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Inventions of Czechia origin, wherever they were filed: 3,185 international patent families with an earliest filing from 2015 to 2024, the 33rd most of the 40 countries listed.

International families
3,1850.1% of the world
All families
6,813home filings included
Taken abroad
47%198 triadic
Growth
1.0×2020 to 2024 against the five before

Year by year

Patent families of Czechia 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 Czechia 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

390 international families

Additive & Precision Manufacturing
Biomanufacturing
Nanomaterials & Metamaterials
Batteries & Energy Storage
Advanced Therapeutics, Vaccines & Medical Countermeasures
Semiconductor Equipment & Materials

40

38

34

32

31

22

Strategic Infrastructure

550 international families

Production Systems
Chemicals & Hazardous Process Industry
Solid Waste & Recycling
Emergency Services & Civil Protection
Storage & Fuel Supply
Materials & Inputs

146

53

44

34

27

27

National Security

36 international families

Combined Arms Manoeuvre
Defensive Cyber Operations
Standing Force Generation & Training
Signals & Cyber Intelligence
Operational Sustainment & War Reserves
Defence Industrial Mobilisation

25

3

1

1

1

1

Soft Power

Human Capital

311 international families

Physical Health & Longevity
Service Delivery & Coverage
Knowledge Production
Mental Health & Wellbeing
Nutrition & Preventive Health
Public Health Functions

153

118

34

8

8

6

Information & Influence

39 international families

Sports & Major Events
Creative Industries & Cultural Export Reach
International Media & Broadcasting

31

6

4

Governance & Integrity

55 international families

Civil Protection & Emergency Management
Policing & Law Enforcement
Legal Identity & Civil Registration
Organised Crime & Illicit Economy Response
National Risk Assessment & Early Warning
Recovery, Continuity & Adaptation

34

13

4

2

2

2

Economic Power

Financial Strength

9 international families

Currency Issuance & Digital Money
Payment & Market Infrastructure Oversight
Banking System Capacity
Capital Markets Depth & Development
Financial Inclusion & Household Access

7

2

1

1

1

Production & Innovation

1,607 international families

Manufacturing & Advanced Industry
Foundational & Process Industries
Agrifood & Primary Production
Industrial Technology Diffusion
Digital Economy Adoption
Services Economy

317

169

82

24

13

7

Trade & Investment

30 international families

Maritime & Logistics Services
Strategic Supply Security
Tourism & Visitor Economy
Standards, Conformity & Quality Infrastructure
Digital Trade & E-Commerce

17

9

2

1

1

Where its patents run deepest

International patent families, 2015 to 2024, in each capability of the National Capability Framework. Share of world is Czechia's part of every country's families in the capability. Leans sets the capability's share of Czechia'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
Manufacturing & Advanced IndustryProduction & Innovation5840.1%31 of 401.3×1.1×
Physical Health & LongevityHuman Capital3650.2%29 of 402.1×0.7×
Foundational & Process IndustriesProduction & Innovation3620.1%32 of 401.3×0.9×
Production SystemsStrategic Infrastructure3120.1%31 of 401.0×0.9×
Service Delivery & CoverageHuman Capital2330.1%34 of 401.0×1.0×
Agrifood & Primary ProductionProduction & Innovation1630.1%36 of 401.5×1.0×
Chemicals & Hazardous Process IndustryStrategic Infrastructure1070.1%31 of 401.7×0.9×
Solid Waste & RecyclingStrategic Infrastructure790.3%27 of 403.9×1.3×
Materials & InputsStrategic Infrastructure740.2%29 of 402.2×0.6×
Nanomaterials & MetamaterialsCritical Technology610.2%28 of 402.7×1.3×
Knowledge ProductionHuman Capital610.2%26 of 402.1×1.2×
Additive & Precision ManufacturingCritical Technology570.1%31 of 401.5×2.2×
BiomanufacturingCritical Technology550.1%35 of 400.9×1.8×
Advanced Therapeutics, Vaccines & Medical CountermeasuresCritical Technology540.1%32 of 400.8×1.2×
Health InfrastructureStrategic Infrastructure520.1%33 of 400.8×0.9×
Sports & Major EventsInformation & Influence510.3%29 of 403.1×1.6×
Batteries & Energy StorageCritical Technology500.0%31 of 400.5×1.8×
Rail InfrastructureStrategic Infrastructure500.3%23 of 403.3×0.5×
Emergency Services & Civil ProtectionStrategic Infrastructure500.3%29 of 403.3×1.9×
Wastewater & SanitationStrategic Infrastructure480.2%33 of 402.0×1.1×
Industrial Technology DiffusionProduction & Innovation480.1%33 of 400.8×0.9×
Advanced Optical Communication & PhotonicsCritical Technology450.1%30 of 401.1×0.5×
Roads & BridgesStrategic Infrastructure450.2%30 of 402.4×1.0×
AI Tools & ApplicationsStrategic Infrastructure440.0%38 of 400.2×1.1×
Storage & Fuel SupplyStrategic Infrastructure430.1%34 of 401.0×1.7×

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

Governance & Integrity

Information & Influence

National Security

Trade & Investment

Financial Strength

1,101

700

668

74

73

65

52

21

Largest applicants

CESKE VYSOKE UCENI TECH V PRAZE

ZENTIVA KS

SKODA AUTO AS

VARROC LIGHTING SYSTEMS SRO

UNIV PALACKEHO

UNIV V LIBERCI TECCH

UNIV KARLOVA

ROBE LIGHTING SRO

USTAV ORGANICKE CHEMIE A BIOCHEMIE AV CR V V I

ZAPADOCESKA UNIVERZITA V PLZNI

98

98

82

78

71

54

52

51

51

48

Others in Europe