- International families
- 6,8390.2% of the world
- All families
- 34khome filings included
- Taken abroad
- 20%326 triadic
- Growth
- 0.9×2020 to 2024 against the five before
Year by year
Patent families of Brazil 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 Brazil 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
679 international families
Strategic Infrastructure
1,304 international families
National Security
44 international families
Soft Power
Human Capital
588 international families
Information & Influence
62 international families
Governance & Integrity
76 international families
Economic Power
Financial Strength
31 international families
Production & Innovation
3,391 international families
Trade & Investment
93 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 Brazil's part of every country's families in the capability. Leans sets the capability's share of Brazil'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 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Agrifood & Primary Production | Production & Innovation | 1,029 | 0.8% | 21 of 40 | 4.3× | 1.1× | |
| Foundational & Process Industries | Production & Innovation | 942 | 0.3% | 27 of 40 | 1.6× | 1.2× | |
| Manufacturing & Advanced Industry | Production & Innovation | 836 | 0.2% | 26 of 40 | 0.9× | 0.9× | |
| Service Delivery & Coverage | Human Capital | 605 | 0.2% | 27 of 40 | 1.2× | 0.8× | |
| Physical Health & Longevity | Human Capital | 531 | 0.3% | 25 of 40 | 1.4× | 1.0× | |
| Production Systems | Strategic Infrastructure | 430 | 0.1% | 27 of 40 | 0.6× | 0.8× | |
| Oil & Gas Extraction | Strategic Infrastructure | 299 | 0.8% | 16 of 40 | 4.3× | 0.9× | |
| Chemicals & Hazardous Process Industry | Strategic Infrastructure | 251 | 0.3% | 26 of 40 | 1.8× | 1.1× | |
| Biomanufacturing | Critical Technology | 192 | 0.3% | 25 of 40 | 1.5× | 0.8× | |
| Processing & Refining | Strategic Infrastructure | 186 | 0.7% | 22 of 40 | 4.0× | 1.2× | |
| Solid Waste & Recycling | Strategic Infrastructure | 171 | 0.7% | 20 of 40 | 3.9× | 0.9× | |
| Applied AI & Advanced Analytics | Critical Technology | 158 | 0.1% | 32 of 40 | 0.4× | 1.2× | |
| AI Tools & Applications | Strategic Infrastructure | 155 | 0.1% | 32 of 40 | 0.4× | 1.3× | |
| Synthetic Biology & Genetic Engineering | Critical Technology | 154 | 0.2% | 24 of 40 | 1.1× | 0.8× | |
| Maritime & Logistics Services | Trade & Investment | 137 | 0.4% | 25 of 40 | 2.1× | 0.7× | |
| Wastewater & Sanitation | Strategic Infrastructure | 131 | 0.5% | 26 of 40 | 2.5× | 0.9× | |
| Services Economy | Production & Innovation | 128 | 0.2% | 29 of 40 | 0.8× | 1.0× | |
| Digital Economy Adoption | Production & Innovation | 127 | 0.2% | 28 of 40 | 0.9× | 0.7× | |
| Advanced Therapeutics, Vaccines & Medical Countermeasures | Critical Technology | 123 | 0.2% | 26 of 40 | 0.9× | 1.1× | |
| Nutrition & Preventive Health | Human Capital | 118 | 0.4% | 24 of 40 | 2.1× | 0.8× | |
| Water Supply & Treatment | Strategic Infrastructure | 117 | 0.5% | 26 of 40 | 2.5× | 0.9× | |
| Health Infrastructure | Strategic Infrastructure | 116 | 0.1% | 27 of 40 | 0.8× | 0.8× | |
| Mobile & Wireless Networks | Strategic Infrastructure | 113 | 0.0% | 29 of 40 | 0.2× | 0.4× | |
| Livestock & Veterinary | Strategic Infrastructure | 106 | 1.4% | 18 of 40 | 7.5× | 1.5× | |
| Storage & Fuel Supply | Strategic Infrastructure | 106 | 0.2% | 26 of 40 | 1.1× | 1.6× |
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
Trade & Investment
Governance & Integrity
Information & Influence
National Security
Financial Strength
2,612
1,320
1,224
208
157
141
91
66
Largest applicants
PETROLEO BRASILEIRO SA PETROBRAS
PETROLEO BRASILEIRO S A —PETROBRAS
BRASKEM SA
EMBRAER SA
ROBERT BOSCH LTDA
UNIV ESTADUAL CAMPINAS UNICAMP
UNICAMP
NATURA COSMETICOS SA
VALE SA
CNH IND BRASIL LTDA
344
185
140
123
109
98
76
70
67
65