- International families
- 3702015 to 2024
- Leading country
- United States2.5× the next
- All families
- 3,377home 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
United States
Germany
France
China
United Kingdom
Switzerland
South Korea
Australia
Canada
Italy
96
38
34
29
27
23
17
17
12
11
| 2000 to 2025 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States | 96 | 25.9% | 0.6× | 348 | |
| 2 | Germany | 38 | 10.3% | 1.0× | 49 | |
| 3 | France | 34 | 9.2% | 1.1× | 41 | |
| 4 | China | 29 | 7.8% | 0.8× | 2,416 | |
| 5 | United Kingdom | 27 | 7.3% | 0.6× | 41 | |
| 6 | Switzerland | 23 | 6.2% | 2.8× | 24 | |
| 7 | South Korea | 17 | 4.6% | 0.4× | 191 | |
| 8 | Australia | 17 | 4.6% | 0.9× | 19 | |
| 9 | Canada | 12 | 3.2% | 2.0× | 16 | |
| 10 | Italy | 11 | 3.0% | 0.2× | 16 | |
| 11 | Sweden | 9 | 2.4% | 3.5× | 9 | |
| 12 | Netherlands | 5 | 1.4% | 0.0× | 8 | |
| 13 | Spain | 5 | 1.4% | 1.5× | 5 | |
| 14 | Japan | 4 | 1.1% | 1.0× | 5 | |
| 15 | Belgium | 4 | 1.1% | 1.0× | 5 | |
| 16 | Türkiye | 4 | 1.1% | 3.0× | 12 | |
| 17 | Finland | 3 | 0.8% | – | 4 | |
| 18 | Israel | 3 | 0.8% | – | 3 | |
| 19 | India | 3 | 0.8% | 0.5× | 3 | |
| 20 | Brazil | 3 | 0.8% | 0.5× | 5 | |
| 21 | South Africa | 3 | 0.8% | 0.0× | 3 | |
| 22 | Austria | 2 | 0.5% | – | 2 | |
| 23 | Poland | 2 | 0.5% | 1.0× | 12 | |
| 24 | Singapore | 1 | 0.3% | – | 1 | |
| 25 | Norway | 1 | 0.3% | – | 1 | |
| 26 | Ireland | 1 | 0.3% | 0.0× | 1 | |
| 27 | Czechia | 1 | 0.3% | – | 4 | |
| 28 | Mexico | 1 | 0.3% | 0.0× | 2 | |
| 29 | Taiwan | 0 | 0.0% | – | 6 | |
| 30 | Denmark | 0 | 0.0% | – | 1 | |
| 31 | Russia | 0 | 0.0% | – | 100 | |
| 32 | New Zealand | 0 | 0.0% | – | 1 | |
| 33 | Hungary | 0 | 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 Defence Industrial Mobilisation. Names are as held in the source and are not consolidated across subsidiaries.
Global
370 international families
BAE SYSTEMS PLC · United Kingdom
RUAG AMMOTEC AG · Switzerland
RHEINMETALL WAFFE MUNITION GMBH · Germany
ARIANEGROUP SAS · France
SWISSP DEFENCE AG · Switzerland
EURENCO FRANCE · France
17
14
11
10
10
9
United States
96 international families
RAYTHEON CO
TRUE VELOCITY IP HOLDINGS LLC
DYNO NOBEL INC
FEDERAL CARTRIDGE CO
FIREHAWK AEROSPACE INC
SHELL SHOCK TECH LLC
7
5
4
4
4
3
Germany
38 international families
RHEINMETALL WAFFE MUNITION GMBH
RUAG AMMOTEC GMBH
RWS GMBH
DIEHL DEFENCE GMBH & CO KG
MBDA DEUTSCHLAND GMBH
DIEHL BGT DEFENCE GMBH & CO KG
11
6
6
4
3
2
France
34 international families
ARIANEGROUP SAS
EURENCO FRANCE
EURENCO FRANCE SAS
NITRATES & INNOVATION
THALES SA
INNOVATION & IND
10
9
9
4
3
2
China
29 international families
HUBEI HANGPENG CHEMICAL POWER TECH CO LTD
HUBEI JI AN DUN FIRE FIGHTING TECH CO LTD
HUBEI JIANDUN FIRE TECH CO LTD
BEIJING INSTITUTE TECH
XIAN MODERN CHEMISTRY RES INST
HEFEI HAIDE INTELLIGENT TECH CO LTD
9
4
4
2
2
1
United Kingdom
27 international families
BAE SYSTEMS PLC
BISN TEC LTD
COUNTERMEASURE SYSTEMS LTD
ECS SPECIAL PROJECTS LTD
FALCON PROJECT LTD
JET PHYSICS LTD
17
1
1
1
1
1
Similar capabilities
The nine capabilities that share the most international patent families with Defence Industrial Mobilisation, 2015 to 2024: the families counted in both as a share of those counted in either. Each card shows its five largest countries.
Critical Technology
Energetic Materials
20.1% shared · 166 families in both
United States
France
China
Germany
Japan
166
62
59
59
41
Strategic Infrastructure
Manufacturing Facilities
17.3% shared · 370 families in both
United States
France
Germany
United Kingdom
Japan
892
274
266
193
97
National Security
Land Fires
3.3% shared · 57 families in both
United States
Germany
France
United Kingdom
South Korea
357
232
127
113
93
National Security
Operational Sustainment & War Reserves
3.1% shared · 23 families in both
United States
Germany
France
United Kingdom
China
88
67
32
24
23
National Security
Standing Force Generation & Training
2.0% shared · 21 families in both
United States
Germany
South Korea
United Kingdom
Canada
217
90
58
38
30
National Security
Assured Space Access
1.4% shared · 19 families in both
United States
France
Germany
Japan
China
348
166
106
80
69
Critical Technology
Space Launch & Reusable Systems
1.3% shared · 19 families in both
United States
France
Germany
Japan
China
369
176
121
104
78
Critical Technology
Advanced Propulsion & Hypersonic Systems
0.9% shared · 19 families in both
United States
France
Germany
Japan
China
732
229
172
130
104
Strategic Infrastructure
Military Bases & Installations
0.5% shared · 10 families in both
United States
Germany
South Korea
United Kingdom
Japan
353
218
111
100
84
Crosswalk
How Defence Industrial Mobilisation is matched to the patent classifications. The entries below were chosen for it; each stands for itself and everything beneath it in the scheme, 34 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| F42B33/00 | Manufacture of ammunition; Dismantling of ammunition; Apparatus therefor | Manufacture and filling of ammunition | 22 | 4 | 10,250 |
| C06B21/00 | Apparatus or methods for working-up explosives, e.g. forming, cutting, drying | Processing and forming of explosives and propellants | 13 | 1 | 16,313 |
| F42B33/06 | Dismantling fuzes, cartridges, projectiles, missiles, rockets or bombs | Left out | |||
| F42B33/10 | Reconditioning used cartridge cases | Left out | |||
| F42B33/004 | Cartridge loaders of the rotatable-turret type | Left out | |||
| F42B33/12 | Crimping shotgun cartridges | Left out |
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 Defence Industrial Mobilisation: 35 codes on 25,554 documents. The full crosswalk is in the cpc-to-capability.csv download.
| Code | Title | Under entry | How placed | Documents |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| C06B21/0008 | Compounding the ingredient | C06B21/00 | In the scheme | 2,551 |
| C06B21/00 | Apparatus or methods for working-up explosives, e.g. forming, cutting, drying | C06B21/00 | In the scheme | 2,181 |
| F42B33/00 | Manufacture of ammunition; Dismantling of ammunition; Apparatus therefor | F42B33/00 | In the scheme | 2,148 |
| F42B33/001 | Devices or processes for assembling ammunition, cartridges or cartridge elements from parts | F42B33/00 | In the scheme | 2,112 |
| C06B21/0091 | Elimination of undesirable or temporary components of an intermediate or finished product, e.g. making porous or low density products, purifying, stabilising, drying; Deactivating; Reclaiming | C06B21/00 | In the scheme | 1,941 |
| C06B21/0083 | Treatment of solid structures, e.g. for coating or impregnating with a modifier | C06B21/00 | In the scheme | 1,736 |
| C06B21/0066 | Shaping the mixture by granulation, e.g. flaking | C06B21/00 | In the scheme | 1,711 |
| F42B33/02 | Filling cartridges, missiles, or fuzes; Inserting propellant or explosive charges | F42B33/00 | In the scheme | 1,124 |
| C06B21/0041 | Shaping the mixture by compression | C06B21/00 | In the scheme | 1,003 |
| C06B21/0033 | Shaping the mixture | C06B21/00 | In the scheme | 904 |
| F42B33/04 | Fitting or extracting primers in or from fuzes or charges | F42B33/00 | In the scheme | 835 |
| C06B21/0075 | Shaping the mixture by extrusion | C06B21/00 | In the scheme | 811 |
| C06B21/005 | By a process involving melting at least part of the ingredients | C06B21/00 | In the scheme | 777 |
| F42B33/0207 | Processes for loading or filling propulsive or explosive charges in containers | F42B33/00 | In the scheme | 768 |
| C06B21/0058 | Shaping the mixture by casting a curable composition, e.g. of the plastisol type | C06B21/00 | In the scheme | 766 |
| C06B21/0025 | Compounding the ingredient the ingredient being a polymer bonded explosive or thermic component | C06B21/00 | In the scheme | 733 |
| F42B33/025 | Filling cartridges, missiles, or fuzes; Inserting propellant or explosive charges by compacting | F42B33/00 | In the scheme | 693 |
| F42B33/002 | Orienting or guiding means for cartridges or cartridge parts during the manufacturing or packaging process; Feeding cartridge elements to automatic machines | F42B33/00 | In the scheme | 599 |
| F42B33/0214 | Filling cartridges, missiles, or fuzes; Inserting propellant or explosive charges by casting | F42B33/00 | In the scheme | 366 |
| F42B33/14 | Surface treatment of cartridges or cartridge cases | F42B33/00 | In the scheme | 335 |
| F42B33/0292 | Measuring explosive-charge levels in containers or cartridge cases; Methods or devices for controlling the quantity of material fed or filled by volumetric measurement, i.e. the volume of the material being determined before filling | F42B33/00 | In the scheme | 272 |
| F42B33/0285 | Measuring explosive-charge levels in containers or cartridge cases; Methods or devices for controlling the quantity of material fed or filled | F42B33/00 | In the scheme | 234 |
| C06B21/0016 | Compounding the ingredient the ingredient being nitrocellulose or oranitro cellulose based propellant; Working up; gelatinising; stabilising | C06B21/00 | In the scheme | 189 |
| F42B33/005 | Crimping cartridge cases on projectiles | F42B33/00 | In the scheme | 124 |
| F42B33/0228 | Funnel arrangements therefor | F42B33/00 | In the scheme | 94 |
| F42B33/0271 | Filling cartridges, missiles, or fuzes; Inserting propellant or explosive charges by using screw-type feeders for extruding blasting cartridges | F42B33/00 | In the scheme | 86 |
| F42B33/008 | Cutting explosive or propulsive charges | F42B33/00 | In the scheme | 76 |
| F42B33/0278 | Safety arrangements therefor | F42B33/00 | In the scheme | 72 |
| F42B33/0242 | Filling cartridges, missiles, or fuzes; Inserting propellant or explosive charges by casting by pressure casting | F42B33/00 | In the scheme | 67 |
| F42B33/0235 | Heating of casting equipment or explosive charge containers during the loading process | F42B33/00 | In the scheme | 61 |
| F42B33/0264 | Filling cartridges, missiles, or fuzes; Inserting propellant or explosive charges by using screw-type feeders | F42B33/00 | In the scheme | 60 |
| F42B33/007 | Making cavities in an explosive or propulsive charge | F42B33/00 | In the scheme | 48 |
| F42B33/0257 | Filling cartridges, missiles, or fuzes; Inserting propellant or explosive charges by compacting by vibration compacting | F42B33/00 | In the scheme | 47 |
| F42B33/0221 | Filling cartridges, missiles, or fuzes; Inserting propellant or explosive charges by casting by centrifugal casting | F42B33/00 | In the scheme | 29 |
| C06B21/0092 | Retired code | C06B21/00 | Retired, by main group | 1 |
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