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USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025
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Vehicles Patent Leaders in 2021 2021

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 44 Ford
2 Stuart C. Salter 35 Ford
3 Dean M. Jaradi 30 Ford
#4 Mohammad Omar Faruque 30 Ford
#5 Paul Kenneth Dellock 30 Ford
#6 S. M. Iskander Farooq 29 Ford
#7 David Brian Glickman 21 Ford
#8 Zhibing Deng 20 Ford
#9 Marcos Silva Kondrad 19 Ford
#10 Deepak Patel 17 Ford
#11 Spencer Robert Hoernke 17 Ford
#12 Alan George Dry 16 Ford
#13 Christian Wirth 16 Audi Ag
#14 Fan Zhu 15 Baidu Usa
#15 Jae Woong Kim 15 Hyundai Motor
#16 Man Ju Oh 15 Hyundai Motor
#17 Aed M. Dudar 13 Ford
#18 Jason H. Harper 13 Invently Automotive
#19 Joseph E. Abramczyk 13 Ford
#20 Martin Koebler 13 Invently Automotive
#21 Nicole G. Goldstein 13 Invently Automotive
#22 Sang Shin Lee 13 Hyundai Motor
#23 Stephen J. Brown 13 Health Hero Network
#24 Daichi Kato 12 Honda Motor Co.
#25 Jiangtao Hu 12 Baidu Usa
#26 John Robert Van Wiemeersch 12 Ford
#27 Vincent Gaucher 12 Valeo Systemes D'Essuyage
#28 Yoshitaka Mimura 12 Honda Motor Co.
#29 Brandon William Fisher 11 Eaton Intelligent Power Limited
#30 Hiroshi Oguro 11 Honda Motor Co.
#31 Isamu Nagasawa 11 Subaru
#32 Johannes Kaltenbach 11 Zf Friedrichshafen Ag
#33 Luke Niewiadomski 11 Ford
#34 Macit Aktas 11 Ford
#35 Michael J. Belanger 11 Belanger
#36 Niall R. Lynam 11 Donnelly
#37 Ross Dykstra Pursifull 11 Ford
#38 Ryo Miyakoshi 11 Sanden
#39 Seong Wook Hwang 11 Hyundai Motor
#40 Benjamin Yilma 10 Ford
#41 Dong Eun Cha 10 Hyundai Motor
#42 Hideki Matsunaga 10 Honda Motor Co.
#43 Jin Ho Hwang 10 Hyundai Motor
#44 Jiaming Tao 10 Baidu Usa
#45 Joseph Michael Kish 10 Ford
#46 Joon Young Park 10 LG
#47 Mitsuyoshi Ohno 10 Toyota
#48 Stéphane Houssat 10 Valeo Systemes D'Essuyage
#49 Venkatesh Krishnan 10 Ford
#50 Barry S. Turner 9 Belanger
#51 Dominik Eszterle 9 Robert Bosch Gmbh
#52 Dong Li 9 Baidu Usa
#53 Fumiyuki Moriya 9 Subaru
#54 Hideo Hasegawa 9 Toyota
#55 Jae Yeon Kim 9 Hyundai Motor
#56 Jason Meyer 9 Ford
#57 Liangliang Zhang 9 Baidu Usa
#58 Rajit Johri 9 Ford
#59 Rolf Lucius Dempel 9 Robert Bosch Gmbh
#60 Seung Hyeok Chang 9 Hyundai Motor
#61 Simon Brummer 9 Robert Bosch Gmbh
#62 S. M. Akbar Berry 9 —
#63 So La Chung 9 Hyundai Motor
#64 Stefan Götz 9 Dr. Ing. H.C. F. Porsche Ag
#65 Thomas Huber 9 Bavaria Cargo Technologie Gmbh
#66 Tom Smejkal 9 Robert Bosch Gmbh
#67 Andreas Herrmann 8 Smr Patents S.À.R.L.
#68 Bakhtiar B. Litkouhi 8 General Motors
#69 Can Üstünberk 8 Martur Italy S.R.L.
#70 Christian J. Hosbach 8 Ford
#71 Chan Ho Jung 8 Hyundai Motor
#72 Darryl P. De Wind 8 Magna Mirrors Of America
#73 Frank Baehrle-Miller 8 Robert Bosch Gmbh
#74 Friedrich Peter Wolf-Monheim 8 Ford
#75 George C. Stickles 8 Bestop
#76 Hirokazu Oguma 8 Honda Motor Co.
#77 Hiromitsu Urano 8 Toyota
#78 Housei MIZUNO 8 Autonetworks Technologies
#79 Jimmy Moua 8 Ford
#80 Joshua D. Rocholl 8 Oshkosh
#81 Kanta Tsuji 8 Honda Motor Co.
#82 Kentaro Ichikawa 8 Toyota
#83 Kenneth James Miller 8 Ford
#84 Kevin Wayne Preuss 8 Ford
#85 Koichi Nakajima 8 Sumitomo Rubber Industries
#86 Manfred Koberstein 8 Ford
#87 Makoto Sekizuka 8 Toyota
#88 Naotaka Kumakiri 8 Honda Motor Co.
#89 Patrick Maloney 8 Ford
#90 Paxton S. Williams 8 Toyota
#91 Sean Bayle West 8 Ford
#92 Shigeki Ikeda 8 Sumitomo Wiring Systems
#93 Steffen Hummel 8 Audi Ag
#94 Tadahiko Kanoh 8 Honda Motor Co.
#95 Takayuki Shimizu 8 Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
#96 Takayuki Yamamoto 8 Toyota
#97 Thomas Zenner 8 Ford
#98 Toshiyuki Kaji 8 Honda Motor Co.
#99 William H. Haberkamp 8 Bestop
#100 Yifei Jiang 8 Baidu Usa

Top Companies

Rank ↑ Company ↕ Patents ↕
1 Toyota 751
2 Ford 667
3 Hyundai Motor 435
#4 Kia Motors 412
#5 Honda Motor Co. 404
#6 General Motors 199
#7 Denso 186
#8 Robert Bosch Gmbh 161
#9 BMW 114
#10 Audi Ag 108
#11 Sumitomo Rubber Industries 106
#12 Subaru 86
#13 Volkswagen 85
#14 Mitsubishi Electric 78
#15 Yazaki 77
#16 Panasonic 68
#17 The Yokohama Rubber Co. 67
#18 Continental Automotive Gmbh 66
#19 Mandom 64
#20 Nissan Motor Co. 62
#21 Hyundai Mobis Co. 61
#22 Mazda Motor 61
#23 Sumitomo Wiring Systems 61
#24 Dr. Ing. H.C. F. Porsche Ag 60
#25 Ts Tech Co. 54
#26 Volvo Car 54
#27 Toyoda Gosei Co. 51
#28 Lear 50
#29 Magna Electronics 47
#30 Volvo Truck 47
#31 Compagnie Generale Des Etablissements Michelin 46
#32 Unknown 46
#33 LG 46
#34 Google 44
#35 Hitachi Automotive Systems 42
#36 Jaguar Land Rover Limited 41
#37 IBM 41
#38 Hanon Systems 39
#39 Nissan North America 39
#40 Sumitomo Electric Industries 39
#41 Autonetworks Technologies 38
#42 Caterpillar 38
#43 Zoox 37
#44 John Deere 36
#45 Valeo Systemes D'Essuyage 35
#46 Autoliv Development Ab 34
#47 Aisin Seiki Kabushiki Kaisha 33
#48 Baidu Usa 33
#49 Zf Friedrichshafen Ag 32
#50 Koito Manufacturing Co. 31
#51 Denso International America 30
#52 Schaeffler 30
#53 Intel 30
#54 Samsung 30
#55 Eaton Intelligent Power Limited 29
#56 Toyo Tire 29
#57 Apple 27
#58 Bridgestone 27
#59 Fca Us Llc. 27
#60 Magna Mirrors Of America 25
#61 Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations 24
#62 Illinois Tool Works 24
#63 Advics Co. 23
#64 Continental Teves Ag & Co. Ohg 23
#65 Kubota 23
#66 Polaris Industries 23
#67 Webasto Se 23
#68 Kia 22
#69 Oshkosh 22
#70 Zf Active Safety Gmbh 22
#71 Trw Automotive Gmbh 21
#72 Autoliv Asp 20
#73 Ntn 20
#74 Continental Automotive France 19
#75 Faurecia Sièges D'Automobile 19
#76 Hyundai Transys 19
#77 Shimano 19
#78 Grammer Ag 18
#79 Hella Gmbh & Co. Kgaa 18
#80 Kawasaki 18
#81 Smr Patents S.À.R.L. 18
#82 The Goodyear Tire & Rubber 18
#83 Zf Cv Systems Europe Bv 18
#84 Cummins 17
#85 State Farm 17
#86 The Boeing 17
#87 Uatc 17
#88 Sony 17
#89 Adient Luxembourg Holding S.A.R.L. 16
#90 Cnh Industrial America 16
#91 Daimler Ag 16
#92 Tachi-S Co. 16
#93 Bendix Commercial Vehicle Systems 15
#94 Bestop 15
#95 Contemporary Amperex Technology Co., Limited 15
#96 Gentex 15
#97 Hitachi Construction Machinery Co. 15
#98 Mahle International Gmbh 15
#99 Bombardier Recreational Products 14
#100 Dana Heavy Vehicle Systems Group 14