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Inventions of Poland origin, wherever they were filed: 5,977 international patent families with an earliest filing from 2015 to 2024, the 29th most of the 40 countries listed.

International families
5,9770.2% of the world
All families
38khome filings included
Taken abroad
16%437 triadic
Growth
1.1×2020 to 2024 against the five before

Year by year

Patent families of Poland 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 Poland 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 Poland's part of every country's families in the capability. Leans sets the capability's share of Poland'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 & Innovation7650.2%28 of 400.9×1.1×
Foundational & Process IndustriesProduction & Innovation7330.2%28 of 401.4×1.2×
Physical Health & LongevityHuman Capital6460.3%24 of 401.9×1.2×
Service Delivery & CoverageHuman Capital5840.2%28 of 401.4×1.1×
Production SystemsStrategic Infrastructure4540.1%25 of 400.8×1.1×
Agrifood & Primary ProductionProduction & Innovation3940.3%28 of 401.9×1.2×
Chemicals & Hazardous Process IndustryStrategic Infrastructure2250.3%27 of 401.9×1.3×
BiomanufacturingCritical Technology1470.2%27 of 401.3×1.3×
Renewable GenerationStrategic Infrastructure1440.3%25 of 402.0×1.1×
Applied AI & Advanced AnalyticsCritical Technology1420.1%33 of 400.4×1.6×
AI Tools & ApplicationsStrategic Infrastructure1260.1%33 of 400.3×1.7×
Health InfrastructureStrategic Infrastructure1090.1%29 of 400.8×1.4×
Materials & InputsStrategic Infrastructure1080.3%26 of 401.7×1.3×
Solid Waste & RecyclingStrategic Infrastructure1040.4%25 of 402.7×1.0×
Genomics & Biological DataCritical Technology1020.3%23 of 401.6×1.4×
Additive & Precision ManufacturingCritical Technology990.2%25 of 401.4×1.3×
Advanced Therapeutics, Vaccines & Medical CountermeasuresCritical Technology980.1%27 of 400.8×1.5×
Nutrition & Preventive HealthHuman Capital970.3%26 of 401.9×1.7×
Rail InfrastructureStrategic Infrastructure910.5%17 of 403.2×1.1×
Next-Generation Solar & RenewablesCritical Technology880.3%26 of 401.8×1.1×
Services EconomyProduction & Innovation860.1%30 of 400.6×1.8×
Nanomaterials & MetamaterialsCritical Technology850.3%24 of 402.0×1.0×
Maritime & Logistics ServicesTrade & Investment850.2%27 of 401.5×1.2×
Wastewater & SanitationStrategic Infrastructure830.3%28 of 401.8×0.8×
Storage & Fuel SupplyStrategic Infrastructure810.2%30 of 401.0×2.0×

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

Governance & Integrity

Trade & Investment

Information & Influence

National Security

Financial Strength

2,042

1,347

1,327

155

140

111

72

49

Largest applicants

VALEO AUTOSYSTEMY SP ZOO

UNIV JAGIELLONSKI

INT TOBACCO MACHINERY POLAND SP ZOO

AKADEMIA GORNICZO HUTNICZA IM STANISLAWA STASZICA W KRAKOWIE

UNIV WARSZAWSKI

POLITECHNIKA GDANSKA

POLITECHNIKA WARSZAWSKA

INT TOBACCO MACHINERY POLAND SPOLKA Z OGRANICZONA ODPOWIEDZIALNOSCIA

POLITECHNIKA SLASKA IM WINCENT

UNIV GDANSKI

157

146

141

119

102

70

68

59

57

55

Others in Europe