AutoNation, Inc. (AN)
Patents
US patents through Dec 31, 2025 · PatentsView, from the USPTO’s Open Data Portal · read Oct 27, 202623 patents granted to the 4 names below, as the owner printed on each patent when it was granted. A later sale, a lapse or an expiry is not read, so this is what was granted to AutoNation, Inc.’s names, not what it holds today.
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| Granted | Patent | Title | Field | Owner as printed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 4, 2008 | 7,445,078 | Vehicle control integration | Environmental technology | Autocar, LLC |
| May 29, 2007 | D543,558 | Vehicle panel | Autocar, LLC | |
| Sep 26, 2006 | D529,052 | Vehicle panel | Autocar, LLC | |
| Aug 27, 1996 | 5,550,932 | Method for encoding MICR documents | Computer technology | Pierce Companies, Inc. |
| Jun 4, 1996 | 5,523,167 | Indelible magnetic transfer film | Textile and paper machines | Pierce Companies, Inc. |
| May 21, 1996 | 5,518,217 | Stackable presentation board with collapsible legs and pad holder | Furniture, games | Pierce Companies, Inc. |
| Jan 2, 1996 | 5,480,119 | Portable podium | Furniture, games | Pierce Companies, Inc. |
| Dec 5, 1995 | 5,472,288 | Flip chart sheet retainer | Other consumer goods | Pierce Companies, Inc. |
| Aug 23, 1994 | 5,340,171 | Door latch control apparatus with independent actuators | Civil engineering | Republic Industries, Inc. |
| Mar 1, 1994 | D344,637 | Collapsible display easel | Pierce Companies, Inc. |
A patent is counted where the owner printed on it when it was granted carries the company’s own name, a former name, the name of a subsidiary its annual report lists, or its own name with a patent-holding phrase (Technology Licensing, Intellectual Property and the like), once the legal form, case and punctuation are set aside, and prints a country that name counts in. PatentsView’s data are published under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 licence. Source: PatentsView's granted patents and pre-grant publications, disambiguated, from the USPTO's Open Data Portal, through Dec 31, 2025, read Oct 27, 2026.