Production & Innovation

Manufacturing & Advanced Industry

The capacity to manufacture at scale and at the frontier: the industrial base, its automation and process sophistication, and the capability to make the products the era contests. One of the capabilities of Industrial & Sectoral Base.

International families: 503k2015 to 2024
Leading country: Japan1.6× the next
All families: 2.35Mhome 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

Japan

United States

Germany

China

South Korea

France

Italy

Sweden

Taiwan

United Kingdom

138,612

87,628

76,621

49,292

40,578

22,524

10,693

8,886

8,413

7,843


1	Japan	138,612	27.6%	0.8×	288,782
2	United States	87,628	17.4%	0.8×	145,218
3	Germany	76,621	15.2%	0.9×	142,382
4	China	49,292	9.8%	1.7×	1,416,944
5	South Korea	40,578	8.1%	1.3×	176,203
6	France	22,524	4.5%	0.9×	37,213
7	Italy	10,693	2.1%	1.1×	15,294
8	Sweden	8,886	1.8%	1.2×	10,225
9	Taiwan	8,413	1.7%	0.9×	22,257
10	United Kingdom	7,843	1.6%	0.9×	10,954
11	Switzerland	7,708	1.5%	1.2×	8,914
12	Canada	4,960	1.0%	1.0×	7,281
13	Austria	4,753	0.9%	0.9×	5,424
14	Netherlands	4,268	0.8%	0.9×	5,211
15	Spain	2,665	0.5%	0.8×	3,490
16	Belgium	2,447	0.5%	1.0×	2,959
17	India	2,269	0.5%	1.8×	2,815
18	Türkiye	2,176	0.4%	1.5×	6,808
19	Israel	2,104	0.4%	1.0×	2,622
20	Australia	2,036	0.4%	0.9×	3,409
21	Finland	1,632	0.3%	1.0×	1,921
22	Denmark	1,587	0.3%	1.2×	1,721
23	Liechtenstein	1,142	0.2%	1.0×	1,168
24	Singapore	1,034	0.2%	1.4×	1,169
25	Luxembourg	918	0.2%	0.5×	1,069
26	Brazil	836	0.2%	0.9×	3,092
27	Russia	828	0.2%	0.8×	9,134
28	Poland	765	0.2%	1.1×	4,572
29	Ireland	759	0.2%	0.9×	1,081
30	Norway	695	0.1%	0.8×	825
31	Czechia	584	0.1%	1.1×	1,125
32	Hong Kong	513	0.1%	0.6×	805
33	New Zealand	306	0.1%	0.8×	426
34	Saudi Arabia	277	0.1%	1.3×	494
35	Portugal	277	0.1%	1.3×	390
36	Mexico	241	0.0%	0.6×	885
37	South Africa	227	0.0%	0.7×	243
38	Malaysia	168	0.0%	0.6×	368
39	Hungary	129	0.0%	1.1×	309
40	Cayman Islands	120	0.0%	0.8×	230

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 Manufacturing & Advanced Industry. Names are as held in the source and are not consolidated across subsidiaries.

Global

502,666 international families

TOYOTA MOTOR CORP · Japan

TOYOTA MOTOR CO LTD · Japan

HYUNDAI MOTOR CO LTD · South Korea

FORD GLOBAL TECH LLC · United States

BOSCH GMBH ROBERT · Germany

HONDA MOTOR CO LTD · Japan

14,695

14,221

11,725

11,158

8,956

8,495

Japan

138,612 international families

TOYOTA MOTOR CORP

TOYOTA MOTOR CO LTD

HONDA MOTOR CO LTD

DENSO CORP

FANUC CORP

PANASONIC IP MAN CO LTD

14,609

14,113

8,432

5,596

3,367

2,854

United States

87,628 international families

FORD GLOBAL TECH LLC

GM GLOBAL TECH OPERATIONS LLC

BOEING CO

HEWLETT PACKARD DEVELOPMENT CO

GEN ELECTRIC

ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS

11,149

6,229

1,793

1,699

1,607

1,445

Germany

76,621 international families

BOSCH GMBH ROBERT

BAYERISCHE MOTOREN WERKE AG

VOLKSWAGEN AG

AUDI AG

ZAHNRADFABRIK FRIEDRICHSHAFEN

ROBERT BOSCH CO LTD

8,860

3,782

3,003

2,462

2,355

2,155

China

49,292 international families

BYD CO LTD

HUAWEI TECH CO LTD

CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY CO LTD

NINGDE CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECH CO LTD

SHENZHEN YINWANG INTELLIGENT TECHNOLOGY CO LTD

GEELY HOLDING GROUP CO LTD

1,696

1,433

1,305

1,217

756

733

South Korea

40,578 international families

HYUNDAI MOTOR CO LTD

KIA MOTORS CORP

KIA CORP

3.3% shared · 23,208 families in both

United States

China

Japan

South Korea

Germany

59,104

48,655

39,220

27,537

12,086

Crosswalk

How Manufacturing & Advanced Industry is matched to the patent classifications. The entries below were chosen for it; each stands for itself and everything beneath it in the scheme, 24,321 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
B21	Mechanical metal-working without essentially removing material; punching metal	Metal forming: rolling, drawing, forging, pressing, punching	1,671	998	3,457,864
B22	Casting; powder metallurgy	Casting and powder metallurgy	1,032	455	2,246,070
B23	Machine tools; metal-working not otherwise provided for	Machine tools and metal cutting, welding, laser machining	4,410	1,246	6,961,136
B24	Grinding; polishing	Grinding and polishing	749	400	2,639,311
B25	Hand tools; portable power-driven tools; manipulators	Workshop tools, power tools and industrial robots	1,009	349	2,601,230
B26	Hand cutting tools; cutting; severing	Cutting and severing machines	571	249	1,595,516
B29	Working of plastics; working of substances in a plastic state in general	Working of plastics, such as moulding and extrusion	7,388	1,306	12,257,720
B30	Presses	Presses	264	92	500,608
B33	Additive manufacturing technology	Additive manufacturing	39	12	664,646
B60	Vehicles in general	Vehicles and vehicle parts	8,987	2,024	18,950,578

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 Manufacturing & Advanced Industry: 26,120 codes on 47,135,347 documents. The 150 most used are listed; the full list is in the cpc-to-capability.csv download.

Code	Title	Under entry	How placed	Documents
B33Y10/00	Processes of additive manufacturing	B33	In the scheme	165,224
B33Y80/00	Products made by additive manufacturing	B33	In the scheme	115,455
B33Y30/00	Apparatus for additive manufacturing; Details thereof or accessories therefor	B33	In the scheme	113,641
B60W10/06	Conjoint control of vehicle sub-units of different type or different function including control of propulsion units including control of combustion engines	B60	In the scheme	108,721
B29C66/1122	Single lap to lap joints, i.e. overlap joints	B29	In the scheme	102,977
B29C66/71	General aspects of processes or apparatus for joining preformed parts characterised by the composition, physical properties or the structure of the material of the parts to be joined; Joining with non-plastics material characterised by the composition of the plastics material of the parts to be joined	B29	In the scheme	102,453
B60W10/08	Conjoint control of vehicle sub-units of different type or different function including control of propulsion units including control of electric propulsion units, e.g. motors or generators	B60	In the scheme	87,405
B60W50/14	Means for informing the driver, warning the driver or prompting a driver intervention	B60	In the scheme	83,078
B29C48/08	Flat, e.g. panels flexible, e.g. films	B29	In the scheme	73,728
B60W2520/10	Longitudinal speed	B60	In the scheme	69,979
B60K35/10	Input arrangements, i.e. from user to vehicle, associated with vehicle functions or specially adapted therefor	B60	In the scheme	66,774
B33Y50/02	Data acquisition or data processing for additive manufacturing for controlling or regulating additive manufacturing processes	B33	In the scheme	66,007
B33Y70/00	Materials specially adapted for additive manufacturing	B33	In the scheme	63,071
B22F2999/00	Aspects linked to processes or compositions used in powder metallurgy	B22	In the scheme	62,454
B60K35/22	Display screens	B60	In the scheme	61,288
B60W2420/403	Image sensing, e.g. optical camera	B60	In the scheme	57,863
B60W20/00	Control systems specially adapted for hybrid vehicles	B60	In the scheme	57,832
B22F2998/10	Processes characterised by the sequence of their steps	B22	In the scheme	56,467
B29C48/92	Measuring, controlling or regulating	B29	In the scheme	56,278
B29C48/09	Articles with cross-sections having partially or fully enclosed cavities, e.g. pipes or channels	B29	In the scheme	55,925
B23P15/00	Making specific metal objects by operations not covered by a single other subclass or a group in this subclass	B23	In the scheme	54,048
B60L58/12	Methods or circuit arrangements for monitoring or controlling batteries or fuel cells, specially adapted for electric vehicles for monitoring or controlling batteries responding to state of charge [SoC]	B60	In the scheme	53,999
B24B41/06	Work supports, e.g. adjustable steadies	B24	In the scheme	53,645
B23K26/702	Auxiliary equipment	B23	In the scheme	53,131
B22F10/28	Powder bed fusion, e.g. selective laser melting [SLM] or electron beam melting [EBM]	B22	In the scheme	52,794
B23K26/38	Removing material by boring or cutting	B23	In the scheme	52,627
B60Y2200/91	Electric vehicles	B60	In the scheme	52,263
B60L2200/26	Rail vehicles	B60	In the scheme	51,901
B60K1/04	Arrangement or mounting of electrical propulsion units of the electric storage means for propulsion	B60	In the scheme	50,260
B29C66/73921	General aspects of processes or apparatus for joining preformed parts characterised by the composition, physical properties or the structure of the material of the parts to be joined; Joining with non-plastics material characterised by the intensive physical properties of the material of the parts to be joined, by the optical properties of the material of the parts to be joined, by the extensive physical properties of the parts to be joined, by the state of the material of the parts to be joined or by the material of the parts to be joined being a thermoplastic or a thermoset characterised by the material of the parts to be joined being a thermoplastic or a thermoset characterised by the material of at least one of the parts being a thermoplastic characterised by the materials of both parts being thermoplastics	B29	In the scheme	50,251
B60L50/64	Constructional details of batteries specially adapted for electric vehicles	B60	In the scheme	48,107
B60K6/48	Parallel type	B60	In the scheme	47,888
B60K35/28	Output arrangements, i.e. from vehicle to user, associated with vehicle functions or specially adapted therefor characterised by the type of the output information, e.g. video entertainment or vehicle dynamics information; characterised by the purpose of the output information, e.g. for attracting the attention of the driver	B60	In the scheme	47,840
B25J9/1664	Program controls characterised by programming, planning systems for manipulators characterised by motion, path, trajectory planning	B25	In the scheme	46,902
B29C65/02	Joining or sealing of preformed parts, e.g. welding of plastics materials; Apparatus therefor by heating, with or without pressure	B29	In the scheme	45,925
B29C48/022	Extrusion moulding, i.e. expressing the moulding material through a die or nozzle which imparts the desired form; Apparatus therefor characterised by the choice of material	B29	In the scheme	45,105
B29C66/8322	Joining or pressing tools reciprocating along one axis	B29	In the scheme	44,917
B60W10/02	Conjoint control of vehicle sub-units of different type or different function including control of driveline clutches	B60	In the scheme	44,809
B60L15/20	Methods, circuits, or devices for controlling the traction-motor speed of electrically-propelled vehicles for control of the vehicle or its driving motor to achieve a desired performance, e.g. speed, torque, programmed variation of speed	B60	In the scheme	44,560
B60W2050/146	Display means	B60	In the scheme	44,418
B25J9/1697	Vision controlled systems	B25	In the scheme	44,106
B60L2240/423	Torque	B60	In the scheme	44,059
B29C64/393	Data acquisition or data processing for additive manufacturing for controlling or regulating additive manufacturing processes	B29	In the scheme	43,652
B23K37/00	Auxiliary devices or processes, not specially adapted for a procedure covered by only one of the other main groups of this subclass	B23	In the scheme	43,593
B25J11/00	Manipulators not otherwise provided for	B25	In the scheme	43,146
B60K35/60	Instruments characterised by their location or relative disposition in or on vehicles	B60	In the scheme	42,942
B60L53/16	Connectors, e.g. plugs or sockets, specially adapted for charging electric vehicles	B60	In the scheme	42,723
B29C65/18	Joining or sealing of preformed parts, e.g. welding of plastics materials; Apparatus therefor by heating, with or without pressure using heated tools	B29	In the scheme	42,131
B33Y40/00	Auxiliary operations or equipment, e.g. for material handling	B33	In the scheme	41,977
B60W2540/10	Accelerator pedal position	B60	In the scheme	41,902
B29K2023/12	PP, i.e. polypropylene	B29	In the scheme	41,475
B60W10/18	Conjoint control of vehicle sub-units of different type or different function including control of braking systems	B60	In the scheme	41,404
B60W60/001	Planning or execution of driving tasks	B60	In the scheme	39,901
B29C48/21	Articles comprising two or more components, e.g. co-extruded layers the components being layers the layers being joined at their surfaces	B29	In the scheme	39,278
B60W2556/50	External transmission of data to or from the vehicle of positioning data, e.g. GPS [Global Positioning System] data	B60	In the scheme	38,969
B29K2067/00	Use of polyesters or derivatives thereof, as moulding material	B29	In the scheme	38,965
B29C65/08	Joining or sealing of preformed parts, e.g. welding of plastics materials; Apparatus therefor by heating, with or without pressure using ultrasonic vibrations	B29	In the scheme	38,747
B60C1/0016	Compositions of the tread	B60	In the scheme	38,481
B60L3/0046	Detecting, eliminating, remedying or compensating for drive train abnormalities, e.g. failures within the drive train relating to electric energy storage systems, e.g. batteries or capacitors	B60	In the scheme	37,883
B60Y2200/92	Hybrid vehicles	B60	In the scheme	37,402
B60R16/02	Electric or fluid circuits specially adapted for vehicles and not otherwise provided for; Arrangement of elements of electric or fluid circuits specially adapted for vehicles and not otherwise provided for electric constitutive elements	B60	In the scheme	37,206
B29L2009/00	Layered products	B29	In the scheme	36,885
B60L53/14	Conductive energy transfer	B60	In the scheme	36,780
B29K2021/00	Use of unspecified rubbers as moulding material	B29	In the scheme	36,520
B60L50/16	Electric propulsion with power supplied within the vehicle using propulsion power supplied by engine-driven generators, e.g. generators driven by combustion engines with provision for separate direct mechanical propulsion	B60	In the scheme	36,470
B60W2420/408	Radar; Laser, e.g. lidar	B60	In the scheme	35,674
B60W30/09	Taking automatic action to avoid collision, e.g. braking and steering	B60	In the scheme	35,422
B60W10/20	Conjoint control of vehicle sub-units of different type or different function including control of steering systems	B60	In the scheme	35,337
B60K1/00	Arrangement or mounting of electrical propulsion units	B60	In the scheme	35,228
B29K2075/00	Use of PU, i.e. polyureas or polyurethanes or derivatives thereof, as moulding material	B29	In the scheme	35,204
B60L2240/545	Temperature	B60	In the scheme	35,192
B60W40/02	Estimation or calculation of non-directly measurable driving parameters for road vehicle drive control systems not related to the control of a particular sub unit, e.g. by using mathematical models related to ambient conditions	B60	In the scheme	35,119
B29C49/06	Injection blow-moulding	B29	In the scheme	34,939
B29C64/153	Processes of additive manufacturing using only solid materials using layers of powder being selectively joined, e.g. by selective laser sintering or melting	B29	In the scheme	34,868
B24B47/12	Drives or gearings; Equipment therefor for rotating or reciprocating working-spindles carrying grinding wheels or workpieces by mechanical gearing or electric power	B24	In the scheme	34,837
B29C48/05	Filamentary, e.g. strands	B29	In the scheme	34,767
B29C48/03	Extrusion moulding, i.e. expressing the moulding material through a die or nozzle which imparts the desired form; Apparatus therefor characterised by the shape of the extruded material at extrusion	B29	In the scheme	34,466
B29K2105/04	Condition, form or state of moulded material or of the material to be shaped cellular or porous	B29	In the scheme	34,434
B60L2240/547	Voltage	B60	In the scheme	34,245
B25B11/00	Work holders not covered by any preceding group in the subclass, e.g. magnetic work holders, vacuum work holders	B25	In the scheme	34,209
B29C48/10	Articles with cross-sections having partially or fully enclosed cavities, e.g. pipes or channels flexible, e.g. blown foils	B29	In the scheme	33,797
B60C1/00	Tyres characterised by the chemical composition or the physical arrangement or mixture of the composition	B60	In the scheme	33,511
B29C66/43	Joining a relatively small portion of the surface of said articles	B29	In the scheme	33,352
B60W10/04	Conjoint control of vehicle sub-units of different type or different function including control of propulsion units	B60	In the scheme	33,309
B23K31/02	Processes relevant to this subclass, specially adapted for particular articles or purposes, but not covered by any single one of main groups B23K1/00 - B23K28/00 relating to soldering or welding	B23	In the scheme	33,300
B29C2949/0715	Preforms or parisons characterised by their configuration the preform having one end closed	B29	In the scheme	33,231
B60L58/10	Methods or circuit arrangements for monitoring or controlling batteries or fuel cells, specially adapted for electric vehicles for monitoring or controlling batteries	B60	In the scheme	33,185
B33Y50/00	Data acquisition or data processing for additive manufacturing	B33	In the scheme	33,011
B60L50/66	Arrangements of batteries	B60	In the scheme	32,920
B29K2023/06	PE, i.e. polyethylene	B29	In the scheme	32,831
B60R16/03	Electric or fluid circuits specially adapted for vehicles and not otherwise provided for; Arrangement of elements of electric or fluid circuits specially adapted for vehicles and not otherwise provided for electric constitutive elements for supply of electrical power to vehicle subsystems or for	B60	In the scheme	32,419
B22F2998/00	Supplementary information concerning processes or compositions relating to powder metallurgy	B22	In the scheme	32,412
B60R11/04	Mounting of cameras operative during drive; Arrangement of controls thereof relative to the vehicle	B60	In the scheme	32,359
B60L2240/421	Speed	B60	In the scheme	32,061
B29K2101/12	Thermoplastic materials	B29	In the scheme	31,654
B60K35/00	Instruments specially adapted for vehicles; Arrangement of instruments in or on vehicles	B60	In the scheme	31,618
B60W40/08	Estimation or calculation of non-directly measurable driving parameters for road vehicle drive control systems not related to the control of a particular sub unit, e.g. by using mathematical models related to drivers or passengers	B60	In the scheme	30,968
B60W2050/143	Alarm means	B60	In the scheme	30,534
B24B41/02	Frames; Beds; Carriages	B24	In the scheme	30,085
B60L2240/12	Speed	B60	In the scheme	30,029
B24B55/06	Dust extraction equipment on grinding or polishing machines	B24	In the scheme	29,854
B60L58/26	Methods or circuit arrangements for monitoring or controlling batteries or fuel cells, specially adapted for electric vehicles for monitoring or controlling batteries for controlling the temperature of batteries by cooling	B60	In the scheme	29,819
B60W10/10	Conjoint control of vehicle sub-units of different type or different function including control of change-speed gearings	B60	In the scheme	29,763
B23K2103/50	Inorganic materials other than metals or composite materials	B23	In the scheme	29,749
B29C2948/92704	Temperature	B29	In the scheme	29,709
B60L50/60	Electric propulsion with power supplied within the vehicle using propulsion power supplied by batteries or fuel cells using power supplied by batteries	B60	In the scheme	29,390
B33Y70/10	Composites of different types of material, e.g. mixtures of ceramics and polymers or mixtures of metals and biomaterials	B33	In the scheme	29,246
B29C48/07	Flat, e.g. panels	B29	In the scheme	29,222
B60K7/0007	Disposition of motor in, or adjacent to, traction wheel the motor being electric	B60	In the scheme	29,163
B60W30/0956	Predicting travel path or likelihood of collision the prediction being responsive to traffic or environmental parameters	B60	In the scheme	28,814
B60R16/023	Electric or fluid circuits specially adapted for vehicles and not otherwise provided for; Arrangement of elements of electric or fluid circuits specially adapted for vehicles and not otherwise provided for electric constitutive elements for transmission of signals between vehicle parts or subsystems	B60	In the scheme	28,634
B29C65/48	Joining or sealing of preformed parts, e.g. welding of plastics materials; Apparatus therefor using adhesives, i.e. using supplementary joining material; solvent bonding	B29	In the scheme	28,608
B29B17/02	Separating plastics from other materials	B29	In the scheme	28,558
B60K6/445	Differential gearing distribution type	B60	In the scheme	28,539
B29K2077/00	Use of PA, i.e. polyamides, e.g. polyesteramides or derivatives thereof, as moulding material	B29	In the scheme	28,535
B23K37/0443	Jigs	B23	In the scheme	28,310
B29C45/14	Injection moulding, i.e. forcing the required volume of moulding material through a nozzle into a closed mould; Apparatus therefor incorporating preformed parts or layers, e.g. injection moulding around inserts or for coating articles	B29	In the scheme	28,088
B29C48/12	Articles with an irregular circumference when viewed in cross-section, e.g. window profiles	B29	In the scheme	28,036
B60W10/26	Conjoint control of vehicle sub-units of different type or different function including control of energy storage means for electrical energy, e.g. batteries or capacitors	B60	In the scheme	27,991
B29B9/06	Making granules by dividing preformed material in the form of filamentary material, e.g. combined with extrusion	B29	In the scheme	27,851
B60K6/365	Arrangement or mounting of plural diverse prime-movers for mutual or common propulsion, e.g. hybrid propulsion systems comprising electric motors and internal combustion engines the prime-movers consisting of electric motors and internal combustion engines, e.g. HEVs characterised by apparatus, components or means specially adapted for HEVs characterised by the transmission gearings with the gears having orbital motion	B60	In the scheme	27,824
B23K26/21	Bonding by welding	B23	In the scheme	27,666
B60W2510/244	Charge state	B60	In the scheme	27,400
B25J5/007	Manipulators mounted on wheels or on carriages mounted on wheels	B25	In the scheme	27,323
B60R16/0215	Protecting, fastening and routing means therefor	B60	In the scheme	27,286
B23P19/001	Article feeders for assembling machines	B23	In the scheme	27,159
B60W40/105	Speed	B60	In the scheme	27,081
B60L2210/40	DC to AC converters	B60	In the scheme	27,003
B23K2103/04	Steel or steel alloys	B23	In the scheme	26,745
B60W2710/083	Torque	B60	In the scheme	26,471
B60W2556/45	External transmission of data to or from the vehicle	B60	In the scheme	26,393
B29C48/0018	Combinations of extrusion moulding with other shaping operations combined with shaping by orienting, stretching or shrinking, e.g. film blowing	B29	In the scheme	26,291
B23K2101/40	Semiconductor devices	B23	In the scheme	26,179
B60Q9/00	Arrangement or adaptation of signal devices not provided for in one of main groups B60Q1/00 - B60Q7/00, e.g. haptic signalling	B60	In the scheme	26,164
B60L53/80	Exchanging energy storage elements, e.g. removable batteries	B60	In the scheme	26,120
B24B1/00	Processes of grinding or polishing; Use of auxiliary equipment in connection with such processes	B24	In the scheme	25,931
B29C64/118	Processes of additive manufacturing using only liquids or viscous materials, e.g. depositing a continuous bead of viscous material using filamentary material being melted, e.g. fused deposition modelling [FDM]	B29	In the scheme	25,895
B60W2540/12	Brake pedal position	B60	In the scheme	25,890
B29L2031/7158	Bottles	B29	In the scheme	25,885
B60L53/31	Charging columns specially adapted for electric vehicles	B60	In the scheme	25,814
B60K1/02	Arrangement or mounting of electrical propulsion units comprising more than one electric motor	B60	In the scheme	25,766
B33Y40/20	Post-treatment, e.g. curing, coating or polishing	B33	In the scheme	25,739
B29C45/0001	Injection moulding, i.e. forcing the required volume of moulding material through a nozzle into a closed mould; Apparatus therefor characterised by the choice of material	B29	In the scheme	25,738
B60K35/81	Arrangements for controlling instruments for controlling displays	B60	In the scheme	25,499
B29D7/01	Films or sheets	B29	In the scheme	25,432
B23Q3/06	Work-clamping means	B23	In the scheme	25,315
B60W50/0097	Predicting future conditions	B60	In the scheme	25,260
B60W2540/18	Steering angle	B60	In the scheme	25,246
B24B41/005	Feeding or manipulating devices specially adapted to grinding machines	B24	In the scheme	25,211
B29C64/209	Heads; Nozzles	B29	In the scheme	25,165

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The classification names the equipment or technology the capability draws on, not the capability. The count says how much is being invented for it, not how well it is done. A sector-wide match on the production machinery of manufacturing plus vehicles as its largest product class; electronics, aerospace and other product sectors are not counted here. The crosswalk is a first pass that nobody has reviewed.

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