USPTO 2015–2025 USPTO PatentsView US Corporation

GM Cruise Holdings Llc

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 685 granted patents across 97 technology areas, active 2020–2025. Filing-trend and competitive-moat analysis cross-referenced to USPTO Patent Public Search. Primary class: 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).

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

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685

Total patents granted

CPC technology areas

18.5

Avg claims per patent

5-year filing velocity

The verdict

GM holds 685 US patents across 97 technology areas, rank #654 of 50,000 tracked assignees.

#654
of 50,000 US assignees by volume: Top 0.1%
by Innovation Score (78.7/100): 18.5
avg claims per patent

Portfolio overview

GM Cruise Holdings Llc has been granted 685 US utility patents between 2020 and 2025, placing GM Cruise Holdings Llc at rank #654 across all assignees tracked by PlainPatent. This portfolio spans 97 distinct Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC) subclasses, averaging 18.5 claims per patent with primary concentration in 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). As a US Corporation, GM Cruise Holdings Llc is one of the broader-portfolio assignees in the PatentsView dataset. By volume, GM sits between Carl Zeiss Meditec Ag (689 patents, rank #650) and Bayer Healthcare Llc (681 patents, rank #658) - the closest US assignees by grant volume. The composite Innovation Score of 78.7/100 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. Historical data spans 2020 through 2025, with 685 total grants over that period. Velocity comparisons require five years of historical filings to calibrate. 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. GM Cruise Holdings Llc's 18.5 average claims per patent sits within the typical range for solid legal coverage without excessive prosecution cost, while a multi-domain presence across 97 subclasses balances depth with breadth. Combined with portfolio volume, these signals let analysts, investors, and licensing professionals benchmark GM Cruise Holdings Llc against peers pursuing similar technology classes.

Carl Zeiss Meditec

689
Saturn Licensing

689
The Research Foun…

688
Evonik Degussa

686
The Brigham and W…

685
Yale University

685
GM Cruise Holdings ◀

685
Tianma Microelect…

684
Bayer Healthcare

681

What this shows GM holds 685 patents at rank #654, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near GM

By rank, the assignees closest to #654 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B60W (Conjoint Control OF Vehicle Sub-units OF Different TYPE O…)

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

GM's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

79 Top 1% higher than 99% of 50,000 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2020–2025

Grants by year

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

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GM Cruise Holdings Llc patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2020	12	1.8%
2021	49	7.2%
2022	95	13.9%
2023	162	23.6%
2024	236	34.5%
2025	131	19.1%

Which technologies does GM Cruise Holdings Llc patent most?

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 287

G05D - SYSTEMS FOR CONTROLLING OR REGULATING NON-ELECTRIC VARIABLES 254

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 177

G01C - MEASURING DISTANCES, LEVELS OR BEARINGS; SURVEYING; NAVIGATION; GYROSCOPIC INSTRUMENTS; PHOTOGRAMMETRY OR VIDEOGRAMMETRY 148

G06F - ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING 132

G06V - IMAGE OR VIDEO RECOGNITION OR UNDERSTANDING 131

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 109

G08G - TRAFFIC CONTROL SYSTEMS 108

G06T - IMAGE DATA PROCESSING OR GENERATION, IN GENERAL 96

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 70

B60R - VEHICLES, VEHICLE FITTINGS, OR VEHICLE PARTS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR 60

H04W - WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS 58

G06N - COMPUTING ARRANGEMENTS BASED ON SPECIFIC COMPUTATIONAL MODELS 57

H04N - PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION 40

B60Q - ARRANGEMENT OF SIGNALLING OR LIGHTING DEVICES, THE MOUNTING OR SUPPORTING THEREOF OR CIRCUITS THEREFOR, FOR VEHICLES IN GENERAL 35

Top 15 of 97 technology areas

Patent Moat Analysis

Portfolio Volume Moderate

Tech Breadth Multi-domain

Claim Depth Standard

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#654

Across all tracked assignees

Innovation Score

78.7 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 GM Cruise Holdings Llc hold?

GM Cruise Holdings Llc holds 685 US granted patents filed between 2020 and 2025, spanning 97 technology areas.

What is GM Cruise Holdings Llc's Innovation Score?

GM Cruise Holdings Llc has an Innovation Score of 78.7 out of 100. This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), filing velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does GM Cruise Holdings Llc focus on?

GM Cruise Holdings Llc's top technology area is 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) with 287 patents. The company has filed patents in 97 CPC subclasses total.

Is GM Cruise Holdings Llc's patent filing rate increasing or decreasing?

Insufficient historical data is available to calculate a velocity trend for GM Cruise Holdings Llc.

What does claim depth mean for GM Cruise Holdings Llc's patents?

GM Cruise Holdings Llc's patents average 18.5 claims each. This falls within the standard range, providing solid legal coverage.

How is the GM Cruise Holdings 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

GM's 685 grants land it in the top 0.1% 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 - GM ranks #654 of 50,000. Top 50 holders
Most of this portfolio concentrates in B60W - see who else leads that technology area. B60W 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.