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Garmin Ltd (GRMN)

NYSE: GRMN · Search, Detection, Navigation, Guidance, Aeronautical Sys · Schaffhausen · filing with the SEC since 2000
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US patents through Dec 31, 2025 · PatentsView, from the USPTO’s Open Data Portal · read Oct 27, 2026

556 patents granted to the 12 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 Garmin Ltd’s names, not what it holds today.

Patents granted
556
354 utility, 202 design, 1976 to Dec 31, 2025
Granted in 2025
26
Against 31 in 2024 and 29 in 2023
Applications published
331
22 of them in 2025
Names they are printed under
12
a subsidiary
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
Measurement19
Transport17
Telecommunications10
Computer technology9
Medical technology9
Furniture, games9
Control9
Other special machines3
Optics3
Semiconductors3
Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy2
Digital communication1
The main technology area of each patent, in the World Intellectual Property Organization’s 35 fields.
Under which name12 counted
Garmin Switzerland GmbH a subsidiary
CH, as the owner printed on each patent
365 granted
39 published
Garmin International, Inc. a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
143 granted
39 published
Garmin Switzerland GmbH a subsidiary
named as the applicant on its applications, in CH
0 granted
147 published
Garmin International, Inc. a subsidiary
named as the applicant on its applications, in US
0 granted
84 published
Garmin AT, Inc. a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
17 granted
1 published
Garmin Würzburg GmbH a subsidiary
DE, as the owner printed on each patent
10 granted
0 published
MYLAPS B.V. a subsidiary
NL, as the owner printed on each patent
9 granted
1 published
MYLAPS B.V. a subsidiary
named as the applicant on its applications, in NL
0 granted
10 published
Tacx B.V. a subsidiary
NL, as the owner printed on each patent
7 granted
2 published
AeroData, Inc. a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
5 granted
1 published
Tacx B.V. a subsidiary
named as the applicant on its applications, in NL
0 granted
4 published
AeroData, Inc. a subsidiary
named as the applicant on its applications, in US
0 granted
3 published
Names not counted (3)
GARMIN LTD
Most of its patents print KY; this name counts in CH, US. 340 granted and 83 published under it are not counted.
GARMIN LTD
No country is printed for it. 0 granted and 27 published under it are not counted.
Garmin AT, Inc.
No country is printed for it. 0 granted and 5 published under it are not counted.
Newest grantseach row opens the USPTO’s own copy
GrantedPatentTitleFieldOwner as printed
Dec 9, 2025D1,105,646Dog collarGarmin International, Inc.
Dec 9, 2025D1,105,069Body-worn electronic device with displayGarmin International, Inc.
Dec 9, 202512,491,990Fly-by-wire system with FCC-integrated servo actuatorsControlGarmin International, Inc.
Nov 25, 202512,479,455Racing coach device with tire temperature sensorTransportGarmin International, Inc.
Nov 4, 2025D1,100,874Communication device with displayGarmin International, Inc.
Oct 14, 202512,444,069Sports timing based on a camera systemComputer technologyMYLAPS B.V.
Oct 7, 2025D1,096,894CameraGarmin International, Inc.
Oct 7, 2025D1,096,726Electronic device with displayGarmin International, Inc.
Oct 7, 2025D1,096,724Electronic device with displayGarmin International, Inc.
Oct 7, 2025D1,096,481Watch bandGarmin International, Inc.
Newest applications publishedan application is a clue, never a plan
PublishedApplicationTitleFieldOwner as printed
Dec 25, 20252025/0387077SNORE DETECTION SYSTEMMedical technologyGarmin International, Inc.
Dec 11, 20252025/0380087AVIATION HEADSETAudio-visual technologyGarmin International, Inc.
Dec 4, 20252025/0370113SONAR SYSTEM WITH REMOVABLE LENSMeasurementGarmin International, Inc.
Nov 20, 20252025/0359354METHOD OF FABRICATION OF A PHOTOVOLTAIC ARRAYSemiconductorsGarmin International, Inc.
Nov 6, 20252025/0341869ROTATABLE CONTROL BUTTON ASSEMBLY FOR A WEARABLE DEVICEComputer technologyGarmin International, Inc.
Nov 6, 20252025/0341808DEPRESSIBLE CONTROL BUTTON ASSEMBLY FOR A WEARABLE DEVICEComputer technologyGarmin International, Inc.
Oct 2, 20252025/0310671AUDIO SYSTEM WITH DETACHABLE GRILLAudio-visual technologyGarmin International, Inc.
Sep 18, 20252025/0288216WRIST-WORN ELECTRONIC DEVICE WITH OPTICAL CARDIAC MONITORMedical technologyGarmin International, Inc.
Aug 21, 20252025/0264978FLIGHT DECK SYSTEM WITH IMPROVED CHART DISPLAYControlGarmin International, Inc.
Aug 21, 20252025/0264709OPTICAL SYSTEM WITH INTEGRATED LASER RANGEFINDERMeasurementGarmin International, Inc.
What it applied for, 2024 to 2025: Measurement 12 · Computer technology 7 · Medical technology 6 · Audio-visual technology 5 · Telecommunications 4 · Transport 3.

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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