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Vehicles Patent Leaders in 2016 2016

Primary CPC class B60 · Section B

Rankings count each patent once by its primary Cooperative Patent Classification. All-time pages aggregate the full database; year pages use patent grant year.

Recent years: 2016201720182019202020212022202320242025

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 1996 to 2025Bar chart with a peak of 12,251 patents in 2025.peak 12,2511996: 3,317 patents19961997: 3,190 patents1998: 4,154 patents1999: 4,193 patents19992000: 4,710 patents2001: 5,216 patents2002: 5,128 patents20022003: 4,975 patents2004: 4,760 patents2005: 4,278 patents20052006: 4,557 patents2007: 4,174 patents2008: 4,062 patents20082009: 3,899 patents2010: 4,973 patents2011: 4,763 patents20112012: 5,355 patents2013: 6,183 patents2014: 6,913 patents20142015: 7,645 patents2016: 8,056 patents2017: 8,978 patents20172018: 9,052 patents2019: 10,508 patents2020: 10,381 patents20202021: 9,943 patents2022: 10,923 patents2023: 10,772 patents20232024: 11,615 patents2025: 12,251 patents2025

Top Inventors

Rank ↑ Inventor ↕ Patents ↕ Primary Company ↕
1 Stuart C. Salter 47 Ford
2 Jeffrey Allen Doering 39 Ford
3 Cornel Lewis Gardner 25 Ford
#4 Johnathan Andrew Line 25 Ford
#5 Alex O'Connor Gibson 24 Ford
#6 Ming Lang Kuang 23 Ford
#7 Niall R. Lynam 22 Donnelly
#8 Mohammed Omar Faruque 21 Ford
#9 Xiaoyong Wang 21 Ford
#10 James J. Surman 19 Ford
#11 Mark Steven Yamazaki 19 Ford
#12 Rajit Johri 19 Ford
#13 Shinji Ichikawa 19 Toyota
#14 Dennis Craig Reed 17 Ford
#15 Adam Nathan Banker 16 Ford
#16 Bernard D. Nefcy 16 Ford
#17 Akihiro Sato 15 Toyota
#18 Felix Nedorezov 15 Ford
#19 Yoshimoto Matsuda 14 Kawasaki
#20 Gregory Michael Pietron 13 Ford
#21 Iskander Farooq 13 Ford
#22 Ryan Abraham McGee 13 Ford
#23 Wei Liang 13 Ford
#24 Yusuke Fujiwara 13 Toyota
#25 Atsushi Tabata 12 Toyota
#26 Daniel Scott Colvin 12 Ford
#27 Francis Thomas Connolly 12 Ford
#28 Hai Yu 12 Ford
#29 Helmut Depondt 12 Robert Bosch Gmbh
#30 Seung-Hoon Lee 12 Samsung
#31 Yusuke Kamiya 12 Toyota
#32 Chandra S. Namuduri 11 General Motors
#33 Dean M. Jaradi 11 Ford
#34 Dong Eun Cha 11 Hyundai Motor
#35 Douglas Raymond Martin 11 Ford
#36 Johannes Kaltenbach 11 Zf Friedrichshafen Ag
#37 Osamu Fukawatase 11 Toyota
#38 Sang Wook Kwon 11 Samsung
#39 Scott Holmes Dunham 11 Ford
#40 Seung Mok Lee 11 Hyundai Motor
#41 Takaaki Ohnishi 11 Honda Motor Co.
#42 Yukihiko Ideshio 11 Toyota
#43 Yun Kwon Park 11 Samsung
#44 Alexander O'Connor Gibson 10 Ford
#45 Daniel Paul Luc Marie Hinque 10 The Goodyear Tire & Rubber
#46 Holger Fink 10 Robert Bosch Gmbh
#47 Hyun Gyung Kim 10 Hyundai Motor
#48 James William Loch McCallum 10 Ford
#49 Kazuaki Murayama 10 Honda Motor Co.
#50 Manoharprasad K. Rao 10 Ford
#51 Masaya Yamamoto 10 Panasonic
#52 Nam Yun Kim 10 Samsung
#53 Paul Kenneth Dellock 10 Ford
#54 Tatsuya Imamura 10 Toyota
#55 Ajith Kuttannair Kumar 9 GE
#56 Alan G. Holmes 9 General Motors
#57 Christian J. Hosbach 9 Ford
#58 Dale Scott Crombez 9 Ford
#59 Hong Jiang 9 Ford
#60 Jean-Christophe Deniau 9 —
#61 Kenneth Schofield 9 Donnelly
#62 Kwaku O. Prakah-Asante 9 Ford
#63 Mark A. Cuddihy 9 Ford
#64 Mandeep Singh Sidhu 9 Ford
#65 Roderick A. Hyde 9 Intellectual Ventures
#66 Sang Joon Kim 9 Samsung
#67 Yuji Iwase 9 Toyota
#68 Albert S. Penilla 8 Emerging Automotive
#69 Andrew Fairgrieve 8 Jaguar Land Rover Limited
#70 Anthony H. Heap 8 General Motors
#71 Anders Kjell 8 Scania Cv Ab
#72 Angel A. Penilla 8 Emerging Automotive
#73 Chang-Yu Huang 8 Qualcomm
#74 David Oshinsky 8 Ford
#75 Hideomi Adachi 8 Yazaki
#76 Isamu Nagasawa 8 Subaru
#77 James Chih Cheng 8 Ford
#78 James Kelly 8 Jaguar Land Rover Limited
#79 James F. Ziech 8 Dana Heavy Vehicle Systems Group
#80 Jianbo Lu 8 Ford
#81 Johan Lindström 8 Scania Cv Ab
#82 Kin C. Fung 8 Honda Motor Co.
#83 Kiyoyuki Uchida 8 Toyota
#84 Koji Hayashi 8 Toyota
#85 Lowell L. Wood, JR. 8 The Invention Science Fund I
#86 Mathias Björkman 8 Scania Cv Ab
#87 Masashi Hotta 8 Toyoda Gosei Co.
#88 Masaaki Komazawa 8 Toyota
#89 Marcel Johan Christiaan Nellen 8 Inalfa Roof Systems Group B.V.
#90 Mikael Bergquist 8 Scania Cv Ab
#91 Naoki Goto 8 Aisin Seiki Kabushiki Kaisha
#92 Nicholas Athol Keeling 8 Qualcomm
#93 Niklas Pettersson 8 Scania Cv Ab
#94 Sean Bayle West 8 Ford
#95 Stacey H. Raines 8 Ford
#96 Thomas J. Korus 8 Lindsay
#97 Timothy J. Dick 8 Honda Motor Co.
#98 Tomohito Ono 8 Toyota
#99 Yuji Fujii 8 Ford
#100 Yuji Sato 8 Toyoda Gosei Co.

Top Companies

Rank ↑ Company ↕ Patents ↕
1 Toyota 592
2 Ford 579
3 Hyundai Motor 308
#4 General Motors 274
#5 Honda Motor Co. 254
#6 Robert Bosch Gmbh 196
#7 Denso 108
#8 Nissan Motor Co. 101
#9 Kia Motors 91
#10 Audi Ag 79
#11 Bridgestone 78
#12 Mitsubishi Electric 72
#13 Aisin Seiki Kabushiki Kaisha 65
#14 Sumitomo Rubber Industries 63
#15 Continental Automotive Gmbh 54
#16 Johnson Controls Technology 51
#17 BMW 48
#18 Michelin 48
#19 Compagnie Generale Des Etablissements Michelin 47
#20 Hyundai Mobis Co. 46
#21 Unknown 46
#22 Yazaki 46
#23 Nissan North America 43
#24 The Goodyear Tire & Rubber 43
#25 Renault S.A.S. 42
#26 Subaru 41
#27 Toyoda Gosei Co. 41
#28 Volkswagen 41
#29 Advics Co. 40
#30 Autoliv Development Ab 40
#31 The Yokohama Rubber Co. 38
#32 Jaguar Land Rover Limited 37
#33 Panasonic 37
#34 Lear 36
#35 Hitachi Automotive Systems 34
#36 GE 33
#37 Samsung 33
#38 Autoliv Asp 32
#39 John Deere 32
#40 Kawasaki 31
#41 Mitsubishi Motors 31
#42 Ts Tech Co. 31
#43 Continental Teves Ag & Co. Ohg 30
#44 Zf Friedrichshafen Ag 29
#45 Dr. Ing. H.C. F. Porsche Ag 28
#46 Magna Electronics 28
#47 Mandom 28
#48 Sumitomo Wiring Systems 28
#49 Volvo Car 28
#50 Fca Us Llc. 27
#51 Takata 27
#52 Tk Holdings 27
#53 Caterpillar 27
#54 Google 26
#55 Magna Mirrors Of America 25
#56 AMD 23
#57 Aktiebolaget Skf 22
#58 Mazda Motor 22
#59 Scania Cv Ab 22
#60 IBM 22
#61 Koito Manufacturing Co. 21
#62 Ntn 21
#63 Siemens Aktiengesellschaft 21
#64 Suzuki Motor 21
#65 Aisin Aw Co. 20
#66 Cnh Industrial America 20
#67 LG 19
#68 Qualcomm 19
#69 Arvinmeritor Technology 18
#70 Daimler Ag 18
#71 Hitachi Construction Machinery Co. 18
#72 Knorr-Bremse Systeme Fuer Nutzfahrzeuge Gmbh 18
#73 Shiroki 18
#74 Gentex 17
#75 Grammer Ag 17
#76 Komatsu 17
#77 Valeo Systemes D'Essuyage 17
#78 Westinghouse Air Brake 17
#79 Inalfa Roof Systems Group B.V. 16
#80 Kubota 16
#81 The Boeing 16
#82 Trw Automotive Gmbh 16
#83 Dana Heavy Vehicle Systems Group 15
#84 Firestone Industrial Products Company 15
#85 Keiper Gmbh & Co. Kg 15
#86 Nhk Spring Co. 15
#87 Sumitomo Electric Industries 15
#88 Wonderland Nurserygoods Company Limited 15
#89 Lsis Co. 14
#90 Proterra Ag 14
#91 Toyo Tire & Rubber Co. 14
#92 Allison Transmission 13
#93 Autonetworks Technologies 13
#94 Bos Gmbh & Co. Kg 13
#95 Byd Company Limited 13
#96 Hitachi 13
#97 Nissin Kogyo Co. 13
#98 Intel 13
#99 American Axle & Manufacturing 12
#100 Autoliv Nissin Brake Systems Japan Co. 12