- International families
- 7012015 to 2024
- Leading country
- United States2.4× the next
- All families
- 3,739home filings included
- Over five years
- Steady2020 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
Germany
South Korea
United Kingdom
Canada
France
China
Israel
Japan
Australia
217
90
58
38
30
27
25
25
22
18
| 2000 to 2025 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States | 217 | 31.0% | 1.3× | 592 | |
| 2 | Germany | 90 | 12.8% | 0.7× | 120 | |
| 3 | South Korea | 58 | 8.3% | 1.2× | 778 | |
| 4 | United Kingdom | 38 | 5.4% | 0.9× | 57 | |
| 5 | Canada | 30 | 4.3% | 0.8× | 47 | |
| 6 | France | 27 | 3.9% | 1.3× | 40 | |
| 7 | China | 25 | 3.6% | 1.3× | 1,553 | |
| 8 | Israel | 25 | 3.6% | 1.5× | 38 | |
| 9 | Japan | 22 | 3.1% | 0.4× | 83 | |
| 10 | Australia | 18 | 2.6% | 0.6× | 22 | |
| 11 | Italy | 17 | 2.4% | 0.7× | 34 | |
| 12 | Sweden | 15 | 2.1% | 2.0× | 16 | |
| 13 | Taiwan | 12 | 1.7% | 5.0× | 22 | |
| 14 | Russia | 12 | 1.7% | 2.0× | 119 | |
| 15 | Switzerland | 10 | 1.4% | 1.0× | 13 | |
| 16 | Austria | 10 | 1.4% | 0.4× | 12 | |
| 17 | Türkiye | 9 | 1.3% | 2.0× | 28 | |
| 18 | Finland | 6 | 0.9% | 5.0× | 6 | |
| 19 | Spain | 6 | 0.9% | 0.5× | 19 | |
| 20 | India | 5 | 0.7% | 0.7× | 7 | |
| 21 | Norway | 5 | 0.7% | 4.0× | 8 | |
| 22 | Denmark | 4 | 0.6% | 1.0× | 5 | |
| 23 | Brazil | 4 | 0.6% | 1.0× | 14 | |
| 24 | South Africa | 4 | 0.6% | 0.3× | 4 | |
| 25 | Belgium | 3 | 0.4% | 0.0× | 3 | |
| 26 | Singapore | 3 | 0.4% | 0.0× | 5 | |
| 27 | Netherlands | 2 | 0.3% | 1.0× | 5 | |
| 28 | Ireland | 2 | 0.3% | 0.0× | 2 | |
| 29 | Poland | 2 | 0.3% | 0.0× | 47 | |
| 30 | Hong Kong | 2 | 0.3% | 0.0× | 3 | |
| 31 | New Zealand | 1 | 0.1% | 0.0× | 1 | |
| 32 | Czechia | 1 | 0.1% | – | 2 | |
| 33 | Hungary | 1 | 0.1% | – | 2 | |
| 34 | Mexico | 0 | 0.0% | – | 2 |
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 Standing Force Generation & Training. Names are as held in the source and are not consolidated across subsidiaries.
Global
701 international families
RHEINMETALL WAFFE MUNITION GMBH · Germany
CUBIC CORP · United States
AXON ENTPR INC · United States
CAE INC · Canada
AGENCY DEFENSE DEV · South Korea
BAE SYSTEMS PLC · United Kingdom
17
16
9
8
7
7
United States
217 international families
CUBIC CORP
AXON ENTPR INC
RAYTHEON CO
V ARMED INC
Street Smarts VR
AMTEC LESS LETHAL SYSTEMS INC
16
9
7
7
6
5
Germany
90 international families
RHEINMETALL WAFFE MUNITION GMBH
KRAUSS MAFFEI WEGMANN GMBH & CO KG
BOSCH GMBH ROBERT
DIEHL DEFENCE GMBH & CO KG
THALES DEUTSCHLAND GMBH
THALES MAN & SERVICES DEUTSCHLAND GMBH
17
7
5
5
5
4
South Korea
58 international families
AGENCY DEFENSE DEV
VR CREW INC
DRONIC CO LTD
INTERACT CO LTD
INTOUCH CO LTD
NAVIWORKS CO LTD
7
4
3
3
3
3
United Kingdom
38 international families
BAE SYSTEMS PLC
4GD LTD
MBDA UK LTD
BEAVERFIT LTD
CERVUS DEFENCE AND SECURITY LTD
ELLIS JOHN WILLIAM GEORGE
7
3
3
2
2
2
Canada
30 international families
CAE INC
GEN DYNAMICS ORDNANCE & TACTIC
GENERAL DYNAMICS ORDNANCE AND TACTICAL SYSTEMS—CANADA INC
CHONG CARLTON LE LOONG
GENERAL DYNAMICS ORDNANCE AND TACTICAL SYSTEMS - CANADA INC
GENERAL DYNAMICS OTS CANADA INC
8
6
4
2
2
2
Similar capabilities
The nine capabilities that share the most international patent families with Standing Force Generation & Training, 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
Military Bases & Installations
9.1% shared · 186 families in both
United States
Germany
South Korea
United Kingdom
Japan
353
218
111
100
84
Human Capital
Occupational Skills & Certification
6.4% shared · 224 families in both
United States
Japan
China
South Korea
Germany
747
563
319
294
184
National Security
Land Fires
4.7% shared · 95 families in both
United States
Germany
France
United Kingdom
South Korea
357
232
127
113
93
National Security
Counter-Uncrewed & Low-Altitude Defence
3.0% shared · 39 families in both
United States
Germany
United Kingdom
Japan
Israel
156
135
72
56
50
National Security
Combined Arms Manoeuvre
2.9% shared · 140 families in both
United States
Germany
France
Türkiye
United Kingdom
1,319
502
222
212
211
National Security
Long-Range Strike
2.8% shared · 42 families in both
United States
Germany
United Kingdom
France
Israel
278
159
88
77
44
National Security
Integrated Air & Missile Defence
2.1% shared · 23 families in both
Germany
United States
Japan
Israel
United Kingdom
92
75
47
41
28
National Security
Defence Industrial Mobilisation
2.0% shared · 21 families in both
United States
Germany
France
China
United Kingdom
96
38
34
29
27
Strategic Infrastructure
Education & Skills Infrastructure
1.7% shared · 228 families in both
United States
Japan
China
South Korea
Germany
3,247
2,198
1,763
1,499
503
Crosswalk
How Standing Force Generation & Training is matched to the patent classifications. The entries below were chosen for it; each stands for itself and everything beneath it in the scheme, 46 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| F41A33/00 | Adaptations for training; Gun simulators | Gun simulators and weapons adapted for training | 4 | 4 | 9,739 |
| F41G3/26 | Teaching or practice apparatus for gun-aiming or gun-laying | Practice apparatus for gun aiming and gun laying | 20 | 3 | 8,980 |
| G09B9/003 | Simulators for teaching or training purposes for military purposes and tactics | Simulators for military purposes and tactics | 1 | none | 3,453 |
| F42B8/00 | Practice or training ammunition | Practice and training ammunition | 15 | 15 | 8,060 |
| F41G7/006 | Guided missiles training or simulation devices | Guided missile training and simulation devices | 1 | none | 800 |
| F41J2/00 | Reflecting targets, e.g. radar-reflector targets; Active targets transmitting electromagnetic or acoustic waves | Radar-reflecting and infrared-emitting practice targets | 3 | 2 | 2,354 |
| F41J9/08 | Airborne targets, e.g. drones, kites, balloons | Airborne practice targets such as target drones | 2 | 2 | 1,638 |
| G09B9/54 | Simulation of radar | Radar operator training simulators | 1 | 1 | 713 |
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 Standing Force Generation & Training: 47 codes on 33,566 documents. The full crosswalk is in the cpc-to-capability.csv download.
| Code | Title | Under entry | How placed | Documents |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| F41A33/00 | Adaptations for training; Gun simulators | F41A33/00 | In the scheme | 3,922 |
| G09B9/003 | Simulators for teaching or training purposes for military purposes and tactics | G09B9/003 | In the scheme | 3,453 |
| F41A33/02 | Light- or radiation-emitting guns ; Light- or radiation-sensitive guns; Cartridges carrying light emitting sources, e.g. laser | F41A33/00 | In the scheme | 2,940 |
| F41G3/26 | Teaching or practice apparatus for gun-aiming or gun-laying | F41G3/26 | In the scheme | 2,347 |
| F41G3/2655 | Teaching or practice apparatus for gun-aiming or gun-laying using a light emitting device for simulating the firing of a gun or the trajectory of a projectile in which the light beam is sent from the weapon to the target | F41G3/26 | In the scheme | 1,907 |
| F41J2/02 | Active targets transmitting infrared radiation | F41J2/00 | In the scheme | 1,379 |
| F41A33/06 | Recoil simulators | F41A33/00 | In the scheme | 1,136 |
| F42B8/02 | Cartridges | F42B8/00 | In the scheme | 1,006 |
| F42B8/12 | Projectiles or missiles | F42B8/00 | In the scheme | 1,003 |
| F41J2/00 | Reflecting targets, e.g. radar-reflector targets; Active targets transmitting electromagnetic or acoustic waves | F41J2/00 | In the scheme | 974 |
| F42B8/04 | Blank cartridges, i.e. primed cartridges without projectile but containing an explosive or combustible powder charge | F42B8/00 | In the scheme | 949 |
| F42B8/14 | Projectiles or missiles disintegrating in flight or upon impact | F42B8/00 | In the scheme | 850 |
| F41G7/006 | Guided missiles training or simulation devices | F41G7/006 | In the scheme | 800 |
| F41A33/04 | Acoustical simulation of gun fire, e.g. by pyrotechnic means | F41A33/00 | In the scheme | 739 |
| F41J9/10 | Airborne targets, e.g. drones, kites, balloons towed | F41J9/08 | In the scheme | 694 |
| F42B8/26 | Hand grenades | F42B8/00 | In the scheme | 687 |
| G09B9/54 | Simulation of radar | G09B9/54 | In the scheme | 650 |
| F41J9/08 | Airborne targets, e.g. drones, kites, balloons | F41J9/08 | In the scheme | 622 |
| F41G3/2694 | Teaching or practice apparatus for gun-aiming or gun-laying using a light emitting device for simulating a target | F41G3/26 | In the scheme | 588 |
| F42B8/16 | Projectiles or missiles disintegrating in flight or upon impact containing an inert filler in powder or granular form | F42B8/00 | In the scheme | 578 |
| F41G3/2627 | Cooperating with a motion picture projector | F41G3/26 | In the scheme | 471 |
| F41G3/265 | Teaching or practice apparatus for gun-aiming or gun-laying using a light emitting device for simulating the firing of a gun or the trajectory of a projectile with means for selecting or varying the shape or the direction of the emitted beam | F41G3/26 | In the scheme | 451 |
| F41G3/2611 | Teaching or practice apparatus for gun-aiming or gun-laying using a view recording device cosighted with the gun coacting with a TV-monitor | F41G3/26 | In the scheme | 447 |
| F41G3/2605 | Teaching or practice apparatus for gun-aiming or gun-laying using a view recording device cosighted with the gun | F41G3/26 | In the scheme | 419 |
| F42B8/10 | Cartridges with sub-calibre adaptor | F42B8/00 | In the scheme | 410 |
| F42B8/28 | Land or marine mines; Depth charges | F42B8/00 | In the scheme | 387 |
| F41G3/2644 | Displaying the trajectory or the impact point of a simulated projectile in the gunner's sight | F41G3/26 | In the scheme | 329 |
| F41G3/2683 | Teaching or practice apparatus for gun-aiming or gun-laying using a light emitting device for simulating the firing of a gun or the trajectory of a projectile with reflection of the beam on the target back to the weapon | F41G3/26 | In the scheme | 303 |
| F42B8/20 | Mortar grenades | F42B8/00 | In the scheme | 289 |
| F42B8/00 | Practice or training ammunition | F42B8/00 | In the scheme | 262 |
| F41G3/2666 | Teaching or practice apparatus for gun-aiming or gun-laying using a light emitting device for simulating the firing of a gun or the trajectory of a projectile with means for selecting or varying PRF or time coding of the emitted beam | F41G3/26 | In the scheme | 260 |
| F41G3/28 | Small-scale apparatus | F41G3/26 | In the scheme | 249 |
| F41G3/2688 | Teaching or practice apparatus for gun-aiming or gun-laying using a light emitting device for simulating the firing of a gun or the trajectory of a projectile with reflection of the beam on the target back to the weapon using target range measurement, e.g. with a laser rangefinder | F41G3/26 | In the scheme | 225 |
| F41G3/2616 | Teaching or practice apparatus for gun-aiming or gun-laying using a light emitting device | F41G3/26 | In the scheme | 217 |
| F41G3/2633 | Cooperating with a motion picture projector using a TV type screen, e.g. a CRT, displaying a simulated target | F41G3/26 | In the scheme | 204 |
| F42B8/18 | Rifle grenades | F42B8/00 | In the scheme | 198 |
| F42B8/24 | Rockets | F42B8/00 | In the scheme | 194 |
| F42B8/08 | Dummy cartridges, i.e. inert cartridges containing neither primer nor explosive or combustible powder charge | F42B8/00 | In the scheme | 182 |
| F41G3/2661 | Teaching or practice apparatus for gun-aiming or gun-laying using a light emitting device for simulating the firing of a gun or the trajectory of a projectile in which the light beam is sent from the target to the weapon | F41G3/26 | In the scheme | 165 |
| F41G3/2622 | Teaching or practice apparatus for gun-aiming or gun-laying using a light emitting device for simulating the firing of a gun or the trajectory of a projectile | F41G3/26 | In the scheme | 159 |
| F42B8/06 | Blank cartridges, i.e. primed cartridges without projectile but containing an explosive or combustible powder charge for cap-firing pistols | F42B8/00 | In the scheme | 149 |
| F42B8/22 | Fall bombs | F42B8/00 | In the scheme | 132 |
| F41G3/30 | Gun-laying apparatus | F41G3/26 | In the scheme | 97 |
| F41G3/2638 | Cooperating with a motion picture projector using a TV type screen, e.g. a CRT, displaying a simulated target giving hit coordinates by means of raster control signals, e.g. standard light pen | F41G3/26 | In the scheme | 89 |
| F41G3/2672 | Teaching or practice apparatus for gun-aiming or gun-laying using a light emitting device for simulating the firing of a gun or the trajectory of a projectile with means for selecting or varying PRF or time coding of the emitted beam using PRF adapted receiver | F41G3/26 | In the scheme | 39 |
| F41G3/2677 | Teaching or practice apparatus for gun-aiming or gun-laying using a light emitting device for simulating the firing of a gun or the trajectory of a projectile with means for selecting or varying PRF or time coding of the emitted beam using PRF adapted receiver with PRF determination | F41G3/26 | In the scheme | 14 |
| F41J2/17509 | Retired code | F41J2/00 | Retired, by main group | 1 |
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