Company Analysis
Sign in

Honda Motor Co., Ltd. (HMC)

NYSE: HMC · Motor Vehicles & Passenger Car Bodies · filing with the SEC since 2002
Full chart Alerts Compare
Grade6.4
◀ Past 6.1● Present 7.0▶ Future 5.7
1 est.
OverviewBusinessFinancialsGradeForecastSentimentOwnershipPeopleFilingsPatents Chart

Patents

US patents through Dec 31, 2025 · PatentsView, from the USPTO’s Open Data Portal · read Oct 27, 2026

32,160 patents granted to the 2 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 Honda Motor Co., Ltd.’s names, not what it holds today.

Patents granted
32,160
29,477 utility, 2,654 design, 29 reissue, 1976 to Dec 31, 2025
Granted in 2025
1,163
Against 1,056 in 2024 and 1,177 in 2023
Applications published
25,180
1,250 of them in 2025
Names they are printed under
2
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
Transport2,338
Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy924
Computer technology399
Control312
Engines, pumps, turbines270
Mechanical elements246
Measurement216
Digital communication188
Other special machines159
Machine tools113
IT methods for management82
Surface technology, coating70
The main technology area of each patent, in the World Intellectual Property Organization’s 35 fields.
Under which name2 counted
HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD. its own name
JP, as the owner printed on each patent. 82 more under the same name are not counted (printed in US, printed in SS, printed in MY)
32,160 granted
13,818 published
HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD. its own name
named as the applicant on its applications, in JP. 3 more under the same name are not counted (printed in US)
0 granted
11,362 published
Newest grantseach row opens the USPTO’s own copy
GrantedPatentTitleFieldOwner as printed
Dec 30, 202512,512,690Vehicle electricity storage systemElectrical machinery, apparatus, energyHONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
Dec 30, 202512,512,462Fluoride-ion electrochemical cell having electrochemically active structure with fluoride-containing shellElectrical machinery, apparatus, energyHONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
Dec 30, 202512,512,246Magnetizing method and magnetizing apparatusElectrical machinery, apparatus, energyHONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
Dec 30, 202512,511,999Attention calling system and attention calling methodControlHONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
Dec 30, 202512,511,998Location information output method, location information output system, and programControlHONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
Dec 30, 202512,511,868Collecting device for training dataComputer technologyHONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
Dec 30, 202512,511,759Moving object detection device, moving object detection method, system, and storage mediumComputer technologyHONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
Dec 30, 202512,511,116Driving support device, vehicle, driving support method, and storage mediumTransportHONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
Dec 30, 202512,510,904Driving assistance method, processing apparatus, and mobile machineControlHONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
Dec 30, 202512,510,897Return node mapOther special machinesHONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
Newest applications publishedan application is a clue, never a plan
PublishedApplicationTitleFieldOwner as printed
Dec 25, 20252025/0392489COMMUNICATION TERMINAL, METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUMDigital communicationHONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
Dec 25, 20252025/0392149POWER CONTROL DEVICE, VEHICLE, AND POWER CONTROL METHODElectrical machinery, apparatus, energyHONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
Dec 25, 20252025/0391934INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, POWER STORAGE DEVICE, PROGRAM, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUMElectrical machinery, apparatus, energyHONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
Dec 25, 20252025/0391159METHOD FOR DETECTING GARAGE DOOR TEST USING AN ONBOARD VEHICLE CAMERAComputer technologyHONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
Dec 25, 20252025/0388187VEHICLE IMMOBILIZER TIMER BASED ON ELECTRONIC KEY LEARNINGControlHONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
Dec 18, 20252025/0385390BATTERY PACKElectrical machinery, apparatus, energyHONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
Dec 18, 20252025/0385379BATTERY PACKElectrical machinery, apparatus, energyHONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
Dec 18, 20252025/0385288FUEL CELL STACKElectrical machinery, apparatus, energyHONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
Dec 18, 20252025/0384701IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM, AND PROGRAMComputer technologyHONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
Dec 18, 20252025/0382836ELECTRO-MAGNETIC DAMPER FOR MANUAL OPERATED TAILGATECivil engineeringHONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
What it applied for, 2024 to 2025: Transport 891 · Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy 598 · Computer technology 214 · Control 156 · Measurement 111 · IT methods for management 63.

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.

SI Assistanton HMC · research, not advice