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Mexico

Inventions of Mexico origin, wherever they were filed: 2,312 international patent families with an earliest filing from 2015 to 2024, the 38th most of the 40 countries listed.

International families
2,3120.1% of the world
All families
11khome filings included
Taken abroad
22%159 triadic
Growth
0.7×2020 to 2024 against the five before

Year by year

Patent families of Mexico 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 Mexico 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

Soft Power

Economic Power

Where its patents run deepest

International patent families, 2015 to 2024, in each capability of the National Capability Framework. Share of world is Mexico's part of every country's families in the capability. Leans sets the capability's share of Mexico'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
Foundational & Process IndustriesProduction & Innovation4090.1%30 of 402.1×0.6×
Physical Health & LongevityHuman Capital3280.2%31 of 402.5×0.8×
Agrifood & Primary ProductionProduction & Innovation3240.3%30 of 404.0×0.9×
Manufacturing & Advanced IndustryProduction & Innovation2410.0%36 of 400.8×0.6×
Service Delivery & CoverageHuman Capital2270.1%35 of 401.4×0.7×
Production SystemsStrategic Infrastructure1400.0%38 of 400.6×0.5×
Chemicals & Hazardous Process IndustryStrategic Infrastructure1340.2%29 of 402.9×0.4×
BiomanufacturingCritical Technology900.1%30 of 402.0×1.0×
Processing & RefiningStrategic Infrastructure750.3%29 of 404.8×0.6×
Wastewater & SanitationStrategic Infrastructure690.2%29 of 403.9×0.9×
Water Supply & TreatmentStrategic Infrastructure630.3%29 of 404.1×1.1×
Materials & InputsStrategic Infrastructure570.1%32 of 402.4×0.6×
Renewable GenerationStrategic Infrastructure530.1%31 of 401.9×1.0×
Nutrition & Preventive HealthHuman Capital530.2%30 of 402.7×1.0×
Digital Economy AdoptionProduction & Innovation510.1%35 of 401.1×0.4×
Advanced Therapeutics, Vaccines & Medical CountermeasuresCritical Technology500.1%33 of 401.0×0.7×
Industrial Technology DiffusionProduction & Innovation480.1%33 of 401.1×0.7×
Oil & Gas ExtractionStrategic Infrastructure440.1%29 of 401.9×0.8×
Applied AI & Advanced AnalyticsCritical Technology400.0%38 of 400.3×0.5×
Solid Waste & RecyclingStrategic Infrastructure400.2%32 of 402.7×1.0×
Mobile & Wireless NetworksStrategic Infrastructure390.0%38 of 400.2×0.2×
Health InfrastructureStrategic Infrastructure390.0%35 of 400.8×0.7×
Batteries & Energy StorageCritical Technology380.0%34 of 400.5×1.4×
Services EconomyProduction & Innovation380.0%37 of 400.7×0.6×
Storage & Fuel SupplyStrategic Infrastructure370.1%35 of 401.2×0.7×

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

Human Capital

Critical Technology

Information & Influence

Trade & Investment

Governance & Integrity

Financial Strength

National Security

904

594

493

57

56

40

19

13

Largest applicants

BELTRAN RAMIREZ JESUS RAUL

MEXICHEM FLUOR SA DE CV

MEXICANO INST PETROL

MEXICHEM UK LTD

Nemak Sab De Cv

JESUS RAUL BELTRAN RAMIREZ

UNIV MEXICO NAC AUTONOMA

CENTRO DE INVESTIG Y DE ESTUDIOS AVANZADOS DEL I P N

CENTRO DE INVESTIGACION Y DE ESTUDIOS AVANZADOS DEL INSTITUTO POLITECNICO NAC

INST TECNOLOGICO ESTUDIOS SUPERIORES MONTERREY

71

67

61

58

53

46

40

33

29

27

Others in Latin America and Caribbean