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Lear Corporation (LEA)

NYSE: LEA · Motor Vehicle Parts & Accessories · Southfield, 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

2,400 patents granted to the 7 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 Lear Corporation’s names, not what it holds today.

Patents granted
2,400
2,384 utility, 9 design, 7 reissue, 1976 to Dec 31, 2025
Granted in 2025
64
Against 64 in 2024 and 74 in 2023
Applications published
2,165
96 of them in 2025
Names they are printed under
7
its own name, a former name, 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
Transport180
Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy113
Other special machines12
Audio-visual technology10
Medical technology8
Measurement7
Control5
Macromolecular chemistry, polymers4
Digital communication3
Basic communication processes3
Mechanical elements3
Telecommunications2
The main technology area of each patent, in the World Intellectual Property Organization’s 35 fields.
Under which name7 counted
Lear Corporation its own name
US, as the owner printed on each patent. 19 more under the same name are not counted (printed in DE)
2,348 granted
1,599 published
Lear Corporation its own name
named as the applicant on its applications, in US
0 granted
556 published
Lear Seating Corporation a former name
US, as the owner printed on each patent
42 granted
0 published
IGB Automotive Ltd. a subsidiary
CA, as the owner printed on each patent
9 granted
7 published
IGB Automotive Ltd. a subsidiary
named as the applicant on its applications, in CA
0 granted
2 published
Eagle Ottawa North America, LLC a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
1 granted
0 published
Eagle Ottawa North America, LLC a subsidiary
named as the applicant on its applications, in US
0 granted
1 published
Names not counted (4)
LEAR CORP
No country is printed for it. 0 granted and 4 published under it are not counted.
EXO Technologies Ltd.
Most of its patents print US; this name counts in IL. 3 granted and 0 published under it are not counted.
EXO Technologies Ltd.
Most of its patents print US; this name counts in IL. 0 granted and 3 published under it are not counted.
LEAR CORP
Most of its patents print CZ; this name counts in US. 1 granted and 0 published under it are not counted.
Newest grantseach row opens the USPTO’s own copy
GrantedPatentTitleFieldOwner as printed
Dec 30, 202512,512,655Cable retainer and methodElectrical machinery, apparatus, energyLear Corporation
Dec 30, 202512,509,343Automated trench manufacturing and assembly for attaching trim covers to a cushion assemblyOther special machinesLear Corporation
Dec 23, 202512,503,023Seat trim tensionerTransportLear Corporation
Dec 16, 202512,500,398Electrical assemblyElectrical machinery, apparatus, energyLear Corporation
Dec 2, 202512,489,263Track assemblyTransportLear Corporation
Nov 25, 202512,479,344Arm rest trash compartmentTransportLear Corporation
Nov 25, 202512,479,343Modular fan attachmentTransportLear Corporation
Nov 25, 202512,479,143System and method of making a mesh cushionOther special machinesLear Corporation
Nov 18, 202512,476,548Apparatus for delay compensation for a power conversion deviceElectrical machinery, apparatus, energyLear Corporation
Nov 18, 202512,472,849Seat assemblyTransportLear Corporation
Newest applications publishedan application is a clue, never a plan
PublishedApplicationTitleFieldOwner as printed
Dec 25, 20252025/0388152FASTENER FOR NON-FOAM CUSHIONTransportLear Corporation
Dec 25, 20252025/0387978LASER-WELDED ARTICLE AND METHOD THEREFOROther special machinesLear Corporation
Dec 18, 20252025/0385466ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR ASSEMBLIES AND CONNECTOR ASSEMBLYElectrical machinery, apparatus, energyLear Corporation
Dec 18, 20252025/0385456FEMALE TERMINAL FOR A PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARD AND PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARD ARRANGEMENTElectrical machinery, apparatus, energyLear Corporation
Dec 18, 20252025/0381896SEAT ASSEMBLYTransportLear Corporation
Dec 11, 20252025/0379377FEMALE ELECTRICAL TERMINALElectrical machinery, apparatus, energyLear Corporation
Dec 11, 20252025/0376096EXTRUDED PLASTIC MESH, SEAT ASSEMBLY, CUSHION AND/OR METHOD OF FORMINGTransportLear Corporation
Dec 11, 20252025/0376095RETAINER FOR A SEAT ASSEMBLY AND METHOD OF ASSEMBLYTransportLear Corporation
Dec 11, 20252025/0376094RETENTION CLIP FOR A SEAT ASSEMBLY AND METHOD OF ASSEMBLEYTransportLear Corporation
Dec 4, 20252025/0368115VEHICLE SEAT ASSEMBLY AND SUBASSEMBLIES THEREOFTransportLear Corporation
What it applied for, 2024 to 2025: Transport 90 · Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy 59 · Other special machines 18 · Medical technology 5 · Surface technology, coating 3 · Textile and paper machines 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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