scheme | 911 |
| A22C29/023 | Conveying, feeding or aligning shellfish | A22C29/00 | In the scheme | 887 |
| A22C29/005 | Grading or classifying shellfish or bivalves | A22C29/00 | In the scheme | 878 |
| A22C29/00 | Processing shellfish or bivalves, e.g. oysters, lobsters; Devices therefor, e.g. claw locks, claw crushers, grading devices; Processing lines | A22C29/00 | In the scheme | 867 |
| A01K61/55 | Baskets therefor | A01K61/00 | In the scheme | 855 |
| A01K73/04 | Devices for spreading or positioning, e.g. control thereof | A01K73/00 | In the scheme | 850 |
| A01K61/30 | Culture of aquatic animals of sponges, sea urchins or sea cucumbers | A01K61/00 | In the scheme | 842 |
| A22C25/166 | Removing loose pin bones, e.g. from fish fillets | A22C25/00 | In the scheme | 818 |
| A01K73/12 | Nets held vertically in the water, e.g. seines | A01K73/00 | In the scheme | 790 |
| A22C25/003 | Processing cephalopods | A22C25/00 | In the scheme | 787 |
| A01K61/20 | Culture of aquatic animals of zooplankton, e.g. water fleas or Rotatoria | A01K61/00 | In the scheme | 777 |
| A22C25/06 | Work-tables; Fish-holding and auxiliary devices in connection with work-tables | A22C25/00 | In the scheme | 727 |
| A22C25/20 | Shredding; Cutting into cubes; Flaking | A22C25/00 | In the scheme | 724 |
| A01K69/00 | Stationary catching devices | A01K69/00 | In the scheme | 695 |
| A01K69/10 | Collapsible traps | A01K69/00 | In the scheme | 674 |
| A22C29/04 | Processing bivalves, e.g. oysters | A22C29/00 | In the scheme | 643 |
| A01K75/06 | Sinkers | A01K75/00 | In the scheme | 610 |
| A01K61/77 | Artificial fishing banks or reefs of monolithic form, e.g. blocks | A01K61/00 | In the scheme | 606 |
| A01K61/40 | Culture of aquatic animals of annelids, e.g. lugworms or Eunice | A01K61/00 | In the scheme | 545 |
| B63B35/26 | Fish holds for live fish | B63B35/14 | In the scheme | 512 |
| A01K61/78 | Arrangements for sinking or mooring thereof | A01K61/00 | In the scheme | 507 |
| A22C29/025 | Mechanically opening and shelling crabs, lobsters or other hard-shelled crustaceans | A22C29/00 | In the scheme | 475 |
| A22C25/025 | Devices for washing or descaling fish by hand | A22C25/00 | In the scheme | 417 |
| A22C29/024 | Opening, shelling or peeling shellfish | A22C29/00 | In the scheme | 413 |
| A22C29/022 | Deveining shellfish | A22C29/00 | In the scheme | 410 |
| A22C25/147 | Eviscerating by means of vacuum or suction devices | A22C25/00 | In the scheme | 402 |
| B63B35/24 | Fish holds | B63B35/14 | In the scheme | 398 |
| A01K61/75 | Artificial fishing banks or reefs floating | A01K61/00 | In the scheme | 390 |
| A01K73/00 | Drawn nets | A01K73/00 | In the scheme | 385 |
| A01K75/02 | Illuminating devices for nets | A01K75/00 | In the scheme | 380 |
| A22C29/028 | Beheading shellfish | A22C29/00 | In the scheme | 370 |
| B63B35/18 | Trawlers adapted to dragging nets aboard | B63B35/14 | In the scheme | 360 |
| A01K61/56 | Culture of aquatic animals of shellfish of bivalves, e.g. oysters or mussels for pearl production | A01K61/00 | In the scheme | 341 |
| B63B35/16 | Trawlers | B63B35/14 | In the scheme | 326 |
| A01K73/025 | Regulation of net depth | A01K73/00 | In the scheme | 289 |
| A01K73/10 | Determining the quantity of the catch, e.g. by the pull or drag on the lines | A01K73/00 | In the scheme | 283 |
| A22C25/006 | Hand tools for processing fish | A22C25/00 | In the scheme | 263 |
| A01K69/04 | Fixed nets with traps | A01K69/00 | In the scheme | 244 |
| A01K73/05 | Devices for spreading or positioning, e.g. control thereof for vertical sheering | A01K73/00 | In the scheme | 233 |
| A22C25/22 | Fish-rolling apparatus | A22C25/00 | In the scheme | 214 |
| A01K69/02 | Fixed nets without traps | A01K69/00 | In the scheme | 210 |
| B63B35/20 | Trawlers adapted to hoisting nets aboard | B63B35/14 | In the scheme | 200 |
| A01K61/53 | Baskets therefor | A01K61/00 | In the scheme | 192 |
| A01K61/57 | Pearl seeds | A01K61/00 | In the scheme | 188 |
| A01K75/005 | Net structures, e.g. structural arrangements of net panels | A01K75/00 | In the scheme | 187 |
| A01K61/002 | Retired code | A01K61/00 | Retired, by main group | 156 |
| A22C25/163 | Removing the fins | A22C25/00 | In the scheme | 154 |
| A01K73/053 | Ground-line rollers | A01K73/00 | In the scheme | 139 |
| A01K61/007 | Retired code | A01K61/00 | Retired, by main group | 126 |
| A01K73/063 | Trawling nets having excluder device | A01K73/00 | In the scheme | 96 |
| A01K80/005 | Sleds running on the bottom for catching ground-living or underground-living aquatic organisms | A01K80/00 | In the scheme | 92 |
| A22C25/10 | Devices for threading fish on strings or the like | A22C25/00 | In the scheme | 89 |
| A22C29/027 | Hand tools for shelling shellfish | A22C29/00 | In the scheme | 85 |
| A01K61/006 | Retired code | A01K61/00 | Retired, by main group | 81 |
| A01K61/005 | Retired code | A01K61/00 | Retired, by main group | 70 |
| A01K61/02 | Retired code | A01K61/00 | Retired, by main group | 70 |
| A22C25/185 | Hand tools for cutting fish | A22C25/00 | In the scheme | 69 |
| A01K61/001 | Retired code | A01K61/00 | Retired, by main group | 54 |
| A01K61/025 | Retired code | A01K61/00 | Retired, by main group | 38 |
| A01K61/72 | Artificial fishing banks or reefs made of tyres | A01K61/00 | In the scheme | 36 |
| A01K61/003 | Retired code | A01K61/00 | Retired, by main group | 35 |
| B63B35/22 | Whale catchers; Whale factory vessels | B63B35/14 | In the scheme | 34 |
| A01K61/008 | Retired code | A01K61/00 | Retired, by main group | 17 |
| A01K73/067 | Trawling nets using electrical shock to control fish or aquatic animal | A01K73/00 | In the scheme | 1 |