What Did The Patent Landscape of Honda Look Like?

Honda is a Japanese multinational corporation primarily known for manufacturing automobiles, motorcycles, and power equipment. The company was established in Hamamatsu, Japan in 1948 by Soichiro Honda and Takeo Fujisawa. Since then, Honda has grown to become the world’s largest motorcycle manufacturer and one of the leading automakers in the world.

Honda has a total of 108005 patents globally. Out of 108005 patents, 22169 patents are active. Honda’s market capitalization is around $53 billion USD.

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

Patent-Application Success Trend Year Wise in Honda

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 Honda

Publication Type	Simple Legal Status	Legal State	Count of Publications
APPLICATION	DEAD	EXPIRED	22817
		NON-PAYMENT	13344
		REJECTED	5320
		WITHDRAWN	4293
		LAPSED	2587
		DISCONTINUATION	963
		CEASED	751
		ABANDONED	554
		REVOKED	554
		DOUBLE	554
	ACTIVE	GRANTED	10710
	PENDING	EXAMINATION	4583
	PENDING	PUBLISHED	791
	UNDETERMINED	UNDETERMINED	554
PATENT	DEAD	NON-PAYMENT	12914
		EXPIRED	4962
		CEASED	1787
		ABANDONED	554
		WITHDRAWN	554
		REVOKED	554
		DOUBLE	554
	ACTIVE	GRANTED	8472
	PENDING	EXAMINATION	554
	UNDETERMINED	UNDETERMINED	554
UTILITY MODEL	ACTIVE	GRANTED	939
	DEAD	NON-PAYMENT	554
		EXPIRED	554
		DOUBLE	554
		REVOKED	554
	PENDING	PUBLISHED	554
DESIGN	ACTIVE	GRANTED	1494
	DEAD	EXPIRED	1321
	DEAD	CEASED	554
OTHERS	ACTIVE	GRANTED	554

Technology Domain-wise Patent Trend in Honda

The chart above distributes patents filed till 2021 in Honda 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-20090119011-A1	0	0	14	605	365	984
US-5062491-A	13	2	11	322	344	692
US-7401000-B2	0	1	1	317	342	661
US-7028570-B2	0	0	1	315	342	658
US-5790403-A	56	62	127	292	85	622
US-5883739-A	29	66	191	260	64	610
US-20160001781-A1	0	0	6	399	191	596
US-6366441-B1	6	1	3	186	338	534
US-5539397-A	42	22	157	241	65	527
US-7590262-B2	0	32	289	162	13	496

Who Were The Leading Patent Filers Countries Till 2021 In Honda?

IPC Classification Wise Patent Trend In Honda

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)	7420	2562	35
MOTOR VEHICLES; TRAILERS (B62D)	7391	2730	37
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)	6824	2432	36
CONTROLLING COMBUSTION ENGINES (F02D)	6471	2218	34
GEARING (F16H)	6216	2282	37
PROCESSES OR MEANS, e.g. BATTERIES, FOR THE DIRECT CONVERSION OF CHEMICAL ENERGY INTO ELECTRICAL ENERGY (H01M)	5948	1780	30
CYCLE SADDLES OR SEATS; AUXILIARY DEVICES OR ACCESSORIES SPECIALLY ADAPTED TO CYCLES AND NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR, e.g. ARTICLE CARRIERS OR CYCLE PROTECTORS (B62J)	5196	1938	37
INTERNAL-COMBUSTION PISTON ENGINES; COMBUSTION ENGINES IN GENERAL (F02B)	4606	1618	35
SUPPLYING COMBUSTION ENGINES IN GENERAL WITH COMBUSTIBLE MIXTURES OR CONSTITUENTS THEREOF (F02M)	4275	1457	34
CYCLES; CYCLE FRAMES; CYCLE STEERING DEVICES; RIDER-OPERATED TERMINAL CONTROLS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR CYCLES; CYCLE AXLE SUSPENSIONS; CYCLE SIDECARS, FORECARS, OR THE LIKE (B62K)	3993	1420	36

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