- International families
- 1,1142015 to 2024
- Leading country
- United States1.0× the next
- All families
- 2,787home 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
Japan
Germany
France
China
United Kingdom
South Korea
Switzerland
Canada
Israel
309
295
149
65
61
41
30
25
22
22
| 2000 to 2025 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States | 309 | 27.7% | 1.0× | 561 | |
| 2 | Japan | 295 | 26.5% | 1.1× | 477 | |
| 3 | Germany | 149 | 13.4% | 4.7× | 297 | |
| 4 | France | 65 | 5.8% | 0.8× | 70 | |
| 5 | China | 61 | 5.5% | 2.0× | 1,062 | |
| 6 | United Kingdom | 41 | 3.7% | 2.2× | 49 | |
| 7 | South Korea | 30 | 2.7% | 1.7× | 62 | |
| 8 | Switzerland | 25 | 2.2% | 3.2× | 31 | |
| 9 | Canada | 22 | 2.0% | 1.4× | 28 | |
| 10 | Israel | 22 | 2.0% | 2.7× | 28 | |
| 11 | Australia | 17 | 1.5% | 0.9× | 17 | |
| 12 | Netherlands | 11 | 1.0% | 1.8× | 11 | |
| 13 | Austria | 9 | 0.8% | 8.0× | 10 | |
| 14 | Finland | 8 | 0.7% | 1.7× | 8 | |
| 15 | Spain | 7 | 0.6% | 6.0× | 8 | |
| 16 | Taiwan | 6 | 0.5% | 0.5× | 7 | |
| 17 | Türkiye | 6 | 0.5% | 0.5× | 6 | |
| 18 | Belgium | 4 | 0.4% | 3.0× | 5 | |
| 19 | Russia | 4 | 0.4% | 1.0× | 19 | |
| 20 | Italy | 3 | 0.3% | – | 5 | |
| 21 | Sweden | 3 | 0.3% | 2.0× | 3 | |
| 22 | Denmark | 3 | 0.3% | 0.0× | 3 | |
| 23 | Poland | 3 | 0.3% | 0.5× | 5 | |
| 24 | New Zealand | 3 | 0.3% | 2.0× | 3 | |
| 25 | India | 2 | 0.2% | – | 2 | |
| 26 | Singapore | 2 | 0.2% | – | 2 | |
| 27 | Hong Kong | 1 | 0.1% | – | 1 | |
| 28 | Luxembourg | 1 | 0.1% | 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 Quantum Sensing & Metrology. Names are as held in the source and are not consolidated across subsidiaries.
Global
1,114 international families
SEIKO EPSON CORP · Japan
BOSCH GMBH ROBERT · Germany
UNIV KYOTO · Japan
NORTHROP GRUMMAN SYSTEMS CORP · United States
HONEYWELL INT INC · United States
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INC · United States
77
54
37
34
31
26
United States
309 international families
NORTHROP GRUMMAN SYSTEMS CORP
HONEYWELL INT INC
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INC
HI LLC
LOCKHEED CORP
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS JAPAN LTD
34
31
26
15
13
13
Japan
295 international families
SEIKO EPSON CORP
UNIV KYOTO
HAMAMATSU PHOTONICS KK
RICOH CO LTD
SUMIDA CORP
NEC CORP
77
37
24
24
20
19
Germany
149 international families
BOSCH GMBH ROBERT
ROBERT BOSCH CO LTD
Q ANT GMBH
QUANTUM TECH GMBH
ENDRESS HAUSER SE CO KG
QUANTUM TECH UG HAFTUNGSBESCHRAENKT
54
21
14
9
5
5
France
65 international families
COMMISSARIAT ENERGIE ATOMIQUE
CENTRE NAT RECH SCIENT
THALES SA
WAINVAM E
CHIPIRON
SAFRAN
25
13
11
6
4
3
China
61 international families
NAT TIME SERVICE CT CAS
UNIV SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY CHINA
ANHUI GUOSHENG QUANTUM TECH CO LTD
INNOVATION ACADEMY FOR PRECISION MEASUREMENT SCIENCE AND TECH CAS
UNIV TSINGHUA
COGNITIVE MEDICAL IMAGING LTD
6
5
4
4
3
2
Similar capabilities
The nine capabilities that share the most international patent families with Quantum Sensing & Metrology, 2015 to 2024: the families counted in both as a share of those counted in either. Each card shows its five largest countries.
Critical Technology
Precision Timing & Atomic Clocks
10.8% shared · 388 families in both
China
United States
Japan
Germany
South Korea
821
600
514
206
113
Critical Technology
Quantum Computing
2.0% shared · 142 families in both
United States
Japan
China
Germany
France
2,335
791
484
336
322
Strategic Infrastructure
Research & Scientific Facilities
1.6% shared · 72 families in both
United States
Japan
Germany
China
United Kingdom
964
589
405
369
209
Critical Technology
Resilient Positioning & Navigation
1.2% shared · 109 families in both
United States
Japan
China
Germany
France
1,948
1,411
1,349
836
427
Human Capital
Knowledge Production
0.8% shared · 267 families in both
United States
Japan
Germany
China
South Korea
9,688
6,387
4,131
2,870
1,604
Critical Technology
Quantum Communication
0.5% shared · 15 families in both
United States
China
Japan
South Korea
Germany
416
252
215
195
177
Strategic Infrastructure
Spectrum & Broadcasting
0.4% shared · 45 families in both
United States
Japan
China
South Korea
Sweden
3,343
2,083
1,912
1,251
572
Critical Technology
Superconducting, Magnetic & Photonic Materials
0.3% shared · 43 families in both
Japan
United States
China
South Korea
Germany
4,778
2,134
1,575
1,414
897
Critical Technology
Nanomaterials & Metamaterials
0.3% shared · 82 families in both
United States
South Korea
China
Japan
Taiwan
6,721
3,882
3,587
3,507
2,242
Crosswalk
How Quantum Sensing & Metrology is matched to the patent classifications. The entries below were chosen for it; each stands for itself and everything beneath it in the scheme, 13 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G01R33/035 | Measuring direction or magnitude of magnetic fields or magnetic flux using superconductive devices | Superconducting magnetometers (SQUIDs) | 5 | 1 | 5,742 |
| G01R33/26 | Arrangements or instruments for measuring magnetic variables involving magnetic resonance for measuring direction or magnitude of magnetic fields or magnetic flux using optical pumping | Optically pumped magnetometers | 1 | 1 | 3,698 |
| G01R33/323 | Detection of MR without the use of RF or microwaves, e.g. force-detected MR, thermally detected MR, MR detection via electrical conductivity, optically detected MR | Optically detected magnetic resonance, e.g. diamond defect sensors | 2 | none | 1,607 |
| G01C19/60 | Electronic or nuclear magnetic resonance gyrometers | Atomic-spin and magnetic-resonance gyroscopes | 2 | 2 | 896 |
| G04F5/14 | Apparatus for producing preselected time intervals for use as timing standards using atomic clocks | Atomic clocks | 2 | 1 | 4,667 |
| H03L7/26 | Automatic control of frequency or phase; Synchronisation using energy levels of molecules, atoms, or subatomic particles as a frequency reference | Atomic frequency standards | 1 | 1 | 4,361 |
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 Quantum Sensing & Metrology: 13 codes on 18,833 documents. The full crosswalk is in the cpc-to-capability.csv download.
| Code | Title | Under entry | How placed | Documents |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| G01R33/26 | Arrangements or instruments for measuring magnetic variables involving magnetic resonance for measuring direction or magnitude of magnetic fields or magnetic flux using optical pumping | G01R33/26 | In the scheme | 3,698 |
| H03L7/26 | Automatic control of frequency or phase; Synchronisation using energy levels of molecules, atoms, or subatomic particles as a frequency reference | H03L7/26 | In the scheme | 3,376 |
| G04F5/14 | Apparatus for producing preselected time intervals for use as timing standards using atomic clocks | G04F5/14 | In the scheme | 3,318 |
| G01R33/0354 | Squids | G01R33/035 | In the scheme | 1,862 |
| G04F5/145 | Apparatus for producing preselected time intervals for use as timing standards using atomic clocks using Coherent Population Trapping | G04F5/14 | In the scheme | 1,349 |
| G01R33/323 | Detection of MR without the use of RF or microwaves, e.g. force-detected MR, thermally detected MR, MR detection via electrical conductivity, optically detected MR | G01R33/323 | In the scheme | 1,300 |
| G01R33/035 | Measuring direction or magnitude of magnetic fields or magnetic flux using superconductive devices | G01R33/035 | In the scheme | 1,051 |
| G01R33/0358 | SQUIDS coupling the flux to the SQUID | G01R33/035 | In the scheme | 1,001 |
| G01R33/0356 | SQUIDS with flux feedback | G01R33/035 | In the scheme | 587 |
| G01C19/62 | Electronic or nuclear magnetic resonance gyrometers with optical pumping | G01C19/60 | In the scheme | 512 |
| G01C19/60 | Electronic or nuclear magnetic resonance gyrometers | G01C19/60 | In the scheme | 384 |
| G01R33/326 | Detection of MR without the use of RF or microwaves, e.g. force-detected MR, thermally detected MR, MR detection via electrical conductivity, optically detected MR involving a SQUID | G01R33/323 | In the scheme | 307 |
| G01R33/0352 | Superconductive magneto-resistances | G01R33/035 | In the scheme | 88 |