- International families
- 19k0.5% of the world
- All families
- 33khome filings included
- Taken abroad
- 57%2,698 triadic
- Growth
- 0.9×2020 to 2024 against the five before
Year by year
Patent families of Australia origin by the year of the earliest filing, 2000 to 2025; 2025 is a part year, still filling in.
Source: Global Institute for National Capability (GINC), 2026. Underlying patents from 107 patent offices, IFI CLAIMS and Google
Innovation and National Capability
The nine domains of the National Capability Framework, each with the capabilities in which Australia has the most international patent families, in the period chosen. 2025 is a part year and 2026 has barely begun. Select a capability for its page.
Hard Power
Critical Technology
3,217 international families
Strategic Infrastructure
3,918 international families
National Security
164 international families
Soft Power
Human Capital
2,722 international families
Information & Influence
419 international families
Governance & Integrity
413 international families
Economic Power
Financial Strength
153 international families
Production & Innovation
9,017 international families
Trade & Investment
458 international families
Where its patents run deepest
International patent families, 2015 to 2024, in each capability of the National Capability Framework. Share of world is Australia's part of every country's families in the capability. Leans sets the capability's share of Australia's families against its share of the world's: 2.0× means twice the world's weight. Growth compares the latest five full years with the five before.
| 2000 to 2025 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Service Delivery & Coverage | Human Capital | 3,012 | 1.2% | 14 of 40 | 2.3× | 1.0× | |
| Physical Health & Longevity | Human Capital | 2,044 | 1.0% | 17 of 40 | 2.0× | 1.0× | |
| Manufacturing & Advanced Industry | Production & Innovation | 2,036 | 0.4% | 20 of 40 | 0.8× | 0.9× | |
| Foundational & Process Industries | Production & Innovation | 1,690 | 0.5% | 18 of 40 | 1.1× | 1.2× | |
| Agrifood & Primary Production | Production & Innovation | 1,556 | 1.2% | 17 of 40 | 2.4× | 0.9× | |
| Applied AI & Advanced Analytics | Critical Technology | 1,202 | 0.6% | 16 of 40 | 1.1× | 1.5× | |
| AI Tools & Applications | Strategic Infrastructure | 1,070 | 0.5% | 17 of 40 | 0.9× | 1.5× | |
| Production Systems | Strategic Infrastructure | 1,017 | 0.3% | 23 of 40 | 0.6× | 0.9× | |
| Services Economy | Production & Innovation | 961 | 1.2% | 14 of 40 | 2.3× | 1.1× | |
| Digital Economy Adoption | Production & Innovation | 822 | 1.1% | 11 of 40 | 2.2× | 0.7× | |
| Health Infrastructure | Strategic Infrastructure | 814 | 1.0% | 13 of 40 | 2.0× | 1.2× | |
| Advanced Therapeutics, Vaccines & Medical Countermeasures | Critical Technology | 783 | 1.0% | 13 of 40 | 2.0× | 1.1× | |
| Synthetic Biology & Genetic Engineering | Critical Technology | 628 | 0.8% | 14 of 40 | 1.7× | 1.1× | |
| Chemicals & Hazardous Process Industry | Strategic Infrastructure | 622 | 0.8% | 16 of 40 | 1.6× | 1.1× | |
| Biomanufacturing | Critical Technology | 604 | 0.9% | 16 of 40 | 1.7× | 1.1× | |
| Data Resources | Strategic Infrastructure | 566 | 0.6% | 17 of 40 | 1.2× | 0.6× | |
| Machine Learning & Foundation Models | Critical Technology | 527 | 0.5% | 18 of 40 | 1.0× | 2.3× | |
| Mobile & Wireless Networks | Strategic Infrastructure | 505 | 0.2% | 18 of 40 | 0.4× | 0.7× | |
| Maritime & Logistics Services | Trade & Investment | 493 | 1.4% | 11 of 40 | 2.7× | 0.8× | |
| Processing & Refining | Strategic Infrastructure | 484 | 1.9% | 12 of 40 | 3.8× | 1.4× | |
| Advanced Wireless Communication | Critical Technology | 463 | 0.2% | 18 of 40 | 0.4× | 0.8× | |
| Oil & Gas Extraction | Strategic Infrastructure | 437 | 1.2% | 11 of 40 | 2.3× | 1.0× | |
| Sports & Major Events | Information & Influence | 415 | 2.2% | 11 of 40 | 4.3× | 0.8× | |
| Creative Industries & Cultural Export Reach | Information & Influence | 409 | 1.2% | 9 of 40 | 2.4× | 0.5× | |
| Wastewater & Sanitation | Strategic Infrastructure | 385 | 1.4% | 12 of 40 | 2.7× | 1.0× |
By domain and applicant
International patent families, 2015 to 2024. A family counts once in each domain it reaches.
Domains of the framework
Strategic Infrastructure
Critical Technology
Human Capital
Information & Influence
Trade & Investment
Governance & Integrity
Financial Strength
National Security
7,996
5,898
5,320
1,012
955
840
420
317
Largest applicants
COCHLEAR LTD
COMMW SCIENT IND RES ORG
ResMed Pty Ltd
NEWSOUTH INNOVATIONS PTY LTD
UNIV MONASH
UNIV SYDNEY
ARISTOCRAT TECHNOLOGIES AU
UNIV MELBOURNE
UNIV QUEENSLAND
RESMED LTD
467
455
297
269
266
264
224
205
187
173