Where does Honda Motor Co., Ltd. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Honda Motor Co., Ltd. ranks #25 of 49,997 assignees by granted-patent volume, the same sort as the companies listing and top-holders ranking. See /methodology/#corpus-placement.

How many patents does Honda Motor Co., Ltd. hold?

Honda Motor Co., Ltd. holds 12,454 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 397 technology areas.

What is Honda Motor Co., Ltd.'s Innovation Score?

Honda Motor Co., Ltd. has an Innovation Score of 70.1 out of 100 (top 1% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Honda Motor Co., Ltd. focus on?

Honda Motor Co., Ltd.'s top technology area is Y02T (Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related TO Transportation) with 1,724 patents, ranking #6 of 2,877 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 397 CPC subclasses total.

Is Honda Motor Co., Ltd.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Honda Motor Co., Ltd.'s recent grant velocity is +16% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). The company is maintaining or growing its granted-patent output.

What does claim depth mean for Honda Motor Co., Ltd.'s patents?

Honda Motor Co., Ltd.'s patents average 10.2 claims each. This is an aggregate descriptive count from the grant record; it does not establish claim scope, legal strength, enforceability, or design-around risk.

How is the Honda Motor Co., Ltd. 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.

USPTO 2015–2025 USPTO PatentsView Foreign Corporation

Honda Motor Co., Ltd.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 12,454 granted patents across 397 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2025. Grant-trend analysis is cross-referenced to USPTO Patent Public Search; it does not measure application filings, current R&D, or legal strength. Primary class: Y02T (Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related TO Transportation).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Honda ranks #25 of 49,997 US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 12,454 patents across 397 technology areas.

#25
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 1%
by Innovation Score (70.1/100): 10.2
avg claims per patent: +16%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R25 · Foreign Corporation #25 · 12,454 grants

GRANTS-MEGA · TOP-DECILE · CLEAR-GAP · CPC-BROAD · INNOV-STRONG · CLAIMS-PAR · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-UP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MEGA 12K grants
TOP-DECILE #25/49,997
CLEAR-GAP Toshiba
CPC-BROAD Y02T · 397 areas
INNOV-STRONG 70.1/100
CLAIMS-PAR 10.2 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-UP +16% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba (±394 grants)

Instrument codes from this assignee’s USPTO PatentsView grant sheet: volume band, corpus rank, photo-finish peer, lead CPC, Innovation Score, claim depth, assignee type, velocity, and book completeness. Not a USPTO rating of patent strength.

How Honda’s 70.1 Innovation Score adds up

The same four weighted components behind every Innovation Score on PlainPatent: portfolio volume, grant velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth.

Volume 32.6 pts (47%) Velocity 6.4 pts (9%) Breadth 25.0 pts (36%) Claim depth 6.1 pts (9%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Honda Motor · this assignee

70
Mitsubishi Electric · near

70
Deere & · near

70
Rockwell Automation · near

70
Samsara · near

70
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Honda's Innovation Score is 70.1/100 (top 1% of the PatentsView-derived corpus). The chart places that score against the nearest Innovation Score peers plus corpus poles, not a reprint of the volume ranking.

Does more volume mean deeper claims for Honda?

Each dot is one of Honda’s 8 nearest volume peers (same corpus rank neighbourhood as the chart above), placed by total granted patents (horizontal) against average claims per patent (vertical). Honda’s own 10.2 claims/patent is at or below the 13.0 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

Honda vs its 8 nearest volume peers: granted patents vs average claims per patent. Source: USPTO PatentsView.

How Honda's grant cadence moved

Between 2020–2024, Honda Motor Co., Ltd. received 6,236 grants versus 5,397 in 2015–2019 (+16% equal-window velocity, above median growth). Across complete PatentsView years, output peaked in 2022 at 1,390 grants and bottomed in 2017 at 1,013. Lead class Y02T accounts for 13.8% of the portfolio across 397 subclasses. Volume neighbours: General Electric Company (#21) and Nike, Inc. (#29).

Honda's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Honda Motor Co., Ltd. moved from 3,786 to 3,637 grants (0.96x the prior three-year total, a multiple, not a CAGR). Among 3,296 tracked assignees with ≥100 grants and ≥20 prior-period grants, that multiple ranks #1,294. See the growth leaderboard.

General Electric

14,436
Seiko Epson

14,235
Panasonic Intelle…

13,148
Toshiba

12,848
Honda Motor ◀

12,454
The Boeing

11,922
Robert Bosch

11,869
GM Global Technol…

11,736
Nike

10,487

What this shows Honda holds 12,454 patents at rank #25, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Honda

By rank, the assignees closest to #25 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in Y02T (Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related TO Transpo…)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Honda, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In Y02T (Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related TO Transpo…), Honda ranks #6 of 2,877 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (70 here).

Mitsubishi Electric Corporation 70 Deere & Company 70 Rockwell Automation Technologies, Inc. 70 Samsara Inc. 70

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (10.2 here).

Amogreentech Co., Ltd. 10.2 avg SK Chemicals Co., Ltd. 10.2 avg Foxlink Image Technology Co., Ltd. 10.2 avg ebm-papst Mulfingen GmbH & Co. KG 10.2 avg

Honda's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

70 Top 1% higher than 99% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2025

Grants by year

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

View data table

Honda Motor Co., Ltd. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	1,132	9.1%
2016	1,044	8.4%
2017	1,013	8.1%
2018	1,021	8.2%
2019	1,187	9.5%
2020	1,306	10.5%
2021	1,293	10.4%
2022	1,390	11.2%
2023	1,185	9.5%
2024	1,062	8.5%
2025partial year	821	6.6%

Which technologies does Honda Motor Co., Ltd. patent most?

Y02T - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related TO Transportation 1,724

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 1,624

B60K - Arrangement OR Mounting OF Propulsion Units OR OF Transmissions IN VEHICLES; Arrangement OR Mounting OF Plural Diverse Prime-movers IN VEHICLES; Auxiliary Drives FOR VEHICLES; Instrumentation OR Dashboards FOR VEHICLES; Arrangements IN Connection With Cooling, AIR Intake, GAS Exhaust OR Fuel Supply 1,447

Y02E - Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution 1,355

B62D - Motor VEHICLES; Trailers 1,194

H01M - Processes OR Means, e.g. Batteries, FOR THE Direct Conversion OF Chemical Energy Into Electrical Energy 1,185

B60R - Vehicles, Vehicle Fittings, OR Vehicle Parts, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 1,168

B60L - Propulsion OF Electrically-propelled Vehicles ; Supplying Electric Power FOR Auxiliary Equipment OF Electrically-propelled Vehicles ; Electrodynamic Brake Systems FOR Vehicles IN General ; Magnetic Suspension OR Levitation FOR VEHICLES; Monitoring Operating Variables OF Electrically-propelled Vehicl 1,041

G06V - Image OR Video Recognition OR Understanding 680

F16H - Gearing 660

B60Y - Indexing Scheme Relating TO Aspects Cross-cutting Vehicle Technology 634

B62J - Cycle Saddles OR SEATS; Auxiliary Devices OR Accessories Specially Adapted TO Cycles AND NOT Otherwise Provided FOR, e.g. Article Carriers OR Cycle Protectors 600

B62K - CYCLES; Cycle FRAMES; Cycle Steering DEVICES; Rider-operated Terminal Controls Specially Adapted FOR CYCLES; Cycle Axle SUSPENSIONS; Cycle Side-cars, Forecars, OR THE Like 593

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 586

G05D - Systems FOR Controlling OR Regulating Non-electric Variables 574

Top 15 of 397 technology areas

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

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What to do with this data

Honda Motor Co., Ltd.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Honda Motor Co., Ltd.'s lead technology class is Y02T (Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related TO Transportation), 13.8% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore Y02T
Ranked #25 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Honda Motor Co., Ltd. against General Electric Company, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 70.1/100 blends volume, velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth. How it's calculated

Figures reflect USPTO PatentsView grant data through May 2026; pending applications not yet granted are not counted.

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

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 by PlainPatent , US Patent Intelligence Editorial Process · May 15, 2026

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