USPTO 2015–2025 USPTO PatentsView US Corporation

General Motors Llc

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 227 granted patents across 61 technology areas, active 2015–2024. Filing-trend and competitive-moat analysis cross-referenced to USPTO Patent Public Search. Primary class: H04W (WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS).

Compiled byPlainPatent Editorial, US Patent Intelligence Editorial Team · May 15, 2026

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227

Total patents granted

CPC technology areas

15.8

Avg claims per patent

-91%

5-year filing velocity

The verdict

General holds 227 US patents across 61 technology areas, rank #1,795 of 50,000 tracked assignees.

#1,795
of 50,000 US assignees by volume: Top 8%
by Innovation Score (54.5/100): 15.8
avg claims per patent: -91%
filing velocity, last 5 yrs

Portfolio overview

General Motors Llc has been granted 227 US utility patents between 2015 and 2024, placing General Motors Llc at rank #1,795 across all assignees tracked by PlainPatent. This portfolio spans 61 distinct Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC) subclasses, averaging 15.8 claims per patent with primary concentration in H04W (WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS). As a US Corporation, General Motors Llc is one of the broader-portfolio assignees in the PatentsView dataset. By volume, General sits between Business Objects Software Ltd. (227 patents, rank #1,791) and Nasdaq, Inc. (227 patents, rank #1,799) - the closest US assignees by grant volume. The composite Innovation Score of 54.5/100 blends portfolio volume, filing velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth into a single comparable measure drawn directly from USPTO PatentsView records.

Filing cadence tells the strategic story. Between 2020 and 2025 the company received 19 grants, compared with 208 in the 2015–2019 window, a -91% shift in five-year velocity. A cooling filing rate may reflect portfolio consolidation, shifting priorities, or reduced R&D throughput. The US Corporation classification further shapes interpretation, since corporate, government, and individual filers pursue patents for materially different reasons.

Claim depth and technology breadth together indicate competitive posture. General Motors Llc's 15.8 average claims per patent sits within the typical range for solid legal coverage without excessive prosecution cost, while a multi-domain presence across 61 subclasses balances depth with breadth. Combined with portfolio volume, these signals let analysts, investors, and licensing professionals benchmark General Motors Llc against peers pursuing similar technology classes.

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What this shows General holds 227 patents at rank #1,795, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near General

By rank, the assignees closest to #1,795 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in H04W (Wireless Communication Networks)

Other assignees with the most granted patents in General's primary technology class.

General's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

Composite of portfolio volume, filing velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth (0–100)

55 Top 8% higher than 92% of 50,000 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2024

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2015–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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General Motors Llc patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	61	26.9%
2016	60	26.4%
2017	38	16.7%
2018	30	13.2%
2019	19	8.4%
2020	9	4.0%
2021	4	1.8%
2022	2	0.9%
2023	3	1.3%
2024	1	0.4%

Which technologies does General Motors Llc patent most?

H04W - WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS 98

H04L - TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION 62

G07C - TIME OR ATTENDANCE REGISTERS; REGISTERING OR INDICATING THE WORKING OF MACHINES; GENERATING RANDOM NUMBERS; VOTING OR LOTTERY APPARATUS; ARRANGEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS FOR CHECKING NOT PROVIDED FOR ELSEWHERE 40

G06F - ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING 27

H04M - TELEPHONIC COMMUNICATION 25

G08G - TRAFFIC CONTROL SYSTEMS 25

G01C - MEASURING DISTANCES, LEVELS OR BEARINGS; SURVEYING; NAVIGATION; GYROSCOPIC INSTRUMENTS; PHOTOGRAMMETRY OR VIDEOGRAMMETRY 25

B60R - VEHICLES, VEHICLE FITTINGS, OR VEHICLE PARTS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR 20

G01S - RADIO DIRECTION-FINDING; RADIO NAVIGATION; DETERMINING DISTANCE OR VELOCITY BY USE OF RADIO WAVES; LOCATING OR PRESENCE-DETECTING BY USE OF THE REFLECTION OR RERADIATION OF RADIO WAVES; ANALOGOUS ARRANGEMENTS USING OTHER WAVES 17

G10L - SPEECH ANALYSIS TECHNIQUES OR SPEECH SYNTHESIS; SPEECH RECOGNITION; SPEECH OR VOICE PROCESSING TECHNIQUES; SPEECH OR AUDIO CODING OR DECODING 15

G06Q - INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY [ICT] SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES; SYSTEMS OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR 15

B60W - CONJOINT CONTROL OF VEHICLE SUB-UNITS OF DIFFERENT TYPE OR DIFFERENT FUNCTION; CONTROL SYSTEMS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR HYBRID VEHICLES; ROAD VEHICLE DRIVE CONTROL SYSTEMS FOR PURPOSES NOT RELATED TO THE CONTROL OF A PARTICULAR SUB-UNIT 11

G06V - IMAGE OR VIDEO RECOGNITION OR UNDERSTANDING 11

G06T - IMAGE DATA PROCESSING OR GENERATION, IN GENERAL 10

H04B - TRANSMISSION 9

Top 15 of 61 technology areas

Patent Moat Analysis

Portfolio Volume Moderate

Tech Breadth Multi-domain

Claim Depth Standard

Velocity Declining

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#1,795

Across all tracked assignees

Innovation Score

54.5 out of 100

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

How is Innovation Score calculated?

Frequently Asked Questions

How many patents does General Motors Llc hold?

General Motors Llc holds 227 US granted patents filed between 2015 and 2024, spanning 61 technology areas.

What is General Motors Llc's Innovation Score?

General Motors Llc has an Innovation Score of 54.5 out of 100. This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), filing velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does General Motors Llc focus on?

General Motors Llc's top technology area is H04W (WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS) with 98 patents. The company has filed patents in 61 CPC subclasses total.

Is General Motors Llc's patent filing rate increasing or decreasing?

General Motors Llc's recent filing velocity is -91% compared to the prior five-year period. Filing activity has slowed relative to earlier years.

What does claim depth mean for General Motors Llc's patents?

General Motors Llc's patents average 15.8 claims each. This falls within the standard range, providing solid legal coverage.

How is the General Motors Llc patent data sourced?

All patent data comes from USPTO PatentsView, a public research dataset maintained by the United States Patent and Trademark Office covering US granted utility patents from 2015 to 2025.

How to use this portfolio

General's 227 grants land it in the top 8% by Innovation Score, but volume alone doesn't tell you where the strength sits.

Read that count against the largest US assignees before treating it as dominance - General ranks #1,795 of 50,000. Top 50 holders
Most of this portfolio concentrates in H04W - see who else leads that technology area. H04W leaders
Check what the four-part Innovation Score actually rewards before comparing it to another company. How the score works

Patent counts and the Innovation Score measure patenting activity, not commercial success or the legal strength of any patent. Many patents are filed defensively. Verify the status of an individual patent against official USPTO records.

Data sourced from USPTO PatentsView - official U.S. government patent data. See our methodology for computation details. Retrieved and formatted by PlainPatent Editorial

Disclaimer: This information is provided for informational purposes only and does not constitute professional advice. Data is sourced from the USPTO PatentsView database. Consult a qualified professional before making decisions based on this data.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Data sources used on this page

USPTO PatentsView - the disambiguated bulk patent-grant, assignee, and CPC data this page's figures are derived from. patentsview.org
Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC) - the joint USPTO/EPO classification scheme used to group patents by technology area. cooperativepatentclassification.org
USPTO Patent Public Search - the official interface to verify the status of any individual patent. ppubs.uspto.gov

Compiled byPlainPatent Editorial, US Patent Intelligence Editorial Team · May 15, 2026

Every figure on PlainPatent is rendered directly from USPTO source data, no number is typed in by an editor. This page draws directly on USPTO source data, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 2026.