Triadic patent families by earliest priority year (1977-2012) by country

Countries reporting

Highest

6,083 Number

United States

Lowest

0.75 Number

Hong Kong

Median

14.22 Number

Years covered

1977–2012

Data points

1,695

What the numbers show

Triadic patent families by earliest priority year (1977-2012) is currently reported for 48 countries. The highest value is 6,083 Number in United States; the lowest is 0.75 Number in Hong Kong.

The median across all reporting countries is 14.22 Number, and the mean is 330.14 Number.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 8,111.

Over the past decade 4 countries rose and 43 fell. The largest increase was in Romania (up 682.7%), and the largest decrease in Hong Kong (down 94.8%).

Triadic patent families by earliest priority year: full country ranking

#	Country	Latest	Year	10-year change	Trend
1	United States	6,083 Number	2012	down 53.2%	rising
2	Japan	5,460 Number	2012	down 58.0%	rising
3	Germany	881.46 Number	2012	down 81.2%	rising
4	South Korea	775.12 Number	2012	down 35.0%	volatile
5	France	381.94 Number	2012	down 79.9%	rising
6	United Kingdom	341.35 Number	2012	down 75.1%	rising
7	Switzerland	282.73 Number	2012	down 58.9%	rising
8	Netherlands	205.82 Number	2012	down 82.1%	rising
9	Canada	178.71 Number	2012	down 65.4%	rising
10	Taiwan	172.05 Number	2012	up 125.0%	volatile
11	Sweden	159.28 Number	2012	down 71.4%	rising
12	Italy	143.43 Number	2012	down 76.3%	rising
13	India	116.57 Number	2012	down 14.8%	volatile
14	Israel	116.04 Number	2012	down 53.8%	volatile
15	Belgium	104.04 Number	2012	down 63.5%	rising
16	Austria	69.09 Number	2012	down 70.8%	rising
17	Spain	61.95 Number	2012	down 57.1%	volatile
18	Finland	51.09 Number	2012	down 76.4%	volatile
19	Denmark	47.46 Number	2012	down 75.3%	volatile
20	Australia	40.62 Number	2012	down 86.9%	rising
21	Russia	22.5 Number	2012	down 58.0%	rising
22	Poland	21.48 Number	2012	up 71.6%	volatile
23	Ireland	15.98 Number	2012	down 61.5%	volatile
24	Norway	14.86 Number	2012	down 82.5%	volatile
25	Brazil	13.58 Number	2012	down 58.1%	volatile
26	Singapore	12.69 Number	2012	down 81.8%	volatile
27	New Zealand	10.89 Number	2012	down 82.1%	volatile
28	Luxembourg	8.65 Number	2012	down 5.4%	rising
29	Romania	7.67 Number	2012	up 682.7%	volatile
30	Hungary	7.15 Number	2012	down 73.3%	falling
31	Czechia	6.58 Number	2012	down 54.0%	volatile
32	Türkiye	6.03 Number	2012	down 22.0%	volatile
33	Portugal	4.33 Number	2012	down 37.2%	volatile
34	South Africa	4.2 Number	2012	down 73.2%	rising
35	Slovenia	2.5 Number	2012	down 81.1%	volatile
36	Bulgaria	2.17 Number	2012	up 29.9%	volatile
37	Estonia	1.7 Number	2011	down 21.7%	volatile
38	Croatia	1.4 Number	2012	down 92.1%	volatile
39	Mexico	1.35 Number	2012	down 85.4%	volatile
40	Slovakia	1.2 Number	2012	down 61.7%	volatile
41	Liechtenstein	1.17 Number	2012	down 86.4%	volatile
42	Iceland	1.13 Number	2011	down 72.9%	volatile
43	Lithuania	1 Number	2012	down 62.4%	volatile
43	Cyprus	1 Number	2012	down 57.1%	volatile
43	Greece	1 Number	2012	down 87.0%	volatile
43	Malta	1 Number	2008	unchanged	falling
43	Latvia	1 Number	2011	down 23.1%	volatile
48	Hong Kong	0.75 Number	2012	down 94.8%	volatile

About this data

Indicator: Triadic patent families by earliest priority year (1977-2012)
Unit: Number
Source: Eurostat
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Eurostat)
Coverage: 54 places, 1,695 data points, 1977–2012
Last refreshed: 09 August 2026