What Did The Patent Landscape of Tata Motors Look Like?  

Tata Motors is a leading global automobile manufacturing company based in India. Established in 1945 as Tata Engineering and Locomotive Co. Ltd (TELCO), the company changed its name to Tata Motors in 2003. It is a subsidiary of the Tata Group, one of India’s largest conglomerates.

As of April 2023, Tata Motors’ market capitalization was approximately $23 billion, reflecting its significant presence in the automotive industry.

Tata Motors has a total of 9459 patent families globally. Out of 9459 patent Families, 2307 patent Families are active 

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

Patent-Application Success Trend Year Wise in Tata 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 Tata Motors

Publication Type	Simple Legal Status	Legal State	Count of Publications
APPLICATION	DEAD	EXPIRED	1692
		LAPSED	612
		WITHDRAWN	569
		NON-PAYMENT	551
		DISCONTINUATION	246
		REJECTED	199
		CEASED	52
		ABANDONED	52
		REVOKED	52
	PENDING	PUBLISHED	547
	PENDING	EXAMINATION	333
	ACTIVE	GRANTED	775
	UNDETERMINED	UNDETERMINED	52
PATENT	DEAD	EXPIRED	880
		NON-PAYMENT	670
		CEASED	55
		REVOKED	52
		WITHDRAWN	52
		DISCONTINUATION	52
		ABANDONED	52
	ACTIVE	GRANTED	696
DESIGN	ACTIVE	GRANTED	731
DESIGN	DEAD	EXPIRED	229
UTILITY MODEL	DEAD	EXPIRED	352
	DEAD	NON-PAYMENT	52
	ACTIVE	GRANTED	105
	UNDETERMINED	UNDETERMINED	52

Technology Domain-wise Patent Trend in Tata Motors

The chart above distributes patents filed till 2021 in Tata 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-5741966-A	70	69	116	49	10	314
US-20160016506-A1	0	0	1	229	2	232
US-20170043675-A1	0	0	1	199	30	230
US-20030200016-A1	8	31	58	60	28	185
US-20130211623-A1	0	0	30	96	48	174
US-20150051752-A1	0	0	2	108	47	157
US-20100319231-A1	1	1	43	92	18	155
US-20160052548-A1	0	0	1	97	48	146
US-5731516-A	40	53	20	18	12	143
US-5755056-A	54	33	22	19	8	136

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

IPC Classification Wise Patent Trend In Tata 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)	606	234	39
GEARING (F16H)	609	234	38
MOTOR VEHICLES; TRAILERS (B62D)	576	216	38
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)	506	185	37
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)	434	144	33
SUPPLYING COMBUSTION ENGINES IN GENERAL WITH COMBUSTIBLE MIXTURES OR CONSTITUENTS THEREOF (F02M)	429	133	31
CONTROLLING COMBUSTION ENGINES (F02D)	397	152	38
VEHICLE SUSPENSION ARRANGEMENTS (B60G)	327	138	42
INTERNAL-COMBUSTION PISTON ENGINES; COMBUSTION ENGINES IN GENERAL (F02B)	319	108	34
COUPLINGS FOR TRANSMITTING ROTATION; CLUTCHES; BRAKES (F16D)	256	80	31

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