Governance & Integrity

Recovery, Continuity & Adaptation

The capacity to come back stronger: continuity of government and essential functions through disruption, recovery machinery that rebuilds better and the adaptation planning that retires risks instead of rescheduling them. One of the capabilities of National Resilience & Crisis Management.

International families: 2,3382015 to 2024
Leading country: China1.7× the next
All families: 35khome 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

China

United States

Japan

South Korea

Italy

Germany

France

United Kingdom

Netherlands

Switzerland

513

307

286

199

125

118


1	China	513	21.9%	1.7×	22,736
2	United States	307	13.1%	0.7×	835
3	Japan	286	12.2%	0.7×	4,929
4	South Korea	199	8.5%	0.7×	3,951
5	Italy	125	5.3%	1.0×	273
6	Germany	118	5.0%	0.8×	189
7	France	82	3.5%	0.7×	144
8	United Kingdom	57	2.4%	1.2×	100
9	Netherlands	54	2.3%	0.7×	93
10	Switzerland	52	2.2%	0.5×	57
11	Australia	44	1.9%	1.2×	87
12	Taiwan	43	1.8%	1.4×	99
13	Canada	35	1.5%	0.5×	79
14	Spain	32	1.4%	0.9×	55
15	New Zealand	30	1.3%	0.5×	42
16	Türkiye	29	1.2%	2.2×	53
17	Denmark	26	1.1%	0.4×	31
18	Austria	23	1.0%	1.9×	30
19	Sweden	17	0.7%	0.7×	23
20	Israel	17	0.7%	0.7×	21
21	India	17	0.7%	0.5×	31
22	Belgium	16	0.7%	1.7×	18
23	Norway	16	0.7%	0.3×	26
24	Russia	15	0.6%	0.5×	315
25	Singapore	14	0.6%	0.8×	15
26	Finland	12	0.5%	0.2×	19
27	Saudi Arabia	10	0.4%	1.5×	15
28	Malaysia	10	0.4%	0.3×	20
29	South Africa	7	0.3%	0.4×	7
30	Brazil	6	0.3%	1.0×	19
31	Poland	6	0.3%	1.0×	59
32	Hungary	6	0.3%	0.5×	13
33	Ireland	5	0.2%	0.3×	5
34	Mexico	5	0.2%	0.0×	15
35	Hong Kong	4	0.2%	0.0×	5
36	Portugal	4	0.2%	1.0×	5
37	Luxembourg	2	0.1%	1.0×	2
38	Czechia	2	0.1%	1.0×	9
39	Cayman Islands	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 Recovery, Continuity & Adaptation. Names are as held in the source and are not consolidated across subsidiaries.

Global

2,338 international families

UNIV QINGDAO TECHNOLOGY · China

GEOBRUGG AG · Switzerland

UNIV DALIAN TECH · China

UNIV GUANGZHOU · China

OILES INDUSTRY CO LTD · Japan

SHELTER JAPAN CO LTD · Japan

China

513 international families

UNIV QINGDAO TECHNOLOGY

UNIV DALIAN TECH

UNIV GUANGZHOU

CHINA THREE GORGES CORP

TIANJIN RESEARCH INST WATER TRANSP ENGINEERING MOT

UNIV HAINAN

United States

307 international families

SIMPSON STRONG TIE CO INC

WATERSHED GEOSYNTHETICS LLC

FLOODBREAK L L C

DURAFUSE FRAMES LLC

CETRES HOLDINGS LLC

MITEK HOLDINGS INC

Japan

286 international families

OILES INDUSTRY CO LTD

SHELTER JAPAN CO LTD

HITACHI SHIPBUILDING ENG CO

PROTEC ENG INC

RIFLE CO LTD

BRIDGESTONE CORP

South Korea

199 international families

YUJOO CO LTD

KOREA INST OCEAN SCI & TECH

KIM SANG GI

EVER GREEN CO

HAN OCEAN CO LTD

YUJOO CONSTRUCTION CORP

Italy

125 international families

MACCAFERRI OFF SPA

FIP MEC S R L

HYPER FIBERS S R L

UNIV DEGLI STUDI DI SALERNO

BULFERETTI GIOVANNI

ANTISISMICAM SOC A RESPONSABILITA LIMITATA

Similar capabilities

The nine capabilities that share the most international patent families with Recovery, Continuity & Adaptation, 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

25.6% shared · 1,040 families in both

China

United States

Germany

Japan

South Korea

808

403

293

212

172

Strategic Infrastructure

Seaports & Terminals

7.4% shared · 412 families in both

China

Japan

United States

France

South Korea

482

422

420

416

286

Strategic Infrastructure

Inland Waterways & Ferries

1.6% shared · 58 families in both

Japan

China

United States

South Korea

United Kingdom

324

216

161

124

Strategic Infrastructure

Roads & Bridges

1.5% shared · 358 families in both

China

United States

Japan

Germany

South Korea

4,101

4,012

3,973

2,790

1,426

Strategic Infrastructure

Irrigation & Agricultural Water

1.5% shared · 67 families in both

United States

China

Japan

Germany

Israel

621

455

164

124

100

Strategic Infrastructure

Fisheries & Aquaculture

1.5% shared · 98 families in both

China

United States

Japan

Norway

South Korea

887

642

521

475

307

Strategic Infrastructure

Military Bases & Installations

1.3% shared · 50 families in both

United States

Germany

South Korea

United Kingdom

Japan

353

218

111

100

Strategic Infrastructure

Hydropower

0.9% shared · 54 families in both

China

United States

Japan

South Korea

Germany

849

601

301

249

242

Strategic Infrastructure

Housing, Community & Social Services

0.6% shared · 36 families in both

Japan

United States

South Korea

China

Germany

1,038

891

663

294

154

Crosswalk

How Recovery, Continuity & Adaptation is matched to the patent classifications. The entries below were chosen for it; each stands for itself and everything beneath it in the scheme, 43 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
E02B3/04	Structures or apparatus for, or methods of, protecting banks, coasts, or harbours	Flood, river-bank and coastal protection works	26	6	118,041
E04H9/02	Buildings, groups of buildings or shelters adapted to withstand or provide protection against abnormal external influences, e.g. war-like action, earthquake or extreme climate withstanding earthquake or sinking of ground	Earthquake-resistant buildings	12	1	74,100
E04H9/14	Buildings, groups of buildings or shelters adapted to withstand or provide protection against abnormal external influences, e.g. war-like action, earthquake or extreme climate against other dangerous influences, e.g. tornadoes, floods	Buildings protected against floods and tornadoes	2	1	11,818
E02D27/34	Foundations for sinking or earthquake territories	Foundations for earthquake or subsidence zones	1	1	9,210
E01F7/04	Devices affording protection against snowslides, avalanches or falling rocks, e.g. avalanche preventing structures, galleries	Protection against avalanches and falling rocks	2	1	9,104

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 Recovery, Continuity & Adaptation: 43 codes on 130,256 documents. The full crosswalk is in the cpc-to-capability.csv download.

Code	Title	Under entry	How placed	Documents
E04H9/021	Bearing, supporting or connecting constructions specially adapted for such buildings	E04H9/02	In the scheme	19,443
E02B3/14	Preformed blocks or slabs for forming essentially continuous surfaces; Arrangements thereof	E02B3/04	In the scheme	8,670
E02B3/06	Moles; Piers; Quays; Quay walls; Groynes; Breakwaters ; Wave dissipating walls; Quay equipment	E02B3/04	In the scheme	7,944
E02B3/12	Revetment of banks, dams, watercourses, or the like, e.g. the sea-floor	E02B3/04	In the scheme	7,692
E04H9/02	Buildings, groups of buildings or shelters adapted to withstand or provide protection against abnormal external influences, e.g. war-like action, earthquake or extreme climate withstanding earthquake or sinking of ground	E04H9/02	In the scheme	5,432
E02B3/10	Dams; Dykes; Sluice ways or other structures for dykes, dams, or the like	E02B3/04	In the scheme	4,535
E04H9/14	Buildings, groups of buildings or shelters adapted to withstand or provide protection against abnormal external influences, e.g. war-like action, earthquake or extreme climate against other dangerous influences, e.g. tornadoes, floods	E04H9/14	In the scheme	4,340
E04H9/0237	Structural braces with damping devices	E04H9/02	In the scheme	4,287
E02B3/04	Structures or apparatus for, or methods of, protecting banks, coasts, or harbours	E02B3/04	In the scheme	3,855
E04H9/0215	Bearing, supporting or connecting constructions specially adapted for such buildings involving active or passive dynamic mass damping systems	E04H9/02	In the scheme	3,405
E01F7/045	Devices specially adapted for protecting against falling rocks, e.g. galleries, nets, rock traps	E01F7/04	In the scheme	3,260
E02B3/129	Polyhedrons, tetrapods or similar bodies, whether or not threaded on strings	E02B3/04	In the scheme	3,022
E02D27/34	Foundations for sinking or earthquake territories	E02D27/34	In the scheme	2,995
E02B3/046	Artificial reefs	E02B3/04	In the scheme	2,874
E02B3/062	Constructions floating in operational condition, e.g. breakwaters or wave dissipating walls	E02B3/04	In the scheme	2,680
E02B3/122	Flexible prefabricated covering elements, e.g. mats, strips	E02B3/04	In the scheme	2,610
E04H9/024	Structures with steel columns and beams	E04H9/02	In the scheme	2,531
E02B3/108	Temporary dykes with a filling, e.g. filled by water or sand	E02B3/04	In the scheme	2,437
E04H9/027	Preventive constructional measures against earthquake damage in existing buildings	E04H9/02	In the scheme	2,297
E02B3/121	Devices for applying linings on banks or the water bottom	E02B3/04	In the scheme	2,131
E04H9/0235	Anti-seismic devices with hydraulic or pneumatic damping	E04H9/02	In the scheme	2,127
E02B3/127	Flexible prefabricated covering elements, e.g. mats, strips bags filled at the side	E02B3/04	In the scheme	2,082
E04H9/023	Bearing, supporting or connecting constructions specially adapted for such buildings and comprising rolling elements, e.g. balls, pins	E04H9/02	In the scheme	2,074
E01F7/04	Devices affording protection against snowslides, avalanches or falling rocks, e.g. avalanche preventing structures, galleries	E01F7/04	In the scheme	2,020
E02B3/106	Temporary dykes	E02B3/04	In the scheme	2,006
E04H9/145	Floods	E04H9/14	In the scheme	1,988
E04H9/025	Structures with concrete columns	E04H9/02	In the scheme	1,898
E02B3/064	Floating landing-stages	E02B3/04	In the scheme	1,856
E02B3/068	Landing stages for vessels	E02B3/04	In the scheme	1,776
E02B3/066	Quays	E02B3/04	In the scheme	1,758
E04H9/022	Bearing, supporting or connecting constructions specially adapted for such buildings and comprising laminated structures of alternating elastomeric and rigid layers	E04H9/02	In the scheme	1,729
E02B3/126	Flexible prefabricated covering elements, e.g. mats, strips mainly consisting of bituminous material or synthetic resins	E02B3/04	In the scheme	1,548
E02B3/102	Permanently installed raisable dykes	E02B3/04	In the scheme	1,501
E04H9/028	Earthquake withstanding shelters	E04H9/02	In the scheme	1,500
E02B3/123	Flexible prefabricated covering elements, e.g. mats, strips mainly consisting of stone, concrete or similar stony material	E02B3/04	In the scheme	1,426
E02B3/043	Artificial seaweed	E02B3/04	In the scheme	1,310
E02B3/104	Permanently installed raisable dykes with self-activating means	E02B3/04	In the scheme	1,125
E02B3/128	Coherent linings made on the spot, e.g. cast in situ, extruded on the spot	E02B3/04	In the scheme	1,052
E02B3/125	Flexible prefabricated covering elements, e.g. mats, strips mainly consisting of vegetable material, e.g. wood, reeds	E02B3/04	In the scheme	863
E02B3/08	Structures of loose stones with or without piles	E02B3/04	In the scheme	670
E02B3/124	Flexible prefabricated covering elements, e.g. mats, strips mainly consisting of metal	E02B3/04	In the scheme	644
E02B3/041	Structures or apparatus for, or methods of, protecting banks, coasts, or harbours using active mechanical means, e.g. fluidizing or pumping	E02B3/04	In the scheme	573
E04H9/029	Earthquake withstanding shelters arranged inside of buildings	E04H9/02	In the scheme	290

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. Captures structural defences that reduce hazard risk, including harbour breakwaters; continuity of government, recovery machinery and insurance are not captured. The crosswalk is a first pass that nobody has reviewed.

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