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Vehicles Patent Leaders in 2020 2020

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 Johnathan Andrew Line 56 Ford
2 Stuart C. Salter 56 Ford
3 Paul Kenneth Dellock 50 Ford
#4 David Brian Glickman 31 Ford
#5 Dean M. Jaradi 29 Ford
#6 Alan George Dry 26 Ford
#7 Marcos Silva Kondrad 25 Ford
#8 Mohammad Omar Faruque 25 Ford
#9 S. M. Iskander Farooq 24 Ford
#10 Erick Michael Lavoie 21 Ford
#11 Niall R. Lynam 21 Donnelly
#12 John Robert Van Wiemeersch 20 Ford
#13 Aed M. Dudar 18 Ford
#14 Daniel Ferretti 17 Ford
#15 Ali Hassani 16 Ford
#16 Chen Zhang 15 Ai Incorporated
#17 Kevin Wayne Preuss 15 Ford
#18 Venkatesh Krishnan 15 Ford
#19 Andreas Herrmann 14 Smr Patents S.À.R.L.
#20 Mahmoud Yousef Ghannam 14 Ford
#21 Seong Wook Hwang 14 Hyundai Motor
#22 S. M. Akbar Berry 14 —
#23 Tatsuya Imamura 14 Toyota
#24 Annette Lynn Huebner 13 Ford
#25 Dragan B. Stojkovic 13 Ford
#26 Isamu Nagasawa 13 Subaru
#27 Kenta Kumazaki 13 Toyota
#28 Lihua Chen 13 Ford
#29 Benjamin Yilma 12 Ford
#30 Brian Robert Spahn 12 Ford
#31 Chan Ho Jung 12 Hyundai Motor
#32 Friedrich Peter Wolf-Monheim 12 Ford
#33 Jack Marchlewski 12 Ford
#34 Jeffrey Allen Doering 12 Ford
#35 Joshua Robert Hemphill 12 Ford
#36 Joon Young Park 12 LG
#37 Ming Lang Kuang 12 Ford
#38 Ryo Miyakoshi 12 Sanden
#39 Scott L. Frederick 12 Toyota
#40 Seongwook Ji 12 Hyundai Motor
#41 Seon Chae Na 12 Hyundai Motor
#42 Spencer Robert Hoernke 12 Ford
#43 Stéphane Houssat 12 Valeo Systemes D'Essuyage
#44 Vincent Gaucher 12 Valeo Systemes D'Essuyage
#45 Wonmin Cho 12 Hyundai Motor
#46 Yanan Zhao 12 Ford
#47 Baoming Ge 11 Ford
#48 James J. Surman 11 Ford
#49 Kazuya Watanabe 11 Aisin Seiki Kabushiki Kaisha
#50 Kenneth James Miller 11 Ford
#51 Ki Tae Kim 11 Hyundai Motor
#52 Mark Steven Yamazaki 11 Ford
#53 Masato Yoshikawa 11 Bridgestone
#54 Michael J. Belanger 11 Belanger
#55 Noriaki Sasaki 11 Yazaki
#56 Pietro Buttolo 11 Ford
#57 Vivekanandh Elangovan 11 Ford
#58 Akitoshi Minemura 10 Denso
#59 Dae Ig Jung 10 Hyundai Motor
#60 Fan Xu 10 Ford
#61 Fan Zhu 10 Baidu Usa
#62 Hae Kwon Park 10 Hyundai Mobis Co.
#63 James Chih Cheng 10 Ford
#64 Jae Woong Kim 10 Hyundai Motor
#65 Jason Meyer 10 Ford
#66 Jea Mun Lee 10 Hyundai Motor
#67 Joseph James Rozsnaki 10 Emerson Climate Technologies
#68 Keun Sig Lim 10 Hyundai Motor
#69 Kenichi Suzuki 10 Sanden
#70 Manfred Koberstein 10 Ford
#71 Man Ju Oh 10 Hyundai Motor
#72 Marcel Trebouet 10 Valeo Systemes D'Essuyage
#73 Rajit Johri 10 Ford
#74 Robert William McCoy 10 Ford
#75 Saeed David Barbat 10 Ford
#76 Shawn W. Vehr 10 Emerson Climate Technologies
#77 Srinivas Reddy Malapati 10 Ford
#78 Tooru Matsubara 10 Toyota
#79 Yasuyuki Saito 10 Hitachi Automotive Systems
#80 Yosuke Ito 10 Denso
#81 Aaron Scott Chan 9 State Farm
#82 Akira Nagae 9 Toyota
#83 Benjamin Englander 9 Rosco
#84 Daisuke Umetsu 9 Mazda Motor
#85 Hironori Ito 9 Nec
#86 Hyun Sik Kwon 9 Hyundai Motor
#87 Johan Lindström 9 Scania Cv Ab
#88 Julian Serer 9 Rosco
#89 Mathias Björkman 9 Scania Cv Ab
#90 Masayuki Ikeda 9 Seiko Epson
#91 Mikael Bergquist 9 Scania Cv Ab
#92 Niklas Pettersson 9 Scania Cv Ab
#93 Osamu Sunahara 9 Mazda Motor
#94 Ryo Inomata 9 Toyota
#95 Shiro Tamura 9 Ntn
#96 Srinivasan Sundararajan 9 Ford
#97 Taku Furuta 9 Yazaki
#98 Takahiro Okano 9 Toyota
#99 Victoria Leigh Schein 9 Ford
#100 Xiaoyong Wang 9 Ford

Top Companies

Rank ↑ Company ↕ Patents ↕
1 Ford 922
2 Toyota 841
3 Hyundai Motor 430
#4 Kia Motors 400
#5 Honda Motor Co. 338
#6 Denso 222
#7 General Motors 187
#8 Robert Bosch Gmbh 154
#9 BMW 118
#10 Audi Ag 87
#11 Sumitomo Rubber Industries 81
#12 Subaru 80
#13 Yazaki 80
#14 Bridgestone 77
#15 Dr. Ing. H.C. F. Porsche Ag 72
#16 Mazda Motor 68
#17 Volkswagen 68
#18 LG 67
#19 Panasonic 67
#20 Magna Electronics 64
#21 Continental Automotive Gmbh 62
#22 Nissan Motor Co. 62
#23 The Yokohama Rubber Co. 62
#24 Lear 61
#25 Mitsubishi Electric 61
#26 Mandom 60
#27 Compagnie Generale Des Etablissements Michelin 56
#28 Ts Tech Co. 52
#29 Toyoda Gosei Co. 51
#30 Hyundai Mobis Co. 50
#31 Unknown 49
#32 Sumitomo Wiring Systems 48
#33 Hitachi Automotive Systems 47
#34 Aisin Seiki Kabushiki Kaisha 46
#35 Valeo Systemes D'Essuyage 44
#36 Volvo Car 42
#37 Hanon Systems 40
#38 John Deere 40
#39 Cnh Industrial America 39
#40 Tachi-S Co. 39
#41 Zf Friedrichshafen Ag 39
#42 Google 39
#43 IBM 39
#44 Nissan North America 38
#45 Advics Co. 37
#46 Magna Mirrors Of America 37
#47 Autoliv Development Ab 35
#48 Faurecia Automotive Seating 35
#49 Ntn 34
#50 Sumitomo Electric Industries 33
#51 Jaguar Land Rover Limited 32
#52 Uatc 30
#53 Samsung 30
#54 Denso International America 29
#55 Nio Usa 29
#56 Webasto Se 29
#57 Autonetworks Technologies 28
#58 Continental Teves Ag & Co. Ohg 28
#59 Koito Manufacturing Co. 28
#60 Toyo Tire 28
#61 Gentex 27
#62 Volvo Truck 27
#63 Caterpillar 27
#64 Smr Patents S.À.R.L. 26
#65 State Farm 26
#66 Apple 25
#67 Fca Us Llc. 25
#68 Schaeffler 25
#69 The Goodyear Tire & Rubber 24
#70 Adient Luxembourg Holding S.A.R.L. 23
#71 Kubota 22
#72 The Boeing 22
#73 Zoox 22
#74 Bendix Commercial Vehicle Systems 21
#75 Goodrich 21
#76 GE 21
#77 Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations 20
#78 Knorr-Bremse Systeme Fuer Nutzfahrzeuge Gmbh 20
#79 Renault S.A.S. 20
#80 Stanley Electric Co. 19
#81 Continental Automotive France 18
#82 Hella Gmbh & Co. Kgaa 18
#83 Illinois Tool Works 18
#84 Mitsubishi Motors 18
#85 Autoliv Asp 17
#86 Nhk Spring Co. 17
#87 Wabco Gmbh 17
#88 Intel 17
#89 Aisin Aw Co. 16
#90 Aisin Technical Center Of America 16
#91 Daimler Ag 16
#92 Dana Heavy Vehicle Systems Group 16
#93 Kawasaki 16
#94 Polaris Industries 16
#95 Sony 16
#96 Brose Fahrzeugteile Gmbh & Co. Kommanditgesellschaft 15
#97 Scania Cv Ab 15
#98 Aptiv Technologies Ag 14
#99 Baidu Usa 14
#100 Bestop 14