USPTO 2015–2025 USPTO PatentsView US Corporation

Motional AD Llc

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 312 granted patents across 59 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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312

Total patents granted

CPC technology areas

21.0

Avg claims per patent

5-year filing velocity

The verdict

Motional holds 312 US patents across 59 technology areas, rank #1,350 of 50,000 tracked assignees.

#1,350
of 50,000 US assignees by volume: Top 0.1%
by Innovation Score (77.4/100): 21.0
avg claims per patent

Portfolio overview

Motional AD Llc has been granted 312 US utility patents between 2020 and 2025, placing Motional AD Llc at rank #1,350 across all assignees tracked by PlainPatent. This portfolio spans 59 distinct Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC) subclasses, averaging 21.0 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, Motional AD Llc is one of the broader-portfolio assignees in the PatentsView dataset. By volume, Motional sits between Hisense USA Corporation (313 patents, rank #1,346) and Cheil Industries Inc. (310 patents, rank #1,354) - the closest US assignees by grant volume. The composite Innovation Score of 77.4/100 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 312 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. Motional AD Llc's 21.0 average claims per patent reflects complex, broadly scoped inventions that are difficult for competitors to design around, while a multi-domain presence across 59 subclasses balances depth with breadth. Combined with portfolio volume, these signals let analysts, investors, and licensing professionals benchmark Motional AD Llc against peers pursuing similar technology classes.

Hisense USA

313
Hong Kong Applied…

313
Sumitomo Osaka Ce…

313
Global Tel*Link

312
Motional AD ◀

312
Mitsubishi Heavy…

311
Marvell Israel (M…

311
CGG Services SAS

310
Cheil Industries

310

What this shows Motional holds 312 patents at rank #1,350, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Motional

By rank, the assignees closest to #1,350 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 Motional's primary technology class.

Motional's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

77 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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Motional AD Llc patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2020	5	1.6%
2021	35	11.2%
2022	49	15.7%
2023	83	26.6%
2024	85	27.2%
2025	55	17.6%

Which technologies does Motional AD 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 164

G05D - SYSTEMS FOR CONTROLLING OR REGULATING NON-ELECTRIC VARIABLES 110

G06V - IMAGE OR VIDEO RECOGNITION OR UNDERSTANDING 105

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 95

G08G - TRAFFIC CONTROL SYSTEMS 68

G06T - IMAGE DATA PROCESSING OR GENERATION, IN GENERAL 66

G06F - ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING 65

G01C - MEASURING DISTANCES, LEVELS OR BEARINGS; SURVEYING; NAVIGATION; GYROSCOPIC INSTRUMENTS; PHOTOGRAMMETRY OR VIDEOGRAMMETRY 63

G06N - COMPUTING ARRANGEMENTS BASED ON SPECIFIC COMPUTATIONAL MODELS 57

H04W - WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS 19

H04N - PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION 17

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 17

H04L - TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION 17

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 15

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 14

Top 15 of 59 technology areas

Patent Moat Analysis

Portfolio Volume Moderate

Tech Breadth Multi-domain

Claim Depth Complex

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#1,350

Across all tracked assignees

Innovation Score

77.4 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 Motional AD Llc hold?

Motional AD Llc holds 312 US granted patents filed between 2020 and 2025, spanning 59 technology areas.

What is Motional AD Llc's Innovation Score?

Motional AD Llc has an Innovation Score of 77.4 out of 100. This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), filing velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Motional AD Llc focus on?

Motional AD 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 164 patents. The company has filed patents in 59 CPC subclasses total.

Is Motional AD Llc's patent filing rate increasing or decreasing?

Insufficient historical data is available to calculate a velocity trend for Motional AD Llc.

What does claim depth mean for Motional AD Llc's patents?

Motional AD Llc's patents average 21.0 claims each. This indicates complex, broadly scoped patents that are harder for competitors to design around.

How is the Motional AD 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

Motional's 312 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 - Motional ranks #1,350 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.