What Did The Patent Landscape of Ford Motor Look Like?

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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 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

What Did The Patent Landscape of Ford Motor Look Like?

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WITHDRAWN 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 

RESTORATION 

86 

UNDETERMINED 

UNDETERMINED 

86 

DESIGN 

ACTIVE 

GRANTED 

732 

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WITHDRAWN 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 

PUBLISHED 

86 

UNDETERMINED 

UNDETERMINED 

86 

UTILITY MODEL 

DEAD 

EXPIRED 

86 

NON-PAYMENT 

86 

ACTIVE 

GRANTED 

86 

OTHERS 

ACTIVE 

GRANTED 

86 

Technology Domain-wise Patent Trend in Ford Motor

What Did The Patent Landscape of Ford Motor Look Like?

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 

< 2006 

2006-2010 

2011-2015 

2016-2020 

>2020 

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 

Who Were The Leading Patent Filers Countries Till 2021 In Ford Motor? 

What Did The Patent Landscape of Ford Motor Look Like?

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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