- International families
- 3,0232015 to 2024
- Leading country
- United States1.3× the next
- All families
- 24khome 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
Japan
China
South Korea
Germany
Canada
France
United Kingdom
Taiwan
Italy
747
563
319
294
184
159
101
81
66
53
| 2000 to 2025 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States | 747 | 24.7% | 0.7× | 1,479 | |
| 2 | Japan | 563 | 18.6% | 1.0× | 1,648 | |
| 3 | China | 319 | 10.6% | 1.6× | 15,932 | |
| 4 | South Korea | 294 | 9.7% | 1.2× | 2,497 | |
| 5 | Germany | 184 | 6.1% | 0.9× | 311 | |
| 6 | Canada | 159 | 5.3% | 0.4× | 225 | |
| 7 | France | 101 | 3.3% | 0.8× | 162 | |
| 8 | United Kingdom | 81 | 2.7% | 0.8× | 105 | |
| 9 | Taiwan | 66 | 2.2% | 1.2× | 229 | |
| 10 | Italy | 53 | 1.8% | 1.8× | 70 | |
| 11 | Australia | 43 | 1.4% | 1.1× | 56 | |
| 12 | Austria | 39 | 1.3% | 0.8× | 44 | |
| 13 | Netherlands | 36 | 1.2% | 0.6× | 41 | |
| 14 | Israel | 36 | 1.2% | 1.0× | 47 | |
| 15 | Switzerland | 31 | 1.0% | 0.8× | 42 | |
| 16 | Sweden | 31 | 1.0% | 0.8× | 35 | |
| 17 | Türkiye | 28 | 0.9% | 1.3× | 72 | |
| 18 | Spain | 26 | 0.9% | 0.9× | 39 | |
| 19 | India | 26 | 0.9% | 1.0× | 32 | |
| 20 | Russia | 23 | 0.8% | 0.8× | 244 | |
| 21 | Poland | 11 | 0.4% | 0.8× | 49 | |
| 22 | Belgium | 10 | 0.3% | 0.0× | 13 | |
| 23 | Singapore | 10 | 0.3% | 1.5× | 10 | |
| 24 | Brazil | 10 | 0.3% | 0.7× | 45 | |
| 25 | Finland | 9 | 0.3% | 0.5× | 9 | |
| 26 | Ireland | 6 | 0.2% | 1.0× | 9 | |
| 27 | Denmark | 5 | 0.2% | 4.0× | 8 | |
| 28 | Norway | 5 | 0.2% | 1.5× | 6 | |
| 29 | South Africa | 5 | 0.2% | 4.0× | 5 | |
| 30 | Hong Kong | 4 | 0.1% | 0.3× | 7 | |
| 31 | New Zealand | 3 | 0.1% | 2.0× | 4 | |
| 32 | Mexico | 3 | 0.1% | 0.5× | 14 | |
| 33 | Portugal | 3 | 0.1% | 2.0× | 3 | |
| 34 | Hungary | 3 | 0.1% | 0.5× | 5 | |
| 35 | Saudi Arabia | 1 | 0.0% | 0.0× | 4 | |
| 36 | Czechia | 1 | 0.0% | – | 6 | |
| 37 | Liechtenstein | 1 | 0.0% | – | 1 | |
| 38 | Malaysia | 1 | 0.0% | – | 6 | |
| 39 | Luxembourg | 0 | 0.0% | – | 1 | |
| 40 | Cayman Islands | 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 Occupational Skills & Certification. Names are as held in the source and are not consolidated across subsidiaries.
Global
3,023 international families
CAE INC · Canada
TOYOTA MOTOR CORP · Japan
TOYOTA MOTOR CO LTD · Japan
ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS · United States
BOEING CO · United States
FORD GLOBAL TECH LLC · United States
72
53
52
43
41
33
United States
747 international families
ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS
BOEING CO
FORD GLOBAL TECH LLC
HONEYWELL INT INC
GM GLOBAL TECH OPERATIONS LLC
APPLIED MED RESOURCES
43
41
33
18
15
14
Japan
563 international families
TOYOTA MOTOR CORP
TOYOTA MOTOR CO LTD
SUBARU CORP
SONY GROUP CORP
HITACHI LTD
HONDA MOTOR CO LTD
53
51
18
17
15
15
China
319 international families
SZ DJI TECHNOLOGY CO LTD
TANGSHAN DIMENSION TECH CO LTD
TANGSHAN WEISHU TECH CO LTD
HUAWEI TECH CO LTD
BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO LTD
BEIJING BOYI AGE MEDICAL TREAT TECHNOLOGY CO LTD
13
9
7
6
5
4
South Korea
294 international families
LG ENERGY SOLUTION LTD
ELECTRONICS & TELECOMMUNICATIONS RES INST
HYUNDAI MOTOR CO LTD
KOREA ELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY
MOTION DEVICE INC
P&I COMPANY
23
9
8
7
7
7
Germany
184 international families
SIEMENS AG
BOSCH GMBH ROBERT
KRAUSS MAFFEI WEGMANN GMBH & CO KG
DSPACE GMBH
AUDI AG
THYSSENKRUPP AG
22
15
8
7
5
5
Similar capabilities
The nine capabilities that share the most international patent families with Occupational Skills & Certification, 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
Education & Skills Infrastructure
23.1% shared · 3,023 families in both
United States
Japan
China
South Korea
Germany
3,247
2,198
1,763
1,499
503
Human Capital
Health & Care Workforce
10.8% shared · 497 families in both
United States
Japan
China
South Korea
Germany
634
286
147
125
119
Human Capital
Foundational Learning
8.2% shared · 704 families in both
United States
China
Japan
South Korea
Taiwan
1,468
1,054
1,039
901
207
National Security
Standing Force Generation & Training
6.4% shared · 224 families in both
United States
Germany
South Korea
United Kingdom
Canada
217
90
58
38
30
Critical Technology
Human-Machine Interfaces
1.0% shared · 547 families in both
United States
Japan
China
South Korea
Germany
14,516
9,319
7,249
6,474
2,639
Information & Influence
Creative Industries & Cultural Export Reach
1.0% shared · 345 families in both
Japan
United States
China
South Korea
Taiwan
9,492
7,019
6,834
3,079
1,031
Human Capital
Foundational Digital Skills
0.7% shared · 23 families in both
South Korea
United States
Japan
China
India
64
45
18
13
5
Strategic Infrastructure
Military Bases & Installations
0.7% shared · 32 families in both
United States
Germany
South Korea
United Kingdom
Japan
353
218
111
100
84
Information & Influence
Sports & Major Events
0.7% shared · 143 families in both
United States
Japan
China
South Korea
Taiwan
4,602
2,533
2,150
1,982
1,001
Crosswalk
How Occupational Skills & Certification is matched to the patent classifications. The entries below were chosen for it; each stands for itself and everything beneath it in the scheme, 59 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G09B9/00 | Simulators for teaching or training purposes | Training simulators, such as vehicle and flight simulators | 51 | 34 | 96,302 |
| G09B19/16 | Control of vehicles or other craft | Teaching control of vehicles or other craft | 4 | 1 | 4,676 |
| G09B19/24 | Use of tools | Teaching the use of tools | 1 | 1 | 4,879 |
| G09B19/18 | Book-keeping or economics | Teaching book-keeping or economics | 1 | 1 | 3,617 |
| G09B25/02 | Models for purposes not provided for in G09B23/00, e.g. full-sized devices for demonstration purposes of industrial processes; of machinery | Demonstration models of industrial processes and machinery | 2 | 1 | 19,301 |
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 Occupational Skills & Certification: 59 codes on 81,401 documents. The full crosswalk is in the cpc-to-capability.csv download.
| Code | Title | Under entry | How placed | Documents |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| G09B9/00 | Simulators for teaching or training purposes | G09B9/00 | In the scheme | 23,027 |
| G09B25/02 | Models for purposes not provided for in G09B23/00, e.g. full-sized devices for demonstration purposes of industrial processes; of machinery | G09B25/02 | In the scheme | 7,027 |
| G09B19/24 | Use of tools | G09B19/24 | In the scheme | 4,879 |
| G09B9/04 | Simulators for teaching or training purposes for teaching control of vehicles or other craft for teaching control of land vehicles | G09B9/00 | In the scheme | 4,653 |
| G09B9/003 | Simulators for teaching or training purposes for military purposes and tactics | G09B9/00 | In the scheme | 3,453 |
| G09B9/08 | Simulators for teaching or training purposes for teaching control of vehicles or other craft for teaching control of aircraft, e.g. Link trainer | G09B9/00 | In the scheme | 3,185 |
| G09B19/167 | Control of land vehicles | G09B19/16 | In the scheme | 2,959 |
| G09B9/05 | Simulators for teaching or training purposes for teaching control of vehicles or other craft for teaching control of land vehicles the view from a vehicle being simulated | G09B9/00 | In the scheme | 2,795 |
| G09B9/12 | Motion systems for aircraft simulators | G09B9/00 | In the scheme | 2,341 |
| G09B9/02 | Simulators for teaching or training purposes for teaching control of vehicles or other craft | G09B9/00 | In the scheme | 2,226 |
| G09B9/052 | Simulators for teaching or training purposes for teaching control of vehicles or other craft for teaching control of land vehicles characterised by provision for recording or measuring trainee's performance | G09B9/00 | In the scheme | 1,689 |
| G09B9/042 | Simulators for teaching or training purposes for teaching control of vehicles or other craft for teaching control of land vehicles providing simulation in a real vehicle | G09B9/00 | In the scheme | 1,683 |
| G09B19/18 | Book-keeping or economics | G09B19/18 | In the scheme | 1,426 |
| G09B9/14 | Motion systems for aircraft simulators controlled by fluid actuated piston or cylinder ram | G09B9/00 | In the scheme | 1,058 |
| G09B9/302 | Simulation of view from aircraft by computer-processed or -generated image the image being transformed by computer processing, e.g. updating the image to correspond to the changing point of view | G09B9/00 | In the scheme | 955 |
| G09B9/301 | Simulation of view from aircraft by computer-processed or -generated image | G09B9/00 | In the scheme | 900 |
| G09B9/28 | Simulation of stick forces or the like | G09B9/00 | In the scheme | 848 |
| G09B9/307 | Simulation of view from aircraft by helmet-mounted projector or display | G09B9/00 | In the scheme | 847 |
| G09B9/32 | Simulation of view from aircraft by projected image | G09B9/00 | In the scheme | 843 |
| G09B19/16 | Control of vehicles or other craft | G09B19/16 | In the scheme | 825 |
| G09B19/165 | Control of aircraft | G09B19/16 | In the scheme | 770 |
| G09B9/06 | Simulators for teaching or training purposes for teaching control of vehicles or other craft for teaching control of ships, boats, or other waterborne vehicles | G09B9/00 | In the scheme | 767 |
| G09B9/30 | Simulation of view from aircraft | G09B9/00 | In the scheme | 713 |
| G09B9/006 | Simulators for teaching or training purposes for locating or ranging of objects | G09B9/00 | In the scheme | 704 |
| G09B9/16 | Ambient or aircraft conditions simulated or indicated by instrument or alarm | G09B9/00 | In the scheme | 667 |
| G09B9/326 | Simulation of view from aircraft by projected image the image being transformed by optical means | G09B9/00 | In the scheme | 664 |
| G09B9/46 | Simulators for teaching or training purposes for teaching control of vehicles or other craft for teaching control of aircraft, e.g. Link trainer the aircraft being a helicopter | G09B9/00 | In the scheme | 655 |
| G09B9/54 | Simulation of radar | G09B9/00 | In the scheme | 650 |
| G09B9/058 | Simulators for teaching or training purposes for teaching control of vehicles or other craft for teaching control of land vehicles for teaching control of cycles or motorcycles | G09B9/00 | In the scheme | 647 |
| G09B9/063 | Simulators for teaching or training purposes for teaching control of vehicles or other craft for teaching control of ships, boats, or other waterborne vehicles by using visual displays | G09B9/00 | In the scheme | 609 |
| G09B9/048 | Simulators for teaching or training purposes for teaching control of vehicles or other craft for teaching control of land vehicles a model being viewed and manoeuvred from a remote point | G09B9/00 | In the scheme | 567 |
| G09B9/085 | Special purpose teaching, e.g. alighting on water, aerial photography | G09B9/00 | In the scheme | 563 |
| G09B9/24 | Simulators for teaching or training purposes for teaching control of vehicles or other craft for teaching control of aircraft, e.g. Link trainer including display or recording of simulated flight path | G09B9/00 | In the scheme | 548 |
| G09B9/165 | Condition of cabin, cockpit or pilot's accessories | G09B9/00 | In the scheme | 525 |
| G09B25/025 | Models for purposes not provided for in G09B23/00, e.g. full-sized devices for demonstration purposes of industrial processes; of machinery hydraulic; pneumatic | G09B25/02 | In the scheme | 523 |
| G09B9/10 | Simulators for teaching or training purposes for teaching control of vehicles or other craft for teaching control of aircraft, e.g. Link trainer with simulated flight- or engine-generated force being applied to aircraft occupant | G09B9/00 | In the scheme | 493 |
| G09B9/48 | Simulators for teaching or training purposes for teaching control of vehicles or other craft for teaching control of aircraft, e.g. Link trainer a model being viewed and manoeuvred from a remote point | G09B9/00 | In the scheme | 321 |
| G09B9/52 | Simulators for teaching or training purposes for teaching control of vehicles or other craft for teaching control of an outer space vehicle | G09B9/00 | In the scheme | 314 |
| G09B9/066 | Sailing; Surfing | G09B9/00 | In the scheme | 301 |
| G09B9/40 | Simulation of airborne radar | G09B9/00 | In the scheme | 273 |
| G09B9/206 | Simulation or indication of aircraft attitude for in-flight condition | G09B9/00 | In the scheme | 241 |
| G09B9/44 | Simulators for teaching or training purposes for teaching control of vehicles or other craft for teaching control of aircraft, e.g. Link trainer providing simulation in a real aircraft flying through the atmosphere without restriction of its path | G09B9/00 | In the scheme | 235 |
| G09B9/20 | Simulation or indication of aircraft attitude | G09B9/00 | In the scheme | 223 |
| G09B9/26 | Simulation of radio-navigation | G09B9/00 | In the scheme | 210 |
| G09B9/22 | Simulators for teaching or training purposes for teaching control of vehicles or other craft for teaching control of aircraft, e.g. Link trainer including aircraft sound simulation | G09B9/00 | In the scheme | 205 |
| G09B9/305 | Simulation of view from aircraft by viewing with a camera a small-scale model of the terrain | G09B9/00 | In the scheme | 168 |
| G09B9/36 | Simulation of night or reduced visibility flight | G09B9/00 | In the scheme | 163 |
| G09B9/18 | Condition of engine or fuel supply | G09B9/00 | In the scheme | 151 |
| G09B9/56 | Simulation of sonar | G09B9/00 | In the scheme | 125 |
| G09B19/162 | Control of ships, boats, or other waterborne vehicles | G09B19/16 | In the scheme | 122 |
| G09B9/42 | Aircraft, aircraft simulator or means connected thereto, travelling on the ground or water during simulated flight training | G09B9/00 | In the scheme | 116 |
| G09B9/308 | Simulation of view from aircraft by LCD, gas plasma display or electroluminescent display | G09B9/00 | In the scheme | 110 |
| G09B9/34 | Simulation of view from aircraft by cathode-ray screen display | G09B9/00 | In the scheme | 105 |
| G09B9/203 | Simulation or indication of aircraft attitude for taking-off or landing condition | G09B9/00 | In the scheme | 97 |
| G09B9/304 | Simulation of view from aircraft by using a film | G09B9/00 | In the scheme | 69 |
| G09B9/245 | Simulation of compasses, gyroscopes | G09B9/00 | In the scheme | 61 |
| G09B9/50 | Automatically directing the course of the aircraft | G09B9/00 | In the scheme | 50 |
| G09B9/323 | Simulation of view from aircraft by projected image the projection screen being made of LCD panels | G09B9/00 | In the scheme | 37 |
| G09B9/38 | Simulation of runway outlining or approach lights | G09B9/00 | In the scheme | 20 |
Other capabilities in Technical & Vocational Skills
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