Patents
US patents through Dec 31, 2025 · PatentsView, from the USPTO’s Open Data Portal · read Oct 27, 2026
19 patents granted to the 5 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 Avis Budget Group, Inc.’s names, not what it holds today.
Patents granted
19
19 utility, 1976 to Dec 31, 2025
Granted in 2025
2
Against 2 in 2024 and 2 in 2023
Applications published
28
1 of them in 2025
Names they are printed under
5
a subsidiary
By yearGrantedApplications published
'05'08'11'13'15'16'17'18'19'20'21'22'23'24'25
Each pair is one calendar year. Applications are published about eighteen months after filing, so the newest years read low.
What they are aboutgrants since 2021
IT methods for management7
Control3
Transport2
Computer technology1
The main technology area of each patent, in the World Intellectual Property Organization’s 35 fields.
Under which name5 counted
AVIS BUDGET CAR RENTAL, LLC a subsidiary
named as the applicant on its applications, in US
17 publishedAvis Budget Car Rental, LLC a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
0 publishedZIPCAR, INC. a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
4 publishedZIPCAR, INC. a subsidiary
named as the applicant on its applications, in US
6 publishedWizard Co., Inc. a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
1 publishedNames not counted (1)
SCA sas
Most of its patents print US; this name counts in FR. 1 granted and 1 published under it are not counted.
Newest grantseach row opens the USPTO’s own copy
| Granted | Patent | Title | Field | Owner as printed |
|---|
| Sep 23, 2025 | 12,423,743 | Systems and methods for third party satellite radio activation and management | IT methods for management | Avis Budget Car Rental, LLC |
| Jan 28, 2025 | 12,213,039 | Telematics system, methods and apparatus for two-way data communication between vehicles in a fleet and a fleet management system | IT methods for management | Avis Budget Car Rental, LLC |
| Jun 11, 2024 | 12,008,907 | Connected user communication and interface system with mobile security and wireless access point devices | Control | Avis Budget Car Rental, LLC |
| Mar 19, 2024 | 11,935,115 | Systems and methods for third party satellite radio activation and management | IT methods for management | Avis Budget Car Rental, LLC |
| Oct 10, 2023 | 11,782,455 | Connected fleet management system with low earth orbit satellite communications | Transport | Avis Budget Car Rental, LLC |
| Feb 21, 2023 | 11,587,370 | Distributed maintenance system and methods for connected fleet | IT methods for management | Avis Budget Car Rental, LLC |
| Sep 13, 2022 | 11,445,343 | Telematics system, methods and apparatus for two-way data communication between vehicles in a fleet and a fleet management system | IT methods for management | Avis Budget Car Rental, LLC |
| Dec 21, 2021 | 11,205,221 | Systems and methods for third party satellite radio activation and management | IT methods for management | Avis Budget Car Rental, LLC |
| Nov 30, 2021 | 11,189,167 | Connected user communication and interface system with shuttle tracking application | Control | Avis Budget Car Rental, LLC |
| Nov 23, 2021 | 11,182,984 | Distributed maintenance system and methods for connected fleet | IT methods for management | Avis Budget Car Rental, LLC |
Newest applications publishedan application is a clue, never a plan
| Published | Application | Title | Field | Owner as printed |
|---|
| Feb 6, 2025 | 2025/0045816 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR THIRD PARTY SATELLITE RADIO ACTIVATION AND MANAGEMENT | IT methods for management | AVIS BUDGET CAR RENTAL, LLC · patent 12,423,743 granted from it |
| Dec 14, 2023 | 2023/0401902 | DISTRIBUTED MAINTENANCE SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR CONNECTED FLEET | IT methods for management | AVIS BUDGET CAR RENTAL, LLC |
| Apr 13, 2023 | 2023/0109739 | TELEMATICS SYSTEM, METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR TWO-WAY DATA COMMUNICATION BETWEEN VEHICLES IN A FLEET AND A FLEET MANAGEMENT SYSTEM | IT methods for management | AVIS BUDGET CAR RENTAL, LLC · patent 12,213,039 granted from it |
| Mar 17, 2022 | 2022/0084407 | CONNECTED USER COMMUNICATION AND INTERFACE SYSTEM WITH SHUTTLE TRACKING APPLICATION | Control | AVIS BUDGET CAR RENTAL, LLC |
| Mar 17, 2022 | 2022/0084326 | DISTRIBUTED MAINTENANCE SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR CONNECTED FLEET | IT methods for management | AVIS BUDGET CAR RENTAL, LLC · patent 11,587,370 granted from it |
| Jun 18, 2020 | 2020/0196121 | TELEMATICS SYSTEM, METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR TWO-WAY DATA COMMUNICATION BETWEEN VEHICLES IN A FLEET AND A FLEET MANAGEMENT SYSTEM | IT methods for management | AVIS BUDGET CAR RENTAL, LLC · patent 11,445,343 granted from it |
| Jan 30, 2020 | 2020/0035049 | MOBILE DEVICE APPLICATION FOR COMMUNICATING WITH VEHICLES | Control | ZIPCAR, INC. |
| Oct 17, 2019 | 2019/0318549 | DISTRIBUTED MAINTENANCE SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR CONNECTED FLEET | IT methods for management | AVIS BUDGET CAR RENTAL, LLC · patent 11,182,984 granted from it |
| Aug 29, 2019 | 2019/0266897 | DRONE USAGE IN CONNECTED USER AND CONNECTED FLEET COMMUNICATION AND INTERFACE SYSTEMS | Control | AVIS BUDGET CAR RENTAL, LLC |
| Aug 22, 2019 | 2019/0259093 | BLOCKCHAIN-BASED CONNECTED USER COMMUNICATION AND INTERFACE SYSTEM | IT methods for management | AVIS BUDGET CAR RENTAL, LLC |
What it applied for, 2024 to 2025: IT methods for management 1.
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.