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USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025
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Vehicles Patent Leaders in 2024 2024

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 61 Ford
2 Dean M. Jaradi 46 Ford
3 Mohammad Omar Faruque 46 Ford
#4 S. M. Iskander Farooq 41 Ford
#5 David Brian Glickman 33 Ford
#6 John Robert Van Wiemeersch 30 Ford
#7 Johnathan Andrew Line 24 Ford
#8 Brendan Diamond 23 Ford
#9 Hiroki Furuta 22 Toyota
#10 Chad Smith 21 Oshkosh
#11 Paul Kenneth Dellock 21 Ford
#12 Michael John Harmon 20 Ford
#13 Chandra S. Namuduri 19 General Motors
#14 Koichi Okuda 18 Toyota
#15 Annette Lynn Huebner 17 Ford
#16 Ji Won Oh 17 Hyundai Motor
#17 Jianping Zhang 17 Bolb
#18 Keith Weston 17 Ford
#19 Peter Phung 17 Ford
#20 Blaise J. Ganzel 16 —
#21 Chan Ho Jung 16 Hyundai Motor
#22 Hussein H. Berry 16 Ford
#23 Nader Nasr 16 Oshkosh Defense
#24 Kazuya Konada 15 Honda Motor Co.
#25 Sang Do Park 15 Hyundai Motor
#26 Xiaoling Han 15 Tusimple
#27 Atsushi Tabata 14 Toyota
#28 Eun Sik Kim 14 Hyundai Motor
#29 Marin Kobilarov 14 Zoox
#30 Mike Bolton 14 Oshkosh Defense
#31 Andrew Denis Lewandowski 13 Ford
#32 Anthony Macaluso 13 Arctic Cat
#33 Bradon Zeitler 13 Oshkosh Defense
#34 Gregory A. Huizen 13 Magna Mirrors Of America
#35 Isamu Nagasawa 13 Subaru
#36 Thomas Leiber 13 Ipgate Ag
#37 Herman Wiegman 12 Beta Air
#38 Joseph F. Szczerba 12 General Motors
#39 Manuel Ludwig Kuehner 12 Toyota
#40 Man Ju Oh 12 Hyundai Motor
#41 Neil Dekarske 12 Oshkosh Defense
#42 Rachell Harsh 12 Oshkosh Defense
#43 Sang Shin Lee 12 Hyundai Motor
#44 Suresh Gopalakrishnan 12 General Motors
#45 Yeonho Kim 12 Hyundai Motor
#46 Heinz Leiber 11 Robert Bosch Gmbh
#47 Hiroshi Yasuda 11 Fujitsu Limited
#48 Igal Raichelgauz 11 Cortica
#49 Jae Yeon Kim 11 Hyundai Motor
#50 Joshua D. Rocholl 11 Oshkosh
#51 Kenji Komori 11 Sony
#52 Mitsuyoshi Ohno 11 Toyota
#53 Norman Lu 11 Toyota
#54 Rashmi Prasad 11 General Motors
#55 Seong-Bin Jeong 11 Hyundai Motor
#56 Takeshi Yamamoto 11 Canon
#57 Takashi Yanagi 11 Honda Motor Co.
#58 Andrew BILL 10 Airbus Operations Limited
#59 Andrew Lettis 10 Smr Patents S.À.R.L.
#60 Callum Scott-Collins 10 Smr Patents S.À.R.L.
#61 Cody D. Clifton 10 Oshkosh
#62 Donald K. Grimm 10 General Motors
#63 Graham Rehill 10 Smr Patents S.À.R.L.
#64 Hussain Z. Tajmahal 10 Ford
#65 Jeong Soo Eo 10 Hyundai Motor
#66 Jeawan Kim 10 Hyundai Motor
#67 Jessica Szymanski 10 Oshkosh Defense
#68 Jin Ho Hwang 10 Hyundai Motor
#69 Jordan Barrett 10 Ford
#70 Marc Georgin 10 Goodrich
#71 Marcos Silva Kondrad 10 Ford
#72 Mitchel Nordahl 10 Oshkosh Defense
#73 Niall R. Lynam 10 Donnelly
#74 Rodney K. Blank 10 Donnelly
#75 Ryan Crabtree 10 Oshkosh Defense
#76 Ryan O'Gorman 10 Ford
#77 Ryosuke Yamazaki 10 Honda Motor Co.
#78 Shin Sakurada 10 Toyota
#79 Vincent Gaucher 10 Valeo Systemes D'Essuyage
#80 Yuji Yasui 10 Honda Motor Co.
#81 Zhimin Dan 10 Contemporary Amperex Technology Co., Limited
#82 Zhibing Deng 10 Ford
#83 Ajith Kuttannair Kumar 9 GE
#84 Bert Vandersmissen 9 Driv Automotive
#85 Clinton T. Weckwerth 9 Oshkosh
#86 Daiki YOKOYAMA 9 Toyota
#87 Deok Soo Lim 9 Hyundai Motor
#88 Deepak Shukla 9 Eastman Kodak
#89 Derek A. Wente 9 Oshkosh
#90 Dong Chul Park 9 Hyundai Motor
#91 Ed Trinklein 9 Oshkosh Defense
#92 Hui Un Son 9 Hyundai Motor
#93 Joseph E. Abramczyk 9 Ford
#94 Joseph Funke 9 Zoox
#95 Kyungtae Han 9 Toyota
#96 Leo Laine 9 Volvo Truck
#97 Magnus Nilsson 9 Ericsson
#98 Mikel Ullman 9 Oshkosh Defense
#99 Mohammad Naserian 9 General Motors
#100 Peter Boon 9 Driv Automotive

Top Companies

Rank ↑ Company ↕ Patents ↕
1 Toyota 823
2 Ford 543
3 Hyundai Motor 515
#4 Kia 432
#5 General Motors 346
#6 Honda Motor Co. 319
#7 Hyundai Mobis Co. 229
#8 Robert Bosch Gmbh 206
#9 Denso 173
#10 Subaru 160
#11 Volvo Truck 131
#12 BMW 127
#13 Google 113
#14 Zoox 111
#15 Nissan Motor Co. 100
#16 Hitachi Astemo 89
#17 Volkswagen 89
#18 Audi Ag 88
#19 Kia Motors 85
#20 Rivian Ip Holdings 79
#21 Panasonic 76
#22 Mitsubishi Electric 75
#23 Ts Tech Co. 69
#24 Autoliv Development Ab 67
#25 The Yokohama Rubber Co. 65
#26 Sumitomo Rubber Industries 63
#27 Sumitomo Wiring Systems 60
#28 Mazda Motor 59
#29 Hl Mando 57
#30 Compagnie Generale Des Etablissements Michelin 55
#31 Kubota 54
#32 Mercedes-Benz Group Ag 52
#33 Volvo Car 52
#34 Magna Electronics 51
#35 Zf Friedrichshafen Ag 51
#36 Magna Mirrors Of America 50
#37 Apple 49
#38 Nissan North America 49
#39 Dr. Ing. H.C. F. Porsche Ag 47
#40 John Deere 45
#41 Continental Automotive Gmbh 44
#42 Koito Manufacturing Co. 44
#43 Unknown 44
#44 Advics Co. 43
#45 Bridgestone 42
#46 Jaguar Land Rover Limited 41
#47 Oshkosh 41
#48 Aptiv Technologies Ag 40
#49 Sumitomo Electric Industries 40
#50 Caterpillar 39
#51 Knorr-Bremse Systeme Fuer Nutzfahrzeuge Gmbh 38
#52 Hyundai Transys 37
#53 Lear 36
#54 Aisin 35
#55 Autonetworks Technologies 35
#56 Zf Active Safety Gmbh 34
#57 Hanon Systems 33
#58 Zf Cv Systems Europe Bv 33
#59 Wonderland Switzerland Ag 32
#60 Yazaki 32
#61 Fox Factory 31
#62 Polaris Industries 31
#63 Huawei 31
#64 Motional Ad 30
#65 Intel 30
#66 Schaeffler 29
#67 Toyoda Gosei Co. 29
#68 Tusimple 29
#69 Valeo Systemes D'Essuyage 29
#70 Samsung 28
#71 Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations 26
#72 Illinois Tool Works 26
#73 Lg Energy Solution 25
#74 State Farm 25
#75 Zf Automotive Germany Gmbh 25
#76 Fca Us Llc. 24
#77 Kawasaki Motors 24
#78 Sony 24
#79 Ningbo Geely Automobile Research & Dev. Co. 23
#80 Valeo Vision 23
#81 Vitesco Technologies Gmbh 23
#82 Adient Us 22
#83 Beta Air 22
#84 Cummins 22
#85 Oshkosh Defense 22
#86 Aurora Operations 21
#87 Driv Automotive 21
#88 Ferrari S.P.A. 21
#89 LG 21
#90 Baidu Usa 20
#91 Hl Klemove 20
#92 Renault S.A.S. 20
#93 Toyo Tire 20
#94 Valeo Systemes Thermiques 20
#95 Airbus Operations Limited 19
#96 Bambino Prezioso Switzerland 19
#97 Carrier 19
#98 Nio Technology (Anhui) Co. 19
#99 Zf Passive Safety Systems, Us 19
#100 Contemporary Amperex Technology Co., Limited 18