USPTO 2015–2025 USPTO PatentsView US Corporation

Toyota Connected North America, Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 44 granted patents across 41 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2019–2025. 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: 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 by PlainPatent · May 15, 2026

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Total patents granted

CPC technology areas

18.2

Avg claims per patent

+2700%

5-year grant velocity

The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Toyota ranks #7,491 of 50,000 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 44 patents across 41 technology areas.

#7,491
of 50,000 US assignees by volume: Top 2%
by Innovation Score (64.2/100): 18.2
avg claims per patent: +2700%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

Portfolio overview

Toyota Connected North America, Inc. has been granted 44 US utility patents between 2019 and 2025, placing Toyota Connected North America, Inc. at #7,491 of 50,000 across all assignees tracked by PlainPatent. This portfolio spans 41 distinct Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC) subclasses, averaging 18.2 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, Toyota Connected North America, Inc. is one of the more focused assignees in the PatentsView dataset. By volume, Toyota sits between Snacktops, Inc. (44 patents, rank #7,484) and Thorley Industries, Llc (44 patents, rank #7,492) - the closest US assignees by grant volume. The composite Innovation Score of 64.2/100 blends portfolio volume, grant velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth into a single comparable measure drawn directly from USPTO PatentsView records.

Grant cadence records the difference between two grant-year windows. Between 2020 and 2024 the company received 28 grants, compared with 1 in the 2015–2019 window, a +2700% shift in five-year grant velocity. Both windows cover five complete grant years; the latest PatentsView year is a partial release and is excluded from this comparison, though it still appears in the yearly table and chart below. Grant timing can lag the related application by years, so this comparison does not establish current R&D spending, strategic intent, or a company’s application activity. The US Corporation classification provides context for the assignee record, not a conclusion about its business strategy.

Claim depth and technology breadth describe this aggregate record. Toyota Connected North America, Inc.'s 18.2 average claims per patent is an average count, not a measure of claim scope, legal strength, enforceability, or design-around risk. The record spans 41 CPC subclasses. Combined with portfolio volume, these figures let readers compare the documented grant records of assignees in similar technology classes.

Snacktops

44
Stant USA

44
Strike Industries

44
Temptime

44
Trackman A/S

44
Terves

44
The Charlotte Mec…

44
Thorley Industries

44
Toyota Connected… ◀

44

What this shows Toyota holds 44 patents at rank #7,488, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Toyota

By rank, the assignees closest to #7,488 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 Toyota's primary technology class.

Toyota's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

64 Top 2% higher than 98% of 50,000 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2019–2025

Grants by year

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

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Toyota Connected North America, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2019	1	2.3%
2020	3	6.8%
2021	4	9.1%
2022	6	13.6%
2023	5	11.4%
2024	10	22.7%
2025partial year	15	34.1%

Which technologies does Toyota Connected North America, Inc. 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 16

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 10

B60R - VEHICLES, VEHICLE FITTINGS, OR VEHICLE PARTS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR 10

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 8

G06V - IMAGE OR VIDEO RECOGNITION OR UNDERSTANDING 8

G06F - ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING 8

H04W - WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS 8

G01C - MEASURING DISTANCES, LEVELS OR BEARINGS; SURVEYING; NAVIGATION; GYROSCOPIC INSTRUMENTS; PHOTOGRAMMETRY OR VIDEOGRAMMETRY 7

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 6

G08G - TRAFFIC CONTROL SYSTEMS 5

G06N - COMPUTING ARRANGEMENTS BASED ON SPECIFIC COMPUTATIONAL MODELS 5

G06T - IMAGE DATA PROCESSING OR GENERATION, IN GENERAL 4

H04L - TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION 4

G08B - SIGNALLING OR CALLING SYSTEMS; ORDER TELEGRAPHS; ALARM SYSTEMS 4

H03G - CONTROL OF AMPLIFICATION 3

Top 15 of 41 technology areas

Grant record at a glance

Portfolio Volume 44 grants

CPC subclasses 41

Avg. claims / grant 18.2

Velocity +2700%

Historical grant data only; it does not rate legal strength or current strategy.

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#7,491

of 50,000 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

64.2 out of 100

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

How is Innovation Score calculated?

Frequently Asked Questions

Where does Toyota Connected North America, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Toyota Connected North America, Inc. ranks #7,491 of 50,000 assignees by granted-patent volume, the same sort as the companies listing and top-holders ranking. See /methodology/#corpus-placement.

How many patents does Toyota Connected North America, Inc. hold?

Toyota Connected North America, Inc. holds 44 US utility patents granted between 2019 and 2025, spanning 41 technology areas.

What is Toyota Connected North America, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Toyota Connected North America, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 64.2 out of 100 (top 2% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Toyota Connected North America, Inc. focus on?

Toyota Connected North America, Inc.'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 16 patents. Grants appear in 41 CPC subclasses total.

Is Toyota Connected North America, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Toyota Connected North America, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is +2700% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Toyota Connected North America, Inc.'s patents?

Toyota Connected North America, Inc.'s patents average 18.2 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 Toyota Connected North America, Inc. 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

Toyota's 44 grants land it in the top 2% 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 - Toyota ranks #7,491 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

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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