- International families
- 4,4662015 to 2024
- Leading country
- China1.1× the next
- All families
- 34khome 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
South Korea
Cayman Islands
Taiwan
Canada
United Kingdom
Singapore
Switzerland
1,322
1,185
384
363
253
158
104
84
64
60
| 2000 to 2025 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | China | 1,322 | 29.6% | 1.4× | 25,881 | |
| 2 | United States | 1,185 | 26.5% | 1.1× | 2,519 | |
| 3 | Japan | 384 | 8.6% | 1.9× | 902 | |
| 4 | South Korea | 363 | 8.1% | 1.6× | 2,657 | |
| 5 | Cayman Islands | 253 | 5.7% | 0.0× | 269 | |
| 6 | Taiwan | 158 | 3.5% | 1.1× | 631 | |
| 7 | Canada | 104 | 2.3% | 0.9× | 169 | |
| 8 | United Kingdom | 84 | 1.9% | 1.5× | 137 | |
| 9 | Singapore | 64 | 1.4% | 1.6× | 76 | |
| 10 | Switzerland | 60 | 1.3% | 0.7× | 80 | |
| 11 | Germany | 56 | 1.3% | 1.8× | 83 | |
| 12 | India | 54 | 1.2% | 1.6× | 80 | |
| 13 | Australia | 45 | 1.0% | 1.1× | 90 | |
| 14 | Hong Kong | 44 | 1.0% | 0.3× | 50 | |
| 15 | Türkiye | 25 | 0.6% | 5.3× | 43 | |
| 16 | Israel | 24 | 0.5% | 0.6× | 45 | |
| 17 | France | 20 | 0.4% | 1.2× | 44 | |
| 18 | Sweden | 20 | 0.4% | 0.3× | 25 | |
| 19 | Ireland | 17 | 0.4% | 0.2× | 23 | |
| 20 | Russia | 13 | 0.3% | 1.6× | 22 | |
| 21 | Brazil | 11 | 0.2% | 2.7× | 23 | |
| 22 | Saudi Arabia | 11 | 0.2% | – | 12 | |
| 23 | Italy | 10 | 0.2% | 1.0× | 19 | |
| 24 | Luxembourg | 9 | 0.2% | 0.8× | 9 | |
| 25 | Netherlands | 7 | 0.2% | 1.3× | 10 | |
| 26 | South Africa | 7 | 0.2% | 1.3× | 7 | |
| 27 | Finland | 4 | 0.1% | 0.3× | 6 | |
| 28 | Spain | 4 | 0.1% | 3.0× | 5 | |
| 29 | Poland | 4 | 0.1% | 3.0× | 6 | |
| 30 | New Zealand | 4 | 0.1% | 3.0× | 5 | |
| 31 | Norway | 3 | 0.1% | 0.5× | 3 | |
| 32 | Malaysia | 3 | 0.1% | 0.0× | 8 | |
| 33 | Denmark | 2 | 0.0% | 1.0× | 3 | |
| 34 | Liechtenstein | 2 | 0.0% | 1.0× | 3 | |
| 35 | Portugal | 2 | 0.0% | 0.0× | 3 | |
| 36 | Belgium | 1 | 0.0% | – | 1 | |
| 37 | Czechia | 1 | 0.0% | – | 3 | |
| 38 | Mexico | 1 | 0.0% | – | 2 | |
| 39 | Austria | 0 | 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 Markets, Exchanges & Depositories. Names are as held in the source and are not consolidated across subsidiaries.
Global
4,466 international families
ALIBABA GROUP HOLDING LTD · China
ADVANCED NEW TECHNOLOGIES CO LTD · Cayman Islands
ALIBABA GROUP SERVICES LTD · Cayman Islands
ALIPAY HANGZHOU INF TECH CO LTD · China
ALIPAY HANGZHOU TECH CO LTD · China
PING AN TECH SHENZHEN CO LTD · China
327
278
199
176
111
106
China
1,322 international families
ALIPAY HANGZHOU INF TECH CO LTD
ALIPAY HANGZHOU TECH CO LTD
PING AN TECH SHENZHEN CO LTD
TENCENT TECH SHENZHEN CO LTD
ANT BLOCKCHAIN TECH SHANGHAI CO LTD
WEBANK CO LTD
176
111
106
76
67
63
United States
1,185 international families
CHICAGO MERCANTILE EXCHANGE INC
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK NA
IBM
MASTERCARD INTERNATIONAL INC
VISA INT SERVICE ASS
TZERO IP LLC
76
50
39
37
30
12
Japan
384 international families
FUJITSU LTD
HITACHI LTD
TOYOTA MOTOR CORP
TOYOTA MOTOR CO LTD
NEC CORP
HONDA MOTOR CO LTD
35
30
27
26
17
13
South Korea
363 international families
HYUNDAI MOTOR CO LTD
KIA CORP
COUPANG CORP
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO LTD
OODDY CO LTD
REBELLIONS INC
8
8
7
7
6
6
Cayman Islands
253 international families
ALIBABA GROUP HOLDING LTD
ADVANCED NEW TECHNOLOGIES CO LTD
ALIBABA GROUP SERVICES LTD
INNOVATIVE AND ADVANCE TECH CO LTD
ANTCHAIN TECH PTE LTD
ADVANCED TECH CO LTD
247
245
150
20
6
4
Similar capabilities
The nine capabilities that share the most international patent families with Markets, Exchanges & Depositories, 2015 to 2024: the families counted in both as a share of those counted in either. Each card shows its five largest countries.
Financial Strength
Capital Markets Depth & Development
100.0% shared · 4,466 families in both
China
United States
Japan
South Korea
Cayman Islands
1,322
1,185
384
363
253
Financial Strength
Long-Term & Institutional Capital
12.1% shared · 958 families in both
United States
China
Japan
South Korea
Canada
1,486
868
498
378
172
Strategic Infrastructure
Banks, Insurers & Systemic Institutions
11.1% shared · 1,318 families in both
United States
China
Japan
South Korea
Canada
2,907
1,531
1,087
813
421
Financial Strength
Payment & Market Infrastructure Oversight
9.5% shared · 1,859 families in both
United States
China
South Korea
Japan
Cayman Islands
6,452
2,381
1,618
1,604
589
Financial Strength
Currency Issuance & Digital Money
8.8% shared · 1,727 families in both
United States
Japan
China
South Korea
Germany
4,952
2,438
1,902
1,526
1,399
Strategic Infrastructure
Payments & Settlement Systems
7.8% shared · 2,143 families in both
United States
Japan
China
South Korea
Germany
8,689
3,604
3,322
2,540
750
Financial Strength
Banking System Capacity
6.2% shared · 551 families in both
United States
China
Japan
South Korea
Canada
1,677
722
638
486
297
Production & Innovation
Services Economy
5.3% shared · 4,466 families in both
United States
Japan
South Korea
China
Germany
24,048
16,321
11,491
8,566
3,398
Trade & Investment
Digital Trade & E-Commerce
3.9% shared · 1,008 families in both
United States
Japan
South Korea
China
Canada
6,376
4,793
3,598
2,845
590
Crosswalk
How Markets, Exchanges & Depositories is matched to the patent classifications. The entries below were chosen for it; each stands for itself and everything beneath it in the scheme, 21 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G06Q40/04 | Trading; Exchange, e.g. stocks, commodities, derivatives or currency exchange | Trading and exchange systems for securities and commodities | 21 | 1 | 102,582 |
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 Markets, Exchanges & Depositories: 21 codes on 102,582 documents. The full crosswalk is in the cpc-to-capability.csv download.
| Code | Title | Under entry | How placed | Documents |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| G06Q40/04 | Trading; Exchange, e.g. stocks, commodities, derivatives or currency exchange | G06Q40/04 | In the scheme | 99,907 |
| G06Q40/043 | Tools or interfaces specially adapted for trading or brokering | G06Q40/04 | In the scheme | 715 |
| G06Q40/049 | Trading or exchanging carbon credits or renewable energy certificates | G06Q40/04 | In the scheme | 362 |
| G06Q40/0421 | Trading; Exchange, e.g. stocks, commodities, derivatives or currency exchange using financial market analysis, e.g. trading predictions, or forecasting using artificial intelligence, machine learning or neural networks | G06Q40/04 | In the scheme | 260 |
| G06Q40/055 | Trading non-fungible tokens [NFT] | G06Q40/04 | In the scheme | 234 |
| G06Q40/042 | Trading; Exchange, e.g. stocks, commodities, derivatives or currency exchange using financial market analysis, e.g. trading predictions, or forecasting | G06Q40/04 | In the scheme | 228 |
| G06Q40/046 | Trading across multiple trading exchanges or platforms | G06Q40/04 | In the scheme | 153 |
| G06Q40/045 | Accepting or processing orders in an exchange | G06Q40/04 | In the scheme | 144 |
| G06Q40/0431 | Displaying financial market data | G06Q40/04 | In the scheme | 93 |
| G06Q40/0451 | Prioritising, queuing or matching trade orders in an exchange | G06Q40/04 | In the scheme | 81 |
| G06Q40/053 | Trading fiat currency | G06Q40/04 | In the scheme | 63 |
| G06Q40/048 | Trading margin, collateral, or credit worthiness of trading partners | G06Q40/04 | In the scheme | 58 |
| G06Q40/052 | Trading or analysing derivatives | G06Q40/04 | In the scheme | 55 |
| G06Q40/05 | Trading or analysing debt instruments | G06Q40/04 | In the scheme | 54 |
| G06Q40/054 | Trading investment funds, e.g. mutual funds or hedge funds | G06Q40/04 | In the scheme | 50 |
| G06Q40/044 | Trading; Exchange, e.g. stocks, commodities, derivatives or currency exchange using tick sizes or order constraints | G06Q40/04 | In the scheme | 28 |
| G06Q40/051 | Trading or analysing equity instruments | G06Q40/04 | In the scheme | 28 |
| G06Q40/0545 | Trading exchange traded funds | G06Q40/04 | In the scheme | 28 |
| G06Q40/047 | Trading; Exchange, e.g. stocks, commodities, derivatives or currency exchange including trading crash mitigation or circuit breakers | G06Q40/04 | In the scheme | 19 |
| G06Q40/0432 | Tools or interfaces specially adapted for trading or brokering using pricing grids or ladders | G06Q40/04 | In the scheme | 15 |
| G06Q40/0525 | Trading or analysing derivatives using binary options or trading in prediction markets | G06Q40/04 | In the scheme | 7 |