- International families
- 2,2562015 to 2024
- Leading country
- United States1.4× the next
- All families
- 30khome 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
Germany
Israel
Italy
South Korea
France
Canada
Sweden
621
455
164
124
100
75
68
60
59
56
| 2000 to 2025 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States | 621 | 27.5% | 0.7× | 1,436 | |
| 2 | China | 455 | 20.2% | 1.5× | 23,412 | |
| 3 | Japan | 164 | 7.3% | 0.4× | 980 | |
| 4 | Germany | 124 | 5.5% | 1.0× | 188 | |
| 5 | Israel | 100 | 4.4% | 0.7× | 114 | |
| 6 | Italy | 75 | 3.3% | 1.1× | 139 | |
| 7 | South Korea | 68 | 3.0% | 0.8× | 1,681 | |
| 8 | France | 60 | 2.7% | 2.0× | 113 | |
| 9 | Canada | 59 | 2.6% | 0.8× | 88 | |
| 10 | Sweden | 56 | 2.5% | 1.1× | 63 | |
| 11 | Australia | 54 | 2.4% | 0.7× | 100 | |
| 12 | United Kingdom | 40 | 1.8% | 0.7× | 58 | |
| 13 | Taiwan | 33 | 1.5% | 0.7× | 155 | |
| 14 | Türkiye | 31 | 1.4% | 1.8× | 99 | |
| 15 | Netherlands | 28 | 1.2% | 0.8× | 52 | |
| 16 | Spain | 25 | 1.1% | 1.5× | 49 | |
| 17 | Austria | 22 | 1.0% | 1.0× | 30 | |
| 18 | India | 21 | 0.9% | 2.5× | 47 | |
| 19 | Switzerland | 20 | 0.9% | 1.9× | 26 | |
| 20 | Denmark | 13 | 0.6% | 2.3× | 15 | |
| 21 | Brazil | 13 | 0.6% | 0.6× | 60 | |
| 22 | New Zealand | 12 | 0.5% | 3.0× | 16 | |
| 23 | South Africa | 11 | 0.5% | 0.4× | 13 | |
| 24 | Finland | 10 | 0.4% | 0.7× | 16 | |
| 25 | Belgium | 8 | 0.4% | 1.7× | 17 | |
| 26 | Norway | 8 | 0.4% | 0.6× | 10 | |
| 27 | Saudi Arabia | 8 | 0.4% | 0.6× | 12 | |
| 28 | Singapore | 7 | 0.3% | 0.8× | 7 | |
| 29 | Hong Kong | 7 | 0.3% | 0.2× | 8 | |
| 30 | Russia | 6 | 0.3% | 2.0× | 383 | |
| 31 | Portugal | 6 | 0.3% | 0.5× | 8 | |
| 32 | Poland | 5 | 0.2% | 4.0× | 60 | |
| 33 | Czechia | 4 | 0.2% | 0.0× | 13 | |
| 34 | Mexico | 4 | 0.2% | 0.3× | 14 | |
| 35 | Ireland | 3 | 0.1% | 0.0× | 3 | |
| 36 | Malaysia | 3 | 0.1% | 0.5× | 11 | |
| 37 | Hungary | 1 | 0.0% | 0.0× | 9 |
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 Irrigation & Agricultural Water. Names are as held in the source and are not consolidated across subsidiaries.
Global
2,256 international families
HUSQVARNA AB · Sweden
ENPLAS CORP · Japan
DEERE & CO · United States
VALMONT INDUSTRIES · United States
LINDSAY CORP · United States
NETAFIM LTD · Israel
50
44
42
42
32
19
United States
621 international families
DEERE & CO
VALMONT INDUSTRIES
LINDSAY CORP
CLIMATE LLC
NELSON IRRIGATION CORP
RAIN BIRD CORP
42
42
32
16
16
16
China
455 international families
UNIV JIANGSU
CHINA INST WATER RESOURCES & HYDROPOWER RES
UNIV NORTHWEST A&F
FARMLAND IRRIGATION RES INST CAAS
SZ DJI TECHNOLOGY CO LTD
JIANGSU HUAYUAN WATER SAVING CO LTD
14
13
10
9
9
8
Japan
164 international families
ENPLAS CORP
AQUASOLUTION CORP
DENSO CORP
DAISUKE MORIKOSHI
NEC CORP
SONY CORP
44
8
8
6
6
6
Germany
124 international families
BOSCH GMBH ROBERT
EINHELL GERMANY AG
REHAU AG & CO
ACO AHLMANN SE & CO KG
SLS Systementwicklungen GmbH
ACO SEVERIN AHLMANN GMBH & CO KG
6
5
5
4
4
3
Israel
100 international families
NETAFIM LTD
RIVULIS PLASTRO LTD
N DRIP LTD
SHARON DABACH
URI SHANI
COHEN AMIR
18
7
6
5
5
4
Similar capabilities
The nine capabilities that share the most international patent families with Irrigation & Agricultural Water, 2015 to 2024: the families counted in both as a share of those counted in either. Each card shows its five largest countries.
Strategic Infrastructure
Dams, Reservoirs & Flood Defence
4.9% shared · 233 families in both
China
United States
Germany
Japan
South Korea
808
403
293
212
172
Strategic Infrastructure
Bulk Water Transfer & Desalination
2.1% shared · 215 families in both
United States
Japan
China
South Korea
Germany
1,780
1,554
1,245
636
477
Production & Innovation
Agrifood & Primary Production
1.5% shared · 1,951 families in both
United States
Japan
China
Germany
South Korea
28,708
17,669
15,613
10,229
9,737
Governance & Integrity
Recovery, Continuity & Adaptation
1.5% shared · 67 families in both
China
United States
Japan
South Korea
Italy
513
307
286
199
125
Strategic Infrastructure
Inland Waterways & Ferries
0.9% shared · 33 families in both
Japan
China
United States
South Korea
United Kingdom
324
216
161
124
46
Strategic Infrastructure
Wastewater & Sanitation
0.8% shared · 249 families in both
United States
China
Japan
South Korea
Germany
5,326
5,281
4,432
2,243
2,077
Strategic Infrastructure
Cultural, Community & Recreational Infrastructure
0.8% shared · 29 families in both
United States
Germany
China
United Kingdom
Netherlands
331
190
115
71
66
Strategic Infrastructure
Water Supply & Treatment
0.8% shared · 202 families in both
United States
China
Japan
South Korea
Germany
5,013
4,301
3,866
1,986
1,665
Strategic Infrastructure
Hydropower
0.7% shared · 46 families in both
China
United States
Japan
South Korea
Germany
849
601
301
249
242
Crosswalk
How Irrigation & Agricultural Water is matched to the patent classifications. The entries below were chosen for it; each stands for itself and everything beneath it in the scheme, 29 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A01G25/00 | Watering gardens, fields, sports grounds or the like | Field irrigation systems, sprinklers and irrigation control | 15 | 7 | 154,094 |
| E02B13/00 | Irrigation ditches, i.e. gravity flow, open channel water distribution systems | Irrigation ditches and gravity water distribution | 3 | 2 | 14,344 |
| E02B11/00 | Drainage of soil, e.g. for agricultural purposes | Agricultural land drainage | 3 | 2 | 18,305 |
| E02B5/00 | Artificial water canals, e.g. irrigation canals | Irrigation and other artificial water canals | 9 | 6 | 31,407 |
| A01G25/14 | Hand watering devices, e.g. watering cans | 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 Irrigation & Agricultural Water: 30 codes on 103,295 documents. The full crosswalk is in the cpc-to-capability.csv download.
| Code | Title | Under entry | How placed | Documents |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A01G25/02 | Watering arrangements located above the soil which make use of perforated pipe-lines or pipe-lines with dispensing fittings, e.g. for drip irrigation | A01G25/00 | In the scheme | 15,256 |
| A01G25/16 | Control of watering | A01G25/00 | In the scheme | 12,960 |
| A01G25/00 | Watering gardens, fields, sports grounds or the like | A01G25/00 | In the scheme | 9,138 |
| A01G25/167 | Control by humidity of the soil itself or of devices simulating soil or of the atmosphere; Soil humidity sensors | A01G25/00 | In the scheme | 9,043 |
| A01G25/09 | Watering arrangements making use of movable installations on wheels or the like | A01G25/00 | In the scheme | 8,977 |
| A01G25/023 | Dispensing fittings for drip irrigation, e.g. drippers | A01G25/00 | In the scheme | 6,289 |
| A01G25/06 | Watering arrangements making use of perforated pipe-lines located in the soil | A01G25/00 | In the scheme | 4,495 |
| E02B11/005 | Drainage conduits | E02B11/00 | In the scheme | 4,169 |
| E02B11/00 | Drainage of soil, e.g. for agricultural purposes | E02B11/00 | In the scheme | 4,037 |
| E02B13/00 | Irrigation ditches, i.e. gravity flow, open channel water distribution systems | E02B13/00 | In the scheme | 3,409 |
| E02B5/02 | Making or lining canals | E02B5/00 | In the scheme | 3,244 |
| A01G25/165 | Cyclic operations, timing systems, timing valves, impulse operations | A01G25/00 | In the scheme | 3,117 |
| A01G25/092 | Watering arrangements making use of movable installations on wheels or the like movable around a pivot centre | A01G25/00 | In the scheme | 3,045 |
| E02B5/085 | Arresting devices for waterborne materials, e.g. gratings | E02B5/00 | In the scheme | 2,816 |
| E02B5/08 | Details, e.g. gates, screens | E02B5/00 | In the scheme | 2,701 |
| E02B13/02 | Closures for irrigation conduits | E02B13/00 | In the scheme | 1,983 |
| E02B5/00 | Artificial water canals, e.g. irrigation canals | E02B5/00 | In the scheme | 1,442 |
| A01G25/095 | Watering arrangements making use of movable installations on wheels or the like winch-driven | A01G25/00 | In the scheme | 1,332 |
| A01G25/162 | Sequential operation | A01G25/00 | In the scheme | 1,195 |
| A01G25/026 | Apparatus or processes for fitting the drippers to the hoses or the pipes | A01G25/00 | In the scheme | 1,140 |
| E02B5/082 | Closures | E02B5/00 | In the scheme | 940 |
| A01G25/097 | Watering arrangements making use of movable installations on wheels or the like guided or propelled along a water supply line with supply line traversing means | A01G25/00 | In the scheme | 826 |
| A01G25/006 | Tubular drip irrigation dispensers mounted coaxially within water feeding tubes | A01G25/00 | In the scheme | 614 |
| E02B11/02 | Drainage device- laying apparatus, e.g. drainage ploughs | E02B11/00 | In the scheme | 341 |
| A01G25/003 | Watering gardens, fields, sports grounds or the like with an impermeable layer in the ground | A01G25/00 | In the scheme | 305 |
| E02B5/087 | Divisors | E02B5/00 | In the scheme | 129 |
| E02B5/04 | Navigable canals | E02B5/00 | In the scheme | 122 |
| E02B5/005 | Canals entirely situated above ground level, e.g. on piers | E02B5/00 | In the scheme | 120 |
| E02B5/06 | Operating equipment in connection with canals | E02B5/00 | In the scheme | 109 |
| E02B13/048 | Retired code | E02B13/00 | Retired, by main group | 1 |