General Motors Company (GM)
NYSE: GM · Motor Vehicles & Passenger Car Bodies · Detroit, MI · filing with the SEC since 2009
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Patents
US patents through Dec 31, 2025 · PatentsView, from the USPTO’s Open Data Portal · read Oct 27, 202631,844 patents granted to the 17 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 General Motors Company’s names, not what it holds today.
Patents granted
31,844
29,766 utility, 2,059 design, 19 reissue, 1976 to Dec 31, 2025
Granted in 2025
1,318
Against 1,291 in 2024 and 993 in 2023
Applications published
23,307
1,419 of them in 2025
Names they are printed under
17
a subsidiary, its own name, its holding company
By yearGrantedApplications published
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
Transport1,276
Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy740
Measurement531
Computer technology469
Control266
Mechanical elements159
Engines, pumps, turbines156
Digital communication150
Machine tools107
Materials, metallurgy85
Audio-visual technology76
Other special machines60
The main technology area of each patent, in the World Intellectual Property Organization’s 35 fields.
Under which name17 counted
GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
14,586 published
General Motors LLC its own name
US, as the owner printed on each patent. 1 more under the same name are not counted (printed in GB)
890 published
GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC a subsidiary
named as the applicant on its applications, in US
6,525 published
GM CRUISE HOLDINGS LLC a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
426 published
GM Cruise Holdings LLC a subsidiary
named as the applicant on its applications, in US. 1 more under the same name are not counted (printed in CA)
736 published
General Motors LLC its own name
named as the applicant on its applications, in US
128 published
GENERAL MOTORS OF CANADA LIMITED a subsidiary
CA, as the owner printed on each patent
1 published
General Motors France a subsidiary
FR, as the owner printed on each patent
0 published
SAIC GM Wuling Automobile CO., Ltd a subsidiary
CN, as the owner printed on each patent
8 published
CRUISE MUNICH GMBH a subsidiary
DE, as the owner printed on each patent
0 published
Tooling and Equipment International a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
1 published
CRUISE MUNICH GMBH a subsidiary
named as the applicant on its applications, in DE
2 published
General Motors Do Brasil LTDA a subsidiary
BR, as the owner printed on each patent
0 published
General Motors Global Technology Operations LLC its holding company
US, as the owner printed on each patent; a holding company under the name General Motors Co
1 published
Saic General Motors Corporation Limited a subsidiary
CN, as the owner printed on each patent
1 published
General Motors Corporation, a Delaware corporation its own name
US, as the owner printed on each patent
1 published
Tooling & Equipment International Corp. a subsidiary
named as the applicant on its applications, in US
1 published
Names not counted (6)
GM Innovations LLC
Most of its patents print GB; this name counts in US. 4 granted and 6 published under it are not counted.
GM Innovations LLC
Most of its patents print GB; this name counts in US. 0 granted and 6 published under it are not counted.
Cruise LLC
Also listed as a subsidiary by Expedia Group, Inc.. 0 granted and 2 published under it are not counted.
DMAX, Ltd.
Most of its patents print KR; this name counts in US. 2 granted and 0 published under it are not counted.
DMAX, Ltd.
Most of its patents print KR; this name counts in US. 0 granted and 2 published under it are not counted.
General International Limited
Only generic words.
Newest grantseach row opens the USPTO’s own copy
Newest applications publishedan application is a clue, never a plan
| Published | Application | Title | Field | Owner as printed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 25, 2025 | 2025/0392642 | DYNAMIC REMOTE PILOT CONNECTIVITY | Digital communication | GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC |
| Dec 25, 2025 | 2025/0392209 | A VOLTAGE CONVERSION SYSTEM INCLUDING A DOUBLE-SIDED DIRECT CURRENT-LINK CAPACITOR SYSTEM | Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy | GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC |
| Dec 25, 2025 | 2025/0392011 | BATTERY CELLS AND METHODS FOR MAKING THE SAME | Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy | GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC |
| Dec 25, 2025 | 2025/0391993 | FLAME ARRESTOR FOR BATTERY CELL GROUP ASSEMBLY | Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy | GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC |
| Dec 25, 2025 | 2025/0391920 | ELECTROLYTES FOR LITHIUM METAL BATTERIES | Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy | GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC |
| Dec 25, 2025 | 2025/0391898 | FUEL CELL SYSTEM AND ASSEMBLY OF THE SAME | Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy | GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC |
| Dec 25, 2025 | 2025/0391888 | MULTI-PIECE DATUM RAIL | Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy | GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC |
| Dec 25, 2025 | 2025/0391875 | CATHODE WITH ULTRA-CONDUCTIVE ADDITIVE | Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy | GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC |
| Dec 25, 2025 | 2025/0391861 | SCALE-UP FORMULATIONS FOR AQUEOUS GRAPHITE ANODE AND METHOD | Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy | GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC |
| Dec 25, 2025 | 2025/0390326 | REMOTE DEVICE ATTESTATION FOR OPERATING SYSTEMS IMPLEMENTING ADDRESS SPACE LAYOUT RANDOMIZATION | Computer technology | GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC |
What it applied for, 2024 to 2025: Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy 869 · Transport 786 · Computer technology 343 · Measurement 299 · Control 117 · Digital communication 94.
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.