What Did The Patent Landscape of General Motors Look Like?  

General Motors (GM) is a multinational corporation based in Detroit, Michigan, United States. It was founded on September 16, 1908, by William C. Durant and Charles Stewart Mott. GM is one of the largest automobile manufacturers in the world and produces a wide range of vehicles, including cars, trucks, and SUVs, under various brands such as Chevrolet, Cadillac, Buick, and GMC.

General Motors has a total of 41356 patents globally. Out of 41356 patents, 14426 patents are active. As of April 2023, GM has a market capitalization of around $86 billion, making it one of the largest automotive companies in the world. The United States of America is where General Motors has filed the maximum number of patents, followed by Germany and China and it also seems reasonable as the biggest market for General Motors is USA & China.

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

Patent-Application Success Trend Year Wise in General Motors

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 General Motors

Publication Type	Simple Legal Status	Legal State	Count of Publications
APPLICATION	DEAD	WITHDRAWN	6294
		NON-PAYMENT	2577
		DISCONTINUATION	1751
		REJECTED	1059
		EXPIRED	687
		LAPSED	398
		CEASED	339
		ABANDONED	228
		REVOKED	228
	ACTIVE	GRANTED	5438
	PENDING	EXAMINATION	1454
	PENDING	PUBLISHED	228
PATENT	DEAD	CEASED	3114
		NON-PAYMENT	3071
		EXPIRED	2895
		WITHDRAWN	606
		ABANDONED	228
		REVOKED	228
	ACTIVE	GRANTED	4792
	PENDING	EXAMINATION	228
UTILITY MODEL	ACTIVE	GRANTED	2363
	DEAD	EXPIRED	1352
		NON-PAYMENT	581
		CEASED	228
		DOUBLE	228
		REVOKED	228
	PENDING	EXAMINATION	228
DESIGN	ACTIVE	GRANTED	1605
DESIGN	DEAD	EXPIRED	243
OTHERS	ACTIVE	GRANTED	228

Technology Domain-wise Patent Trend in General Motors

The chart above distributes patents filed till 2021 in General Motors 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-8060250-B2	0	1	4	475	347	827
US-20100256852-A1	0	1	88	395	189	673
US-5001558-A	84	97	184	227	46	638
US-5931757-A	91	293	94	32	31	541
US-20110190972-A1	0	0	76	261	155	492
US-4987357-A	32	55	150	187	43	467
US-6478705-B1	26	237	84	49	31	427
US-6217474-B1	121	229	43	26	0	419
US-20100104199-A1	0	16	98	213	88	415
US-20030231550-A1	14	60	140	125	52	391

Who Were The Leading Patent Filers Countries Till 2021 In General Motors?

IPC Classification Wise Patent Trend In General Motors

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
VEHICLES, VEHICLE FITTINGS, OR VEHICLE PARTS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR (B60R)	4478	1964	44
GEARING (F16H)	2952	1468	50
MOTOR VEHICLES; TRAILERS (B62D)	2924	1477	51
PROCESSES OR MEANS, e.g. BATTERIES, FOR THE DIRECT CONVERSION OF CHEMICAL ENERGY INTO ELECTRICAL ENERGY (H01M)	2126	862	41
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)	2051	1013	49
CONTROLLING COMBUSTION ENGINES (F02D)	1895	893	47
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 (B60W)	1855	659	36
SEATS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR VEHICLES; VEHICLE PASSENGER ACCOMMODATION NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR (B60N)	1390	598	43
ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (G06F)	1373	513	37
GAS-FLOW SILENCERS OR EXHAUST APPARATUS FOR MACHINES OR ENGINES IN GENERAL; GAS-FLOW SILENCERS OR EXHAUST APPARATUS FOR INTERNAL-COMBUSTION ENGINES (F01N)	1307	597	46

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