What Did The Patent Landscape of NISSAN MOTOR Look Like? 

Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. is a renowned Japanese automobile manufacturer known for producing a wide range of vehicles, including cars, trucks, and electric vehicles. The company was established on December 26, 1933, and is headquartered in Yokohama, Japan.

As of April 2023, the market capitalization of Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. was approximately $33 billion. Nissan Motor has filed the most patents in Japan, followed by the United States and Europe, which seems sensible given that Japan, China, and the United States are Nissan Motor’s largest markets.

NISSAN MOTOR has a total of 106848 patent families globally. Out of 106848 patent Families, 12570 patent Families are active

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

Patent-Application Success Trend Year Wise in Nissan 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 Nissan Motor

Publication Type	Simple Legal Status	Legal State	Count of Publications
APPLICATION	DEAD	EXPIRED	42715
		NON-PAYMENT	10026
		REJECTED	6448
		WITHDRAWN	3046
		DISCONTINUATION	554
		LAPSED	554
		ABANDONED	554
		CEASED	554
		REVOKED	554
	ACTIVE	GRANTED	7145
	ACTIVE	RESTORATION	554
	PENDING	EXAMINATION	4290
	PENDING	PUBLISHED	554
	UNDETERMINED	UNDETERMINED	554
UTILITY MODEL	ACTIVE	GRANTED	1710
	DEAD	NON-PAYMENT	754
		EXPIRED	732
		DOUBLE	554
		CEASED	554
PATENT	DEAD	NON-PAYMENT	8626
		EXPIRED	5551
		CEASED	791
		ABANDONED	554
		WITHDRAWN	554
		REVOKED	554
	ACTIVE	GRANTED	4948
	PENDING	EXAMINATION	554
DESIGN	ACTIVE	GRANTED	554
DESIGN	DEAD	EXPIRED	554

Technology Domain-wise Patent Trend in Nissan Motor

The chart above distributes patents filed till 2021 in Nissan 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
JP-2005335432-A	0	1	55	670	371	1097
US-5414461-A	43	64	279	316	73	775
US-5355118-A	35	15	162	244	70	526
US-4692798-A	70	65	159	161	33	488
US-4967319-A	81	43	109	184	50	467
US-5034112-A	66	46	208	98	45	463
US-5914187-A	62	255	109	4	1	431
JP-S60113007-A	5	0	0	106	319	430
US-6823241-B2	5	20	76	237	71	409
US-6477260-B1	24	72	91	159	33	379

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

IPC Classification Wise Patent Trend In Nissan 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
CONTROLLING COMBUSTION ENGINES (F02D)	11625	3166	27
VEHICLES, VEHICLE FITTINGS, OR VEHICLE PARTS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR (B60R)	9342	2471	26
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)	9009	2603	29
MOTOR VEHICLES; TRAILERS (B62D)	8352	2154	26
GEARING (F16H)	7509	2234	30
PROCESSES OR MEANS, e.g. BATTERIES, FOR THE DIRECT CONVERSION OF CHEMICAL ENERGY INTO ELECTRICAL ENERGY (H01M)	7149	1629	23
CONJOINT CONTROL OF VEHICLE SUB-UNITS OF DIFFERENT TYPES OR DIFFERENT FUNCTIONS; 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)	5623	1687	30
SUPPLYING COMBUSTION ENGINES IN GENERAL WITH COMBUSTIBLE MIXTURES OR CONSTITUENTS THEREOF (F02M)	5445	1289	24
INTERNAL-COMBUSTION PISTON ENGINES; COMBUSTION ENGINES IN GENERAL (F02B)	4845	1208	25
TRAFFIC CONTROL SYSTEMS (G08G)	3859	997	26

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