What Did The Patent Landscape of Ford Motor Look Like?

Ford Motor Company is an American multinational automaker that was founded by Henry Ford on June 16, 1903. The company is headquartered in Dearborn, Michigan, United States and is one of the largest and oldest automobile manufacturers in the world. Ford is renowned for its innovative and mass production techniques, which revolutionized the automobile industry and made automobiles affordable for the masses.

Ford Motor has a total of 15610 patents globally. Out of 15610 patents, 1320 patents are active.    

Have a look at some of the most well-known patents held by Ford Motor that we have covered in this article. You can also get information on Ford Motor’s patents, the global patent filing activity country wise, its historical patent filing trends, and many more statistics regarding Ford Motor’s patent portfolio.

Patent-Application Success Trend Year Wise in Ford Motor

This chart shows the number of applications filed and the number of grants from these applications. Grant rate is a good indicator to identify successful applications and the graph helps to understand the progress in the technology area.

Detailed Patent Portfolio Of Ford Motor

Publication Type	Simple Legal Status	Legal State	Count of Publications
PATENT	DEAD	EXPIRED	8513
		NON-PAYMENT	1253
		CEASED	668
		WITHDRAWN	86
		REVOKED	86
		ABANDONED	86
		DISCONTINUATION	86
	ACTIVE	GRANTED	167
	ACTIVE	RESTORATION	86
	UNDETERMINED	UNDETERMINED	86
DESIGN	ACTIVE	GRANTED	732
DESIGN	DEAD	EXPIRED	195
APPLICATION	DEAD	EXPIRED	974
		WITHDRAWN	828
		NON-PAYMENT	647
		LAPSED	603
		DISCONTINUATION	163
		CEASED	159
		ABANDONED	94
		REJECTED	86
		REVOKED	86
	ACTIVE	GRANTED	163
	PENDING	EXAMINATION	86
	PENDING	PUBLISHED	86
	UNDETERMINED	UNDETERMINED	86
UTILITY MODEL	DEAD	EXPIRED	86
	DEAD	NON-PAYMENT	86
	ACTIVE	GRANTED	86
OTHERS	ACTIVE	GRANTED	86

Technology Domain-wise Patent Trend in Ford Motor

The chart above distributes patents filed till 2021 in Ford Motor on the basis of the technology protected in patents. This helps to understand the most frequently used concepts and the key focus areas in the technology space.

Top Publications In The Domain With Their Forward Citation Frequency

The table below depicts the patents with most number of forward citations. These patents are likely to be the source of advancement in the domain and can be considered as valuable and core inventions.

Publication Number	Year Wise Break Down					Count of Citing Patents
Publication Number	< 2006	2006-2010	2011-2015	2016-2020	>2020	Count of Citing Patents
US-20040093155-A1	18	67	130	227	41	483
US-5182502-A	59	44	99	222	57	481
US-6083135-A	156	231	56	28	2	473
US-6609108-B1	75	116	67	48	15	321
US-4862037-A	57	35	80	121	24	317
US-5741966-A	70	69	116	49	10	314
US-4207611-A	130	97	42	26	13	308
US-6785551-B1	25	102	119	44	7	297
US-5508689-A	79	74	55	67	20	295
US-3531868-A	89	63	81	52	9	294

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IPC Classification Wise Patent Trend In Ford Motor

The table below represents the top 10 market domains according to their IPC classification where inventors believed it was critical to safeguard certain technical inventions.

IPC Classification	Number of Applications	Number of Granted	% Granted
GEARING (F16H)	1026	814	79
SUPPLYING COMBUSTION ENGINES IN GENERAL WITH COMBUSTIBLE MIXTURES OR CONSTITUENTS THEREOF (F02M)	760	515	68
MOTOR VEHICLES; TRAILERS (B62D)	688	523	76
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 OF PROPULSION UNITS IN VEHICLES (B60K)	589	389	66
VEHICLES, VEHICLE FITTINGS, OR VEHICLE PARTS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR (B60R)	581	387	67
COUPLINGS FOR TRANSMITTING ROTATION; CLUTCHES; BRAKES (F16D)	507	438	86
CONTROLLING COMBUSTION ENGINES (F02D)	511	260	51
VEHICLE SUSPENSION ARRANGEMENTS (B60G)	470	407	87
INTERNAL-COMBUSTION PISTON ENGINES; COMBUSTION ENGINES IN GENERAL (F02B)	415	227	55
WINDOWS, WINDSCREENS, NON-FIXED ROOFS, DOORS, OR SIMILAR DEVICES FOR VEHICLES; REMOVABLE EXTERNAL PROTECTIVE COVERINGS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR VEHICLES (B60J)	323	258	80

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