Where does Hyundai Motor Company rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Hyundai Motor Company ranks #20 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 Hyundai Motor Company hold?

Hyundai Motor Company holds 15,033 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 382 technology areas.

What is Hyundai Motor Company's Innovation Score?

Hyundai Motor Company has an Innovation Score of 72.5 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 Hyundai Motor Company focus on?

Hyundai Motor Company's top technology area is Y02T (Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related TO Transportation) with 3,180 patents, ranking #3 of 2,877 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 382 CPC subclasses total.

Is Hyundai Motor Company's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Hyundai Motor Company's recent grant velocity is +22% 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 Hyundai Motor Company's patents?

Hyundai Motor Company's patents average 12.2 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 Hyundai Motor Company 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

Hyundai Motor Company

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 15,033 granted patents across 382 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, Hyundai ranks #20 of 49,997 US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 15,033 patents across 382 technology areas.

#20
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 1%
by Innovation Score (72.5/100): 12.2
avg claims per patent: +22%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R20 · Foreign Corporation #20 · 15,033 grants

GRANTS-MEGA · TOP-DECILE · NEAR-PEER · CPC-BROAD · INNOV-STRONG · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-UP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MEGA 15K grants
TOP-DECILE #20/49,997
NEAR-PEER Mitsubishi Electric
CPC-BROAD Y02T · 382 areas
INNOV-STRONG 72.5/100
CLAIMS-RICH 12.2 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-UP +22% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation (±20 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 Hyundai’s 72.5 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 33.2 pts (46%) Velocity 7.0 pts (10%) Breadth 25.0 pts (34%) Claim depth 7.3 pts (10%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Imam Mohammad IBN… · near

73
VMware · near

73
Hyundai Motor · this assignee

73
Techtronic Cordless GP · near

72
Block · near

72
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Hyundai's Innovation Score is 72.5/100 (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 Hyundai?

Each dot is one of Hyundai’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). Hyundai’s own 12.2 claims/patent is at or below the 13.4 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

How Hyundai's grant cadence moved

Between 2020–2024, Hyundai Motor Company received 7,514 grants versus 6,157 in 2015–2019 (+22% equal-window velocity, above median growth). Across complete PatentsView years, output peaked in 2023 at 1,652 grants and bottomed in 2015 at 765. Lead class Y02T accounts for 21.2% of the portfolio across 382 subclasses. Volume neighbours: BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd. (#16) and Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba (#24).

Hyundai's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Hyundai Motor Company moved from 4,445 to 4,648 grants (1.05x 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 #1,071. See the growth leaderboard.

BOE Technology Gr…

18,263
Telefonaktiebolag…

15,598
Micron Technology

15,200
Mitsubishi Electr…

15,053
Hyundai Motor ◀

15,033
General Electric

14,436
Seiko Epson

14,235
Panasonic Intelle…

13,148
Toshiba

12,848

What this shows Hyundai holds 15,033 patents at rank #20, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Hyundai

By rank, the assignees closest to #20 in granted patent volume.

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

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Hyundai, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In Y02T (Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related TO Transpo…), Hyundai ranks #3 of 2,877 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (73 here).

VMware LLC 73 Techtronic Cordless GP 72 Block, Inc. 72 Imam Mohammad IBN Saud Islamic University 73

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (12.2 here).

Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University 12.2 avg Indian Oil Corporation Limited 12.2 avg Peking University Founder Group Co., Ltd. 12.2 avg THE University OF Tokyo 12.2 avg

Hyundai's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

73 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.

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Hyundai Motor Company patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	765	5.1%
2016	1,066	7.1%
2017	1,336	8.9%
2018	1,411	9.4%
2019	1,579	10.5%
2020	1,545	10.3%
2021	1,321	8.8%
2022	1,565	10.4%
2023	1,652	11.0%
2024	1,431	9.5%
2025partial year	1,362	9.1%

Which technologies does Hyundai Motor Company patent most?

Y02T - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related TO Transportation 3,180

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 2,046

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 1,865

Y02E - Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution 1,589

H01M - Processes OR Means, e.g. Batteries, FOR THE Direct Conversion OF Chemical Energy Into Electrical Energy 1,418

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 1,395

F16H - Gearing 1,326

B60R - Vehicles, Vehicle Fittings, OR Vehicle Parts, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 1,243

B62D - Motor VEHICLES; Trailers 1,138

B60Y - Indexing Scheme Relating TO Aspects Cross-cutting Vehicle Technology 737

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 670

F02D - Controlling Combustion Engines 659

B60H - Arrangements OF Heating, Cooling, Ventilating OR Other Air-treating Devices Specially Adapted FOR Passenger OR Goods Spaces OF Vehicles 573

H04W - Wireless Communication Networks 532

Y10S - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former Uspc Cross-reference ART Collections [XRACs] AND Digests 498

Top 15 of 382 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

Hyundai Motor Company's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Hyundai Motor Company's lead technology class is Y02T (Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related TO Transportation), 21.2% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore Y02T
Ranked #20 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Hyundai Motor Company against BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 72.5/100 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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