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

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 49 Ford
2 Brendan Diamond 46 Ford
3 Dean M. Jaradi 35 Ford
#4 S. M. Iskander Farooq 30 Ford
#5 Keith Weston 26 Ford
#6 Mohammad Omar Faruque 25 Ford
#7 Daichi Kato 20 Honda Motor Co.
#8 Leo Laine 20 Volvo Truck
#9 John Robert Van Wiemeersch 18 Ford
#10 Leon Henderson 17 Volvo Truck
#11 Michael John Harmon 17 Ford
#12 Toshiya Hashimoto 17 Toyota
#13 Laura Weeks Shane 16 Kodiak Robotics
#14 Thomas Leiber 16 Ipgate Ag
#15 Yuji Yasui 16 Honda Motor Co.
#16 Chad Smith 15 Oshkosh
#17 David Brian Glickman 15 Ford
#18 Donald Jason Burnette 15 Google
#19 Mark W. Gose 15 Delco Electronics
#20 Nader Nasr 15 Oshkosh Defense
#21 Andrew Wendel 14 —
#22 Chandra S. Namuduri 14 General Motors
#23 Hui Un Son 14 Hyundai Motor
#24 Joseph F. Szczerba 14 General Motors
#25 Norman Lu 14 Toyota
#26 Sang Do Park 14 Hyundai Motor
#27 Seyed R. Zarabadi 14 Delphi Technologies
#28 Venkatesh Krishnan 14 Ford
#29 Andreas Weh 13 Robert Bosch Gmbh
#30 Chan Ho Jung 13 Hyundai Motor
#31 Court S. Hinricher 13 Kodiak Robotics
#32 Dae Hee Lee 13 Samsung
#33 Jay Kuvelker 13 Kodiak Robotics
#34 Ji Won Oh 13 Hyundai Motor
#35 John Zinn 13 Kodiak Robotics
#36 Kazuki MIYAKE 13 Toyota
#37 Reza Zarringhalam 13 General Motors
#38 Shogo TSUGE 13 Toyota
#39 Andrew BILL 12 Airbus Operations Limited
#40 Daiki YOKOYAMA 12 Toyota
#41 Ethan Miller Pronovost 12 Zoox
#42 Isamu Nagasawa 12 Subaru
#43 Kentaro Oguchi 12 Toyota
#44 Ryosuke IKEMURA 12 Toyota
#45 Suresh Gopalakrishnan 12 General Motors
#46 Aed M. Dudar 11 Ford
#47 Ajith Kuttannair Kumar 11 GE
#48 Chidambaram Subramanian 11 Volvo Truck
#49 Clinton T. Weckwerth 11 Oshkosh
#50 Daisuke HOKUTO 11 Denso
#51 Derek A. Wente 11 Oshkosh
#52 Donald K. Grimm 11 General Motors
#53 Hae Dong Kwak 11 Hyundai Transys
#54 Heinz Leiber 11 Robert Bosch Gmbh
#55 Jae Yeon Kim 11 Hyundai Motor
#56 Joshua D. Rocholl 11 Oshkosh
#57 Julian van Thiel 11 Zf Cv Systems Europe Bv
#58 Kurt CATTOOR 11 Dana Belgium N.V.
#59 Mahmoud Yousef Ghannam 11 Ford
#60 Mohammed Omar Faruque 11 Ford
#61 Mohammadali Shahriari 11 General Motors
#62 Nobuyuki Nakayama 11 Mazda Motor
#63 Paul Kenneth Dellock 11 Ford
#64 Patrick Kessler 11 Apple
#65 Russell A. Patenaude 11 General Motors
#66 Ryan O'Gorman 11 Ford
#67 Sang Shin Lee 11 Hyundai Motor
#68 Seong-Bin Jeong 11 Hyundai Motor
#69 Seyhan Ucar 11 Toyota
#70 Takahiro HIROTA 11 Toyota
#71 Takuya KUME 11 Denso
#72 Vincent Hoover 11 Oshkosh
#73 Annette Lynn Huebner 10 Ford
#74 Blaise J. Ganzel 10 —
#75 Filip D. Schacht 10 Dana Belgium N.V.
#76 Herman Wiegman 10 Beta Air
#77 Hiroyuki Baba 10 Mazda Motor
#78 Jung Sang You 10 Hyundai Motor
#79 Matthew E. Gilbert-Eyres 10 General Motors
#80 Matthew Hancock 10 Jaguar Land Rover Limited
#81 Man Hee Park 10 Hyundai Motor
#82 Mike Bolton 10 Oshkosh Defense
#83 Miguel Dhaens 10 Driv Automotive
#84 Mitsuyoshi Ohno 10 Toyota
#85 Myung Hoe Kim 10 Hyundai Motor
#86 Ryusuke Kuroda 10 Toyota
#87 Sang-Ho Kim 10 Samsung
#88 Takuma Inami 10 Mazda Motor
#89 Wan Je Cho 10 Hyundai Motor
#90 Xiaoling Han 10 Tusimple
#91 Yusuke Fukui 10 Toyota
#92 Yufei Zhao 10 Tusimple
#93 Zachary L. Klein 10 Oshkosh
#94 Andrew Denis Lewandowski 9 Ford
#95 Brian Mark Fields 9 State Farm
#96 Burkay Donderici 9 Halliburton Energy Services
#97 Connor Randall 9 Fox Factory
#98 Dennis Lausecker 9 Jaguar Land Rover Limited
#99 Etsugo Yanagida 9 Denso
#100 Everet Owen Ericksen 9 Fox Factory

Top Companies

Rank ↑ Company ↕ Patents ↕
1 Toyota 1,056
2 Kia 500
3 Hyundai Motor 499
#4 Ford 457
#5 General Motors 426
#6 Honda Motor Co. 269
#7 Hyundai Mobis Co. 167
#8 Subaru 145
#9 Denso 132
#10 Robert Bosch Gmbh 128
#11 Volvo Truck 117
#12 BMW 105
#13 Google 93
#14 Zoox 83
#15 Panasonic 79
#16 Nissan Motor Co. 73
#17 Rivian Ip Holdings 72
#18 Hitachi Astemo 64
#19 Hl Mando 57
#20 Mercedes-Benz Group Ag 56
#21 Audi Ag 55
#22 Volvo Car 53
#23 Mazda Motor 52
#24 The Yokohama Rubber Co. 51
#25 Volkswagen 51
#26 Ts Tech Co. 50
#27 Sumitomo Rubber Industries 49
#28 Jaguar Land Rover Limited 48
#29 Caterpillar 46
#30 Magna Electronics 45
#31 John Deere 45
#32 Dr. Ing. H.C. F. Porsche Ag 44
#33 Fca Us Llc. 44
#34 Sumitomo Wiring Systems 43
#35 Autoliv Development Ab 41
#36 Compagnie Generale Des Etablissements Michelin 39
#37 Mitsubishi Electric 39
#38 Intel 39
#39 Zf Friedrichshafen Ag 38
#40 Hyundai Transys 36
#41 Oshkosh 36
#42 Polaris Industries 35
#43 Tusimple 35
#44 Nissan North America 34
#45 Bridgestone 33
#46 Magna Mirrors Of America 33
#47 Unknown 33
#48 Kubota 31
#49 Continental Automotive Gmbh 30
#50 Cummins 30
#51 Hanon Systems 30
#52 Sumitomo Electric Industries 30
#53 Yazaki 29
#54 Toyoda Gosei Co. 28
#55 Huawei 28
#56 Zf Active Safety Gmbh 27
#57 Great Wall Motor Company Limited 26
#58 Lear 26
#59 State Farm 26
#60 Advics Co. 25
#61 Autonetworks Technologies 25
#62 Ferrari S.P.A. 25
#63 Koito Manufacturing Co. 25
#64 Motherson Innovations Company Limited 25
#65 Shenzhen Yinwang Intelligent Technologies Co. 25
#66 Lg Energy Solution 24
#67 Zf Automotive Germany Gmbh 24
#68 Aurora Operations 23
#69 Motional Ad 23
#70 Transportation Ip Holdings 23
#71 Valeo Systemes Thermiques 23
#72 Wonderland Switzerland Ag 23
#73 Aisin 22
#74 Fox Factory 22
#75 Zf Cv Systems Global Gmbh 22
#76 NVIDIA 22
#77 Sony 22
#78 Borgwarner Us Technologies 21
#79 Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations 21
#80 Webasto Se 21
#81 Zhejiang Geely Holding Group Co. 21
#82 Isuzu Motors Limited 20
#83 Knorr-Bremse Systeme Fuer Nutzfahrzeuge Gmbh 20
#84 Aptiv Technologies Ag 19
#85 Bambino Prezioso Switzerland 19
#86 Contemporary Amperex Technology (Hong Kong) Limited 19
#87 Schaeffler 19
#88 The Goodyear Tire & Rubber 19
#89 Bendix Commercial Vehicle Systems 18
#90 Nio Technology (Anhui) Co. 18
#91 Ampere S.A.S. 17
#92 Beta Air 17
#93 Carrier 17
#94 Hella Gmbh & Co. Kgaa 17
#95 Kawasaki Motors 17
#96 Magna Exteriors 16
#97 Valeo Schalter Und Sensoren Gmbh 16
#98 Vitesco Technologies Gmbh 16
#99 Zf Cv Systems Europe Bv 16
#100 Continental Reifen Deutschland Gmbh 15