- International families
- 6,0520.2% of the world
- All families
- 12khome filings included
- Taken abroad
- 49%519 triadic
- Growth
- 1.2×2020 to 2024 against the five before
Year by year
Patent families of Saudi Arabia 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 Saudi Arabia 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
884 international families
Strategic Infrastructure
2,760 international families
National Security
59 international families
Soft Power
Human Capital
151 international families
Information & Influence
8 international families
Governance & Integrity
56 international families
Economic Power
Financial Strength
28 international families
Production & Innovation
3,439 international families
Trade & Investment
75 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 Saudi Arabia's part of every country's families in the capability. Leans sets the capability's share of Saudi Arabia'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 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oil & Gas Extraction | Strategic Infrastructure | 2,572 | 6.8% | 3 of 40 | 41× | 1.6× | |
| Foundational & Process Industries | Production & Innovation | 1,497 | 0.5% | 20 of 40 | 2.9× | 1.1× | |
| Chemicals & Hazardous Process Industry | Strategic Infrastructure | 633 | 0.9% | 14 of 40 | 5.2× | 1.1× | |
| Processing & Refining | Strategic Infrastructure | 625 | 2.5% | 10 of 40 | 15× | 1.2× | |
| AI Tools & Applications | Strategic Infrastructure | 300 | 0.1% | 28 of 40 | 0.8× | 2.2× | |
| Hydrogen, Ammonia & Sustainable Fuels | Critical Technology | 277 | 0.7% | 19 of 40 | 4.4× | 1.8× | |
| Manufacturing & Advanced Industry | Production & Innovation | 277 | 0.1% | 34 of 40 | 0.3× | 1.3× | |
| Production Systems | Strategic Infrastructure | 260 | 0.1% | 34 of 40 | 0.4× | 1.1× | |
| Storage & Fuel Supply | Strategic Infrastructure | 256 | 0.5% | 21 of 40 | 3.1× | 2.0× | |
| Applied AI & Advanced Analytics | Critical Technology | 241 | 0.1% | 28 of 40 | 0.7× | 2.2× | |
| Water Supply & Treatment | Strategic Infrastructure | 227 | 0.9% | 19 of 40 | 5.6× | 1.2× | |
| Machine Learning & Foundation Models | Critical Technology | 210 | 0.2% | 24 of 40 | 1.2× | 2.9× | |
| Wastewater & Sanitation | Strategic Infrastructure | 210 | 0.7% | 21 of 40 | 4.5× | 1.1× | |
| Service Delivery & Coverage | Human Capital | 152 | 0.1% | 37 of 40 | 0.4× | 0.5× | |
| Advanced Chemical & Process Manufacturing | Critical Technology | 150 | 2.0% | 11 of 40 | 12× | 1.6× | |
| Bulk Water Transfer & Desalination | Strategic Infrastructure | 149 | 1.8% | 9 of 40 | 11× | 1.0× | |
| Renewable Generation | Strategic Infrastructure | 138 | 0.3% | 26 of 40 | 1.8× | 0.6× | |
| Physical Health & Longevity | Human Capital | 138 | 0.1% | 38 of 40 | 0.4× | 0.4× | |
| Nanomaterials & Metamaterials | Critical Technology | 130 | 0.5% | 23 of 40 | 3.0× | 0.6× | |
| Materials & Inputs | Strategic Infrastructure | 127 | 0.3% | 22 of 40 | 2.0× | 0.8× | |
| Digital Economy Adoption | Production & Innovation | 115 | 0.2% | 29 of 40 | 1.0× | 2.3× | |
| Protective Cybersecurity Technologies | Critical Technology | 112 | 0.1% | 27 of 40 | 0.9× | 1.5× | |
| Agrifood & Primary Production | Production & Innovation | 106 | 0.1% | 38 of 40 | 0.5× | 0.7× | |
| Knowledge Production | Human Capital | 91 | 0.3% | 25 of 40 | 1.6× | 0.8× | |
| Data Resources | Strategic Infrastructure | 90 | 0.1% | 28 of 40 | 0.6× | 1.3× |
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
National Security
Governance & Integrity
Financial Strength
Information & Influence
4,617
1,578
404
117
110
82
32
13
Largest applicants
SAUDI ARABIAN OIL CO
ARAMCO SERVICES CO
UNIV KING ABDULLAH SCI & TECH
UNIV KING SAUD
UNIV KING FAHD PET & MINERALS
ARAMCO AMERICAS
ARAMCO FAR EAST BEIJING BUSINESS SERVICES CO LTD
KOSEOGLU OMER REFA
Aramco Innovations LLC
KING ABDULAZIZ CITY SCI & TECH
4,535
3,445
775
301
124
118
82
65
33
33