Company Analysis

Magna International (MGA)

NYSE: MGA · Motor Vehicle Parts & Accessories · Aurora, Ontario, Can, ON · filing with the SEC since 1995
Grade5.5
◀ Past 5.9● Present 6.0▶ Future 4.4
1 est.

Patents

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

476 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 Magna International’s names, not what it holds today.

Patents granted
476
470 utility, 6 design, 1976 to Dec 31, 2025
Granted in 2025
16
Against 29 in 2024 and 10 in 2023
Applications published
451
26 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
Transport22
Machine tools18
Materials, metallurgy12
Mechanical elements7
Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy5
Handling4
Civil engineering3
Other special machines3
Chemical engineering2
Computer technology2
Optics2
Thermal processes and apparatus2
The main technology area of each patent, in the World Intellectual Property Organization’s 35 fields.
Under which name2 counted
MAGNA INTERNATIONAL INC. its own name
CA, as the owner printed on each patent. 12 more under the same name are not counted (printed in US)
476 granted
213 published
MAGNA INTERNATIONAL INC. its own name
named as the applicant on its applications, in CA. 3 more under the same name are not counted (printed in US)
0 granted
238 published
Newest grantseach row opens the USPTO’s own copy
GrantedPatentTitleFieldOwner as printed
Dec 23, 202512,502,944Frame assembly and integral battery structureTransportMAGNA INTERNATIONAL INC.
Dec 16, 202512,496,661Method of removal of heat checkingMachine toolsMAGNA INTERNATIONAL INC.
Dec 16, 202512,496,632Manufacture of hollow core high pressure vacuum die cast componentsMaterials, metallurgyMAGNA INTERNATIONAL INC.
Nov 18, 202512,473,044Modular vehicle structureTransportMAGNA INTERNATIONAL INC.
Sep 9, 202512,410,888Non-circular pressure vesselMechanical elementsMAGNA INTERNATIONAL INC.
Aug 19, 202512,390,961Automatic cleaning system and method for removing debris from diesChemical engineeringMAGNA INTERNATIONAL INC.
Jul 22, 202512,365,966Non-heat-treated casting alloys for automotive structural applicationsMaterials, metallurgyMAGNA INTERNATIONAL INC.
Jul 1, 202512,344,079Automotive side door structureTransportMAGNA INTERNATIONAL INC.
Jun 17, 202512,331,565Modular individually operable vehicle doorCivil engineeringMAGNA INTERNATIONAL INC.
Jun 17, 202512,330,515Battery frameElectrical machinery, apparatus, energyMAGNA INTERNATIONAL INC.
Newest applications publishedan application is a clue, never a plan
PublishedApplicationTitleFieldOwner as printed
Dec 25, 20252025/0387821DEVICE AND METHOD FOR HOT STAMPINGMachine toolsMAGNA INTERNATIONAL INC.
Dec 18, 20252025/0382015VEHICLE BODY ASSEMBLY WITH INTEGRATED ATTACHMENTSTransportMAGNA INTERNATIONAL INC.
Nov 27, 20252025/0365822MULTI-FUNCTION OPTICAL SENSOR COVERElectrical machinery, apparatus, energyMAGNA INTERNATIONAL INC.
Nov 27, 20252025/0360768VEHICLE MOTION CONTROL SYSTEM AND METHODTransportMAGNA INTERNATIONAL INC.
Nov 13, 20252025/0347157DOOR ASSEMBLY FOR A VEHICLETransportMAGNA INTERNATIONAL INC.
Nov 13, 20252025/0345880METHOD OF TRACKING A BLANK EDGE FOR LASER CUTTINGMachine toolsMAGNA INTERNATIONAL INC.
Sep 25, 20252025/0297342ALUMINUM ALLOYS FOR STRUCTURAL HIGH PRESSURE VACUUM DIE CASTING APPLICATIONSMaterials, metallurgyMAGNA INTERNATIONAL INC.
Sep 25, 20252025/0297341METHOD OF MANUFACTURING A BLENDED MATERIAL INCLUDING ALUMINUM ALLOYS FOR STRUCTURAL HIGH PRESSURE VACUUM DIE CASTING APPLICATIONSMaterials, metallurgyMAGNA INTERNATIONAL INC.
Sep 4, 20252025/0276587BATTERY FRAMEElectrical machinery, apparatus, energyMAGNA INTERNATIONAL INC.
Sep 4, 20252025/0276404SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR WELD SEAM TRACKINGMachine toolsMAGNA INTERNATIONAL INC.
What it applied for, 2024 to 2025: Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy 11 · Machine tools 10 · Materials, metallurgy 10 · Transport 9 · Civil engineering 2 · Computer technology 2.

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 MGA · research, not advice