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Ford Motor Company (F)

NYSE: F · Motor Vehicles & Passenger Car Bodies · Dearborn, MI · filing with the SEC since 1994
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US patents through Dec 31, 2025 · PatentsView, from the USPTO’s Open Data Portal · read Oct 27, 2026

32,168 patents granted to the 14 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 Ford Motor Company’s names, not what it holds today.

Patents granted
32,168
29,309 utility, 2,831 design, 26 reissue, 1 statutory invention registration, 1 defensive publication, 1976 to Dec 31, 2025
Granted in 2025
1,026
Against 1,262 in 2024 and 1,451 in 2023
Applications published
23,973
934 of them in 2025
Names they are printed under
14
a subsidiary, its own name
By yearGrantedApplications published
'11'12'13'14'15'16'17'18'19'20'21'22'23'24'25
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
Transport2,791
Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy645
Engines, pumps, turbines610
Computer technology459
Control315
Measurement296
Digital communication258
Mechanical elements161
Environmental technology108
Other special machines106
Civil engineering80
Machine tools69
The main technology area of each patent, in the World Intellectual Property Organization’s 35 fields.
Under which name14 counted
FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
25,967 granted
12,366 published
Ford Global Technologies, LLC a subsidiary
named as the applicant on its applications, in US
0 granted
10,817 published
Ford Motor Company its own name
US, as the owner printed on each patent. 3 more under the same name are not counted (printed in GB)
6,162 granted
581 published
Ford Motor Company its own name
named as the applicant on its applications, in US. 7 more under the same name are not counted (printed in GB, printed in DE)
0 granted
179 published
Ford-Werke GmbH a subsidiary
DE, as the owner printed on each patent
26 granted
14 published
Ford Motor Company Brasil LTDA a subsidiary
BR, as the owner printed on each patent
7 granted
0 published
FORD MOTOR COMPANY OF AUSTRALIA LIMITED a subsidiary
AU, as the owner printed on each patent
5 granted
1 published
FORD-WERKE GMBH a subsidiary
named as the applicant on its applications, in DE
0 granted
5 published
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, a corporation of Michigan a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
0 granted
4 published
Ford Motor Company Brasil Ltda. a subsidiary
named as the applicant on its applications, in BR
0 granted
2 published
Ford Motor Company of Australia Limited a subsidiary
named as the applicant on its applications, in AU
0 granted
2 published
FORD ESPANA S.L. a subsidiary
ES, as the owner printed on each patent
0 granted
1 published
FORD MOTOR COMPANY OF CANADA, LIMITED a subsidiary
named as the applicant on its applications, in CA
0 granted
1 published
Ford Trading Company a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
1 granted
0 published
Newest grantseach row opens the USPTO’s own copy
GrantedPatentTitleFieldOwner as printed
Dec 30, 202512,512,987Data watermarkingDigital communicationFORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
Dec 30, 202512,511,586Vehicle ride sharing system and method using smart modulesIT methods for managementFORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
Dec 30, 202512,510,623High-accuracy device positioningMeasurementFORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
Dec 30, 202512,510,492System for monitoring vehicle manufacturing process employing portable vision system and quality monitoring systemMeasurementFORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
Dec 30, 202512,510,383Sensor assemblyTransportFORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
Dec 30, 202512,510,222Headlamp protector unit having a deflector configured to move a vehicle fenderElectrical machinery, apparatus, energyFORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
Dec 30, 202512,509,166Pivotable carrier assemblyTransportFORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
Dec 30, 202512,508,996Vehicle media consoleTransportFORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
Dec 30, 202512,508,995Vehicle cargo bed systems including a stair assembly, a load stop, or bothTransportFORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
Dec 30, 202512,508,948Methods and system for charging and heating a traction batteryElectrical machinery, apparatus, energyFORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
Newest applications publishedan application is a clue, never a plan
PublishedApplicationTitleFieldOwner as printed
Dec 25, 20252025/0391987TRACTION BATTERY PACK CELL STACK DIVIDER ASSEMBLYElectrical machinery, apparatus, energyFord Global Technologies, LLC
Dec 25, 20252025/0391259VEHICLE FILTERING HUBControlFord Global Technologies, LLC
Dec 25, 20252025/0390085MODULAR SYSTEMS FOR INDUSTRIAL MACHINERYControlFord Global Technologies, LLC
Dec 25, 20252025/0389618PIXEL HEADLAMP AIMINGElectrical machinery, apparatus, energyFord Global Technologies, LLC
Dec 25, 20252025/0389141VEHICLE STRIKER ASSEMBLYCivil engineeringFord Global Technologies, LLC
Dec 25, 20252025/0388277OVERMOLDING CONFIGURATION FOR A SPARE TIRE CARRIER ASSEMBLY OF A MOTOR VEHICLETransportFord Global Technologies, LLC
Dec 25, 20252025/0388223SYSTEMS AND METHODS TO ADJUST VEHICLE PARAMETERS IN A GEOFENCED AREATransportFORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
Dec 25, 20252025/0388211OBJECT DETECTIONTransportFORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
Dec 25, 20252025/0388190PORTABLE TOOLS FOR USE AS VEHICLE SECURITY DEVICESControlFord Global Technologies, LLC
Dec 25, 20252025/0388188MACRO-MICRO GESTURE DETECTIONComputer technologyFord Global Technologies, LLC
What it applied for, 2024 to 2025: Transport 935 · Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy 513 · Computer technology 161 · Measurement 110 · Control 88 · Digital communication 48.

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.

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