CPC technology class · B60

B60N - Seats Specially Adapted For Vehicles

Seats specially adapted for vehicles; vehicle passenger accommodation not otherwise provided for. 13,335 US utility patents granted 2015–2025, with the leading assignees and year-by-year grant trajectory.

Compiled by PlainPatent · May 15, 2026

13,335
US patents granted: #7/19
in B60: 5.4%
B60 class share: +8%
5-yr velocity

The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Seats Specially Adapted For Vehicles ranks #143 of 670 CPC technology areas - 13,335 US patents granted since 2015, with recorded grant volume up 8% over five years.

#143
of 670 CPC technology areas: 13,335
US patents granted, 2015–2025: Ford Global
leading assignee (1,251): +8%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

How B60N's grant cadence moved

Between 2020–2024, B60N recorded 5,917 grants versus 5,502 in 2015–2019 (+8% equal-window velocity). Across complete years, output peaked in 2019 at 1,473 grants and bottomed in 2016 at 937 (+57% peak-over-trough). Lead assignee Ford Global Technologies, LLC holds 9.4% of the class ; the top three share 17.7%.

Leaderboard read

B60N concentration, lead at 9.4%

Ford Global Technologies, LLC leads this historical grant record at 9.4% of B60N - foreign corporation assignees hold 58% of class grants (5,549 of 9,552). Figures describe granted US utility patents in this CPC subclass, not current investment or legal strength.

Leader's share: 9.4%
Top three share: 17.7%
Lead over #2: 664

Where B60N sits inside B60

Among 19 subclasses in B60 (Vehicles IN General), B60N ranks #7 and holds 5.4% of the parent class's 247,467 recorded grants. Sibling chips below are the other subclasses in the same parent class, not the nationwide volume/lead-share peers further down.

B60R 42,931 B60W 39,530 B60K 34,645 B60L 29,944 B60Y 14,131 B60Q 13,530 B60T 11,759 B60C 9,320

Rising assignees active in B60N

Company-wide grant multiples (2022–2024 vs 2019–2021) among assignees with ≥5 patents in this subclass. Growth is company-wide; class patent counts are subclass-specific.

#1 Adient US LLC 53x 0 → 53 company-wide · 65 in B60N
#2 KIA Corporation 44x 53 → 2,312 company-wide · 163 in B60N
#3 Ningbo Geely Automobile Research & Dev. Co., Ltd. 43x 0 → 43 company-wide · 9 in B60N
#4 Brose Fahrzeugteile SE & Co. Kommanditgesellschaft, Coburg 40x 1 → 40 company-wide · 33 in B60N
#5 Bambino Prezioso Switzerland 23x 2 → 45 company-wide · 65 in B60N

B60N grants by year, peak 2019 (1,473)

US utility-patent grants per year in B60N, 2015–2025 - recent five years are up 8% versus 2015–2019.

Ford Global

1,251
Ts Tech

587
Toyota Boshoku

522
Hyundai Motor

434
Lear

401
Grammer

198
Tachi-s

193
Kia

163
Faurecia Sièges…

160
Wonderland Switzerland

157
Toyota Motor…

151
B/E Aerospace

148

What this shows Ford Global is the most active filer in B60N, holding 1,251 of the 13,335 patents in this class. Concentration at the top signals how contestable this technology area is for new entrants.

View data table

Top patent holders in CPC subclass B60N
Rank	Company	Patents in B60N
#1	Ford Global Technologies, LLC	1,251
#2	TS Tech Co., Ltd.	587
#3	Toyota Boshoku Kabushiki Kaisha	522
#4	Hyundai Motor Company	434
#5	Lear Corporation	401
#6	Grammer AG	198
#7	Tachi-s Co., Ltd.	193
#8	KIA Corporation	163
#9	Faurecia Sièges d'Automobile	160
#10	Wonderland Switzerland AG	157
#11	Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc.	151
#12	B/E Aerospace, Inc.	148
#13	Faurecia Automotive Seating, LLC	147
#14	Aisin Seiki Kabushiki Kaisha	139
#15	Hyundai Transys Inc.	124
#16	Gentherm Incorporated	112
#17	Safran Seats USA LLC	110
#18	NHK Spring Co., Ltd.	102
#19	Adient Luxembourg Holding S.a.r.l.	96
#20	Shiroki Corporation	95

Footprint here vs. claim strategy

Each dot is a leading B60N assignee, placed by how many patents it holds in this class (horizontal) against its company-wide average claims per patent (vertical) - a read on whether the class is led by broad-but-shallow filers or focused deep-claim players.

Top 14 B60N assignees by class footprint. Bubble size = patents in B60N. Source: USPTO PatentsView (claim depth is company-wide across all classes).

Classes near B60N's 13,335-grant footprint

Nationwide nearest neighbors for B60N (#143 of 670 by volume ; lead share 9.4%) - not the B60 parent-class siblings above.

Nearest by grant volume

B22F 13,344 B60Q 13,530 G01L 12,902 A01N 13,786

Nearest by lead-assignee share

F02B 9.3% B65H 9.3% B24D 9.5% G10D 9.5%

Questions about B60N

Which company holds the most patents in B60N?

Ford Global Technologies, LLC leads B60N with 1,251 patents (9.4% of the subclass). By PatentsView assignee type, foreign corporations account for 58% of class grants.

Which B60N assignees grew fastest recently?

Among assignees with ≥5 grants in B60N, Adient US LLC shows the highest company-wide grant multiple (53x: 0 grants in 2019–2021 → 53 in 2022–2024) while holding 65 patents in this subclass. Growth is company-wide, not class-only.

How does B60N compare inside parent class B60?

Inside B60 (Vehicles IN General), B60N ranks #7 of 19 subclasses by grant volume and holds 5.4% of the parent class total. The largest sibling is B60R (42,931 grants).

What to do with this data

B60N in context - here's where to go next.

Ford Global Technologies, LLC leads B60N with 1,251 grants in this class. See full portfolio
B60N ranks #143 of 670 by grant volume among all tracked CPC technology areas. See the ranking
Inside parent class B60, the largest sibling subclass is B60R with 42,931 grants. Explore B60R

Figures reflect USPTO PatentsView grant data through 2026-05-15; pending applications not yet granted are not counted.

Methodology - B60N figures are USPTO PatentsView granted-utility totals for this subclass (13,335 grants in the tracked window).

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