CPC technology class · B62

B62D - Motor Vehicles

Motor vehicles; trailers. 29,451 US utility patents granted 2015–2025, with the leading assignees and year-by-year grant trajectory.

Compiled by PlainPatent · May 15, 2026

29,451
US patents granted: #1/7
in B62: 62.7%
B62 class share: +30%
5-yr velocity

The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Motor Vehicles ranks #67 of 670 CPC technology areas - 29,451 US patents granted since 2015, with recorded grant volume up 30% over five years.

#67
of 670 CPC technology areas: 29,451
US patents granted, 2015–2025: Ford Global
leading assignee (1,751): +30%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

How B62D's grant cadence moved

Between 2020–2024, B62D recorded 14,219 grants versus 10,945 in 2015–2019 (+30% equal-window velocity). Across complete years, output peaked in 2022 at 2,985 grants and bottomed in 2015 at 1,823 (+64% peak-over-trough). Lead assignee Ford Global Technologies, LLC holds 5.9% of the class ; the top three share 15.7%.

Leaderboard read

B62D concentration, lead at 5.9%

Ford Global Technologies, LLC leads this historical grant record at 5.9% of B62D - foreign corporation assignees hold 65% of class grants (15,944 of 24,600). Figures describe granted US utility patents in this CPC subclass, not current investment or legal strength.

Leader's share: 5.9%
Top three share: 15.7%
Lead over #2: 62

Where B62D sits inside B62

Among 7 subclasses in B62 (Land Vehicles FOR Travelling Otherwise Than ON Rails), B62D ranks #1 and holds 62.7% of the parent class's 46,955 recorded grants. Sibling chips below are the other subclasses in the same parent class, not the nationwide volume/lead-share peers further down.

B62K 4,996 B62J 4,111 B62M 3,735 B62B 3,039 B62L 885 B62H 738

Rising assignees active in B62D

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 Mercedes-Benz Group AG 257x 0 → 257 company-wide · 18 in B62D
#2 HL Mando Corporation 212x 0 → 212 company-wide · 164 in B62D
#3 Kawasaki Motors, Ltd. 146x 0 → 146 company-wide · 24 in B62D
#4 Apollo Intelligent Driving Technology (BEIJING) Co., Ltd. 140x 0 → 140 company-wide · 8 in B62D
#5 NIO Technology (ANHUI) Co., Ltd 121x 0 → 121 company-wide · 10 in B62D

B62D grants by year, peak 2022 (2,985)

US utility-patent grants per year in B62D, 2015–2025 - recent five years are up 30% versus 2015–2019.

Ford Global

1,751
Toyota Jidosha

1,689
Honda Motor

1,194
Hyundai Motor

1,138
Gm Global Technology…

744
Jtekt

580
Steering Solutions Ip…

566
Kia Motors

562
Mazda Motor

469
Nsk

443
Denso

440
Caterpillar

358

What this shows Ford Global is the most active filer in B62D, holding 1,751 of the 29,451 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 B62D
Rank	Company	Patents in B62D
#1	Ford Global Technologies, LLC	1,751
#2	Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha	1,689
#3	Honda Motor Co., Ltd.	1,194
#4	Hyundai Motor Company	1,138
#5	GM Global Technology Operations LLC	744
#6	Jtekt Corporation	580
#7	Steering Solutions IP Holding Corporation	566
#8	KIA Motors Corporation	562
#9	Mazda Motor Corporation	469
#10	NSK Ltd.	443
#11	Denso Corporation	440
#12	Caterpillar Inc.	358
#13	KIA Corporation	333
#14	Thyssenkrupp Presta Aktiengesellschaft	316
#15	Deere & Company	302
#16	Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft	293
#17	Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc.	289
#18	thyssenkrupp AG	267
#19	Kubota Corporation	258
#20	Hyundai Mobis Co., Ltd.	234

Footprint here vs. claim strategy

Each dot is a leading B62D 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 B62D assignees by class footprint. Bubble size = patents in B62D. Source: USPTO PatentsView (claim depth is company-wide across all classes).

Classes near B62D's 29,451-grant footprint

Nationwide nearest neighbors for B62D (#67 of 670 by volume ; lead share 5.9%) - not the B62 parent-class siblings above.

Nearest by grant volume

B65D 29,449 C23C 29,488 C08G 29,133 C09K 29,124

Nearest by lead-assignee share

F42D 6.0% E01B 5.9% B03D 5.9% B31B 5.9%

Questions about B62D

Which company holds the most patents in B62D?

Ford Global Technologies, LLC leads B62D with 1,751 patents (5.9% of the subclass). By PatentsView assignee type, foreign corporations account for 65% of class grants.

Which B62D assignees grew fastest recently?

Among assignees with ≥5 grants in B62D, Mercedes-Benz Group AG shows the highest company-wide grant multiple (257x: 0 grants in 2019–2021 → 257 in 2022–2024) while holding 18 patents in this subclass. Growth is company-wide, not class-only.

How does B62D compare inside parent class B62?

Inside B62 (Land Vehicles FOR Travelling Otherwise Than ON Rails), B62D ranks #1 of 7 subclasses by grant volume and holds 62.7% of the parent class total. The largest sibling is B62K (4,996 grants).

What to do with this data

B62D in context - here's where to go next.

Ford Global Technologies, LLC leads B62D with 1,751 grants in this class. See full portfolio
B62D ranks #67 of 670 by grant volume among all tracked CPC technology areas. See the ranking
Inside parent class B62, the largest sibling subclass is B62K with 4,996 grants. Explore B62K

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

Methodology - B62D figures are USPTO PatentsView granted-utility totals for this subclass (29,451 grants in the tracked window).

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