- International families
- 6,2332015 to 2024
- Leading country
- United States1.1× the next
- All families
- 75khome 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 States
China
Japan
South Korea
Germany
France
United Kingdom
India
Canada
Taiwan
1,294
1,225
1,062
878
391
210
134
122
100
94
| 2000 to 2025 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States | 1,294 | 20.8% | 1.2× | 3,375 | |
| 2 | China | 1,225 | 19.7% | 2.2× | 54,687 | |
| 3 | Japan | 1,062 | 17.0% | 2.0× | 3,968 | |
| 4 | South Korea | 878 | 14.1% | 2.0× | 10,578 | |
| 5 | Germany | 391 | 6.3% | 0.5× | 565 | |
| 6 | France | 210 | 3.4% | 1.3× | 284 | |
| 7 | United Kingdom | 134 | 2.1% | 0.5× | 183 | |
| 8 | India | 122 | 2.0% | 2.6× | 173 | |
| 9 | Canada | 100 | 1.6% | 1.6× | 180 | |
| 10 | Taiwan | 94 | 1.5% | 1.6× | 275 | |
| 11 | Australia | 90 | 1.4% | 1.0× | 144 | |
| 12 | Switzerland | 71 | 1.1% | 0.6× | 90 | |
| 13 | Singapore | 53 | 0.9% | 1.8× | 58 | |
| 14 | Türkiye | 51 | 0.8% | 4.7× | 94 | |
| 15 | Netherlands | 43 | 0.7% | 1.0× | 61 | |
| 16 | Israel | 32 | 0.5% | 0.7× | 61 | |
| 17 | Italy | 31 | 0.5% | 0.6× | 56 | |
| 18 | Sweden | 30 | 0.5% | 0.9× | 32 | |
| 19 | Cayman Islands | 26 | 0.4% | 0.0× | 26 | |
| 20 | Ireland | 22 | 0.4% | 0.5× | 35 | |
| 21 | Spain | 19 | 0.3% | 1.1× | 30 | |
| 22 | Russia | 18 | 0.3% | 1.0× | 28 | |
| 23 | Poland | 18 | 0.3% | 1.0× | 24 | |
| 24 | Hong Kong | 16 | 0.3% | 0.8× | 21 | |
| 25 | Belgium | 14 | 0.2% | 0.8× | 21 | |
| 26 | Brazil | 13 | 0.2% | 0.9× | 44 | |
| 27 | South Africa | 13 | 0.2% | 1.6× | 13 | |
| 28 | Malaysia | 13 | 0.2% | 0.9× | 17 | |
| 29 | Austria | 12 | 0.2% | 1.0× | 13 | |
| 30 | Finland | 11 | 0.2% | 1.8× | 16 | |
| 31 | Denmark | 10 | 0.2% | 1.0× | 10 | |
| 32 | Saudi Arabia | 8 | 0.1% | 1.7× | 20 | |
| 33 | New Zealand | 6 | 0.1% | 5.0× | 9 | |
| 34 | Czechia | 6 | 0.1% | 5.0× | 6 | |
| 35 | Luxembourg | 5 | 0.1% | 0.7× | 6 | |
| 36 | Norway | 4 | 0.1% | 0.3× | 5 | |
| 37 | Portugal | 3 | 0.0% | – | 5 | |
| 38 | Hungary | 3 | 0.0% | – | 4 | |
| 39 | Mexico | 2 | 0.0% | 0.0× | 7 | |
| 40 | Liechtenstein | 1 | 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 Government & Public Administration. Names are as held in the source and are not consolidated across subsidiaries.
Global
6,233 international families
NEC CORP · Japan
TOYOTA MOTOR CORP · Japan
TOYOTA MOTOR CO LTD · Japan
BUNDESDRUCKEREI GMBH · Germany
MOTOROLA SOLUTIONS INC · United States
CHENGDU QINCHUAN IOT TECH CO LTD · China
192
141
137
132
107
71
United States
1,294 international families
MOTOROLA SOLUTIONS INC
MASTERCARD INTERNATIONAL INC
ENTRUST CORP
FORD GLOBAL TECH LLC
CAPITAL ONE SERVICES LLC
HONEYWELL INT INC
101
29
20
19
17
17
China
1,225 international families
CHENGDU QINCHUAN IOT TECH CO LTD
PING AN TECH SHENZHEN CO LTD
BEIJING DIDI INFINITY TECHNOLOGY & DEV CO LTD
UNIV SOUTHEAST
UNIV TSINGHUA
HUAWEI TECH CO LTD
71
35
28
24
23
22
Japan
1,062 international families
NEC CORP
TOYOTA MOTOR CORP
TOYOTA MOTOR CO LTD
HITACHI LTD
NIPPON TELEGRAPH & TELEPHONE
PANASONIC IP MAN CO LTD
187
141
137
64
46
42
South Korea
878 international families
HYUNDAI MOTOR CO LTD
ELECTRONICS & TELECOMMUNICATIONS RES INST
KIA CORP
LG ELECTRONICS INC
KOREA INST OCEAN SCI & TECH
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO LTD
29
27
23
15
14
14
Germany
391 international families
BUNDESDRUCKEREI GMBH
GIESECKE & DEVRIENT CURRENCY TECHNOLOGY GMBH
GIESECKE DEVRIENT CURRENCY TECH GMBH
GIESECKE & DEVRIENT GMBH
GIESECKE & DEVRIENT MOBILE SECURITY GMBH
GIESECKE & DEVRIENT EPAYMENTS GMBH
132
58
36
27
24
23
Similar capabilities
The nine capabilities that share the most international patent families with Government & Public Administration, 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
Digital Government & Service Delivery
77.8% shared · 4,847 families in both
China
United States
Japan
South Korea
India
1,145
1,011
885
814
100
Governance & Integrity
Legal Identity & Civil Registration
12.6% shared · 785 families in both
Germany
France
United States
Japan
United Kingdom
277
114
94
93
60
Governance & Integrity
Electoral Management & Integrity
5.0% shared · 315 families in both
United States
China
South Korea
Japan
France
121
80
56
21
21
Production & Innovation
Digital Economy Adoption
3.8% shared · 2,953 families in both
United States
Japan
China
South Korea
Germany
21,362
15,584
10,966
7,828
2,749
Strategic Infrastructure
Currency & Reserves
3.8% shared · 406 families in both
Japan
Germany
United States
China
United Kingdom
1,521
908
657
355
213
Governance & Integrity
National Risk Assessment & Early Warning
3.5% shared · 466 families in both
United States
Japan
South Korea
China
Germany
2,018
1,258
1,068
1,030
432
Governance & Integrity
Access to Justice & Legal Services
3.5% shared · 275 families in both
United States
Japan
South Korea
China
Canada
584
369
224
199
60
Strategic Infrastructure
Justice & Corrections
3.4% shared · 282 families in both
United States
Japan
South Korea
China
Canada
667
396
245
243
79
Trade & Investment
Standards, Conformity & Quality Infrastructure
3.1% shared · 524 families in both
United States
Germany
Japan
China
South Korea
2,917
1,685
1,675
1,261
713
Crosswalk
How Government & Public Administration is matched to the patent classifications. The entries below were chosen for it; each stands for itself and everything beneath it in the scheme, 8 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G06Q50/26 | Government or public services | Systems for government and public services | 2 | 2 | 138,048 |
| G07C13/00 | Voting apparatus | Voting apparatus | 3 | 2 | 7,500 |
| B42D25/24 | Passports | Passports | 1 | 1 | 7,276 |
| B42D25/23 | Identity cards | Identity cards | 1 | 1 | 10,374 |
| G06Q2230/00 | Voting or election arrangements | Voting and election arrangements | 1 | none | 1,596 |
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 Government & Public Administration: 8 codes on 150,962 documents. The full crosswalk is in the cpc-to-capability.csv download.
| Code | Title | Under entry | How placed | Documents |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| G06Q50/26 | Government or public services | G06Q50/26 | In the scheme | 96,471 |
| G06Q50/265 | Personal security, identity or safety | G06Q50/26 | In the scheme | 28,867 |
| B42D25/23 | Identity cards | B42D25/23 | In the scheme | 10,374 |
| B42D25/24 | Passports | B42D25/24 | In the scheme | 7,276 |
| G07C13/00 | Voting apparatus | G07C13/00 | In the scheme | 5,468 |
| G06Q2230/00 | Voting or election arrangements | G06Q2230/00 | In the scheme | 1,596 |
| G07C13/02 | Ballot boxes | G07C13/00 | In the scheme | 615 |
| G07C13/005 | Voting apparatus operating mechanically | G07C13/00 | In the scheme | 295 |
Other capabilities in Social Infrastructure
- Health Infrastructure
- Public Health & Laboratories
- Medical Supply & Stockpiles
- Education & Skills Infrastructure
- Research & Scientific Facilities
- Housing, Community & Social Services
- Cultural, Community & Recreational Infrastructure
- Justice & Corrections
- Emergency Services & Civil Protection
- Hydrometeorology & Early Warning