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Long-Term & Institutional Capital

The capacity to pool and allocate patient capital: pension systems, insurance and the institutional asset base that funds long horizons and deepens every other market. One of the capabilities of Financial System Depth & Access.

International families
4,4012015 to 2024
Leading country
United States1.7× 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

South Korea

Canada

Taiwan

Cayman Islands

Switzerland

India

Singapore

1,486

868

498

378

172

96

91

82

79

71

2000 to 2025
1United States1,48633.8%1.1×
5,222
2China86819.7%0.4×
16,837
3Japan49811.3%1.4×
1,957
4South Korea3788.6%1.9×
3,923
5Canada1723.9%1.3×
329
6Taiwan962.2%0.7×
534
7Cayman Islands912.1%0.0×
101
8Switzerland821.9%1.4×
100
9India791.8%1.7×
119
10Singapore711.6%1.0×
86
11United Kingdom681.5%1.1×
121
12Türkiye601.4%5.7×
116
13Australia591.3%0.7×
141
14Germany541.2%1.1×
114
15Israel441.0%0.8×
80
16Hong Kong400.9%0.3×
48
17Ireland270.6%0.3×
62
18France240.5%0.8×
72
19South Africa210.5%1.1×
25
20Italy200.5%1.0×
53
21Belgium180.4%0.2×
24
22Netherlands150.3%0.4×
24
23Russia140.3%0.4×
24
24Sweden110.2%1.2×
18
25New Zealand110.2%10×
12
26Malaysia90.2%0.3×
16
27Spain80.2%1.0×
14
28Saudi Arabia60.1%–
10
29Finland40.1%3.0×
6
30Austria40.1%1.0×
7
31Denmark40.1%–
4
32Norway40.1%0.0×
4
33Luxembourg30.1%–
5
34Brazil20.0%1.0×
17
35Liechtenstein20.0%–
2
36Poland10.0%0.0×
6
37Portugal10.0%–
3
38Mexico00.0%–
4
39Hungary00.0%–
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 Long-Term & Institutional Capital. Names are as held in the source and are not consolidated across subsidiaries.

Global

4,401 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

ALLSTATE INSURANCE CO · United States

TORONTO DOMINION BANK · Canada

422

165

140

112

84

59

United States

1,486 international families

ALLSTATE INSURANCE CO

JPMORGAN CHASE BANK NA

MASTERCARD INTERNATIONAL INC

TORONTO DOMINION BANK

CHICAGO MERCANTILE EXCHANGE INC

MITCHELL INT INC

80

53

30

29

27

21

China

868 international families

PING AN TECH SHENZHEN CO LTD

ALIBABA GROUP HOLDING LTD

PING AN TECHNOLOGY SHENZHEN CO LTD

PING AN MEDICAL AND HEALTHCARE MAN CO LTD

ONE CONNECT SMART TECH CO LTD SHENZHEN

PING AN MEDICAL HEALTH MAN CO LTD

422

47

41

40

39

39

Japan

498 international families

NEC CORP

TOYOTA MOTOR CO LTD

TOYOTA MOTOR CORP

HITACHI LTD

SONY GROUP CORP

SONY CORP

54

41

41

40

40

32

South Korea

378 international families

HYUNDAI MOTOR CO LTD

KIA CORP

AIZEN GLOBAL CO INC

COUPANG CORP

SHINHANAITAS CO LTD

AIZEN GLOBAL CO LNC

16

13

8

8

7

6

Canada

172 international families

TORONTO DOMINION BANK

ROYAL BANK OF CANADA

CANADA LTD 10353744

NOMURA RES INST LTD

SHENZHEN CIFPAY NETWORK BANK TECH CO LTD

STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE CO

30

22

18

6

6

5

Similar capabilities

The nine capabilities that share the most international patent families with Long-Term & Institutional Capital, 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

Banks, Insurers & Systemic Institutions

50.7% shared · 4,401 families in both

United States

China

Japan

South Korea

Canada

2,907

1,531

1,087

813

421

Strategic Infrastructure

Markets, Exchanges & Depositories

12.1% shared · 958 families in both

China

United States

Japan

South Korea

Cayman Islands

1,322

1,185

384

363

253

Financial Strength

Capital Markets Depth & Development

12.1% shared · 958 families in both

China

United States

Japan

South Korea

Cayman Islands

1,322

1,185

384

363

253

Financial Strength

Banking System Capacity

7.3% shared · 633 families in both

United States

China

Japan

South Korea

Canada

1,677

722

638

486

297

Production & Innovation

Services Economy

5.3% shared · 4,401 families in both

United States

Japan

South Korea

China

Germany

24,048

16,321

11,491

8,566

3,398

Strategic Infrastructure

Justice & Corrections

3.1% shared · 203 families in both

United States

Japan

South Korea

China

Canada

667

396

245

243

79

Financial Strength

Payment & Market Infrastructure Oversight

3.1% shared · 640 families in both

United States

China

South Korea

Japan

Cayman Islands

6,452

2,381

1,618

1,604

589

Governance & Integrity

Access to Justice & Legal Services

3.1% shared · 191 families in both

United States

Japan

South Korea

China

Canada

584

369

224

199

60

Financial Strength

Revenue Mobilisation & Tax Administration

3.1% shared · 175 families in both

United States

Japan

China

South Korea

Canada

529

216

207

74

45

Crosswalk

How Long-Term & Institutional Capital is matched to the patent classifications. The entries below were chosen for it; each stands for itself and everything beneath it in the scheme, 25 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.

EntryTitle in the schemeWhy it is chosenCPC codesIPC codesDocuments
G06Q40/06Asset management; Financial planning or analysisAsset management and financial planning systems9146,490
G06Q40/08InsuranceInsurance systems16154,837

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 Long-Term & Institutional Capital: 25 codes on 101,327 documents. The full crosswalk is in the cpc-to-capability.csv download.

CodeTitleUnder entryHow placedDocuments
G06Q40/08InsuranceG06Q40/08In the scheme53,519
G06Q40/06Asset management; Financial planning or analysisG06Q40/06In the scheme45,735
G06Q40/09Insurance using artificial intelligence, machine learning or neural networksG06Q40/08In the scheme227
G06Q40/0631Asset management predictions or forecasting using artificial intelligence, machine learning or neural networksG06Q40/06In the scheme195
G06Q40/084Insurance by insurance claims processingG06Q40/08In the scheme182
G06Q40/063Asset management predictions or forecastingG06Q40/06In the scheme174
G06Q40/062Investment screening, selection or watchlistG06Q40/06In the scheme161
G06Q40/082Insurance platforms for insurance research, comparison or matching insurance customers and providers using insurance risk factorsG06Q40/08In the scheme148
G06Q40/0822Insurance platforms for insurance research, comparison or matching insurance customers and providers using insurance risk factors by determining insurance risk or faultG06Q40/08In the scheme135
G06Q40/086Insurance by calculating insurance premiums for insurance policiesG06Q40/08In the scheme107
G06Q40/083Insurance using fraud detection or prevention analysisG06Q40/08In the scheme84
G06Q40/0841Insurance by insurance claims processing using image analysisG06Q40/08In the scheme82
G06Q40/0842Insurance by insurance claims processing using sensorsG06Q40/08In the scheme77
G06Q40/064Asset management; Financial planning or analysis including visualisation for planning or analysisG06Q40/06In the scheme75
G06Q40/085Insurance for coordinating insurance risk prevention measures for insurance policy coverageG06Q40/08In the scheme63
G06Q40/08221Insurance 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 dataG06Q40/08In the scheme62
G06Q40/068Investment funding including crowdfunding or crowdlendingG06Q40/06In the scheme54
G06Q40/0821Insurance 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 analysisG06Q40/08In the scheme52
G06Q40/066Retirement planningG06Q40/06In the scheme38
G06Q40/0861Insurance by calculating insurance premiums for insurance policies using sensorsG06Q40/08In the scheme34
G06Q40/065BudgetingG06Q40/06In the scheme31
G06Q40/067Financial business planningG06Q40/06In the scheme27
G06Q40/08223Insurance 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 valueG06Q40/08In the scheme27
G06Q40/087Insurance using annuitiesG06Q40/08In the scheme22
G06Q40/08222Insurance 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 valueG06Q40/08In the scheme16
Match: Through its tools
The classification names the equipment or technology the capability draws on, not the capability. The count says how much is being invented for it, not how well it is done. Counts asset management and insurance technology, not the size of pension, insurance or institutional assets. The crosswalk is a first pass that nobody has reviewed.

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