Patents
US patents through Dec 31, 2025 · PatentsView, from the USPTO’s Open Data Portal · read Oct 27, 2026
29 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 Openlane, Inc’s names, not what it holds today.
Patents granted
29
29 utility, 1976 to Dec 31, 2025
Granted in 2025
3
Against 1 in 2024 and 3 in 2023
Applications published
36
since 2001, to Dec 31, 2025
Names they are printed under
17
its own name, a subsidiary, a former name
By yearGrantedApplications published
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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
Computer technology6
IT methods for management3
Digital communication1
Audio-visual technology1
Control1
The main technology area of each patent, in the World Intellectual Property Organization’s 35 fields.
Under which name17 counted
OPENLANE, Inc. its own name
US, as the owner printed on each patent
5 publishedADESA, Inc. a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
7 publishedNthGen Software Inc. a subsidiary
CA, as the owner printed on each patent
6 publishedBacklotCars, Inc. a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
2 publishedCarsArrive Network, Inc. a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
1 publishedKAR Auction Services, Inc. a former name
US, as the owner printed on each patent
3 publishedNthGen Software Inc. a subsidiary
named as the applicant on its applications, in CA
3 publishedOpenlane, Inc. its own name
named as the applicant on its applications, in US
3 publishedADESA AUCTIONS CANADA CORPORATION a subsidiary
CA, as the owner printed on each patent
0 publishedADESA, Inc. a subsidiary
named as the applicant on its applications, in US
1 publishedAUCTION FRONTIER LLC a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
0 publishedAuction Frontier, LLC a subsidiary
named as the applicant on its applications, in US
1 publishedCarCo Technologies, Inc. a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
0 publishedCarCo Technologies, Inc. a subsidiary
named as the applicant on its applications, in US
1 publishedCarsArrive Network, Inc. a subsidiary
named as the applicant on its applications, in US
1 publishedMOBILETRAC LLC a subsidiary
named as the applicant on its applications, in US
1 publishedMobileTrac, LLC a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
1 published
Newest grantseach row opens the USPTO’s own copy
| Granted | Patent | Title | Field | Owner as printed |
|---|
| Sep 23, 2025 | 12,423,795 | Vehicle self-inspection apparatus and method | IT methods for management | OPENLANE, Inc. |
| Apr 29, 2025 | 12,288,182 | Location-based transportation network | Computer technology | CarsArrive Network, Inc. |
| Feb 25, 2025 | 12,236,733 | System and method for vehicle-specific inspection and reconditioning | Control | BacklotCars, Inc. |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 12,182,840 | System and method of matching a seller of a vehicle to a buyer of a vehicle | IT methods for management | BacklotCars, Inc. |
| Aug 8, 2023 | 11,721,010 | Vehicle self-inspection apparatus and method | IT methods for management | OPENLANE, Inc. |
| May 9, 2023 | 11,647,293 | Suspended photobooth with retractable camera for imaging a vehicle | Audio-visual technology | ADESA, Inc. |
| Apr 11, 2023 | 11,625,670 | Location-based transportation network | Computer technology | CarsArrive Network, Inc. |
| Dec 6, 2022 | 11,520,385 | Mobile device temperature-regulating case | Computer technology | ADESA, Inc. |
| Jul 19, 2022 | 11,393,191 | Method and system for obtaining vehicle target views from a video stream | Computer technology | NthGen Software Inc. |
| Feb 1, 2022 | 11,238,054 | Searching multiple data sources | Computer technology | OPENLANE, Inc. |
Newest applications publishedan application is a clue, never a plan
| Published | Application | Title | Field | Owner as printed |
|---|
| Dec 21, 2023 | 2023/0410282 | VEHICLE SELF-INSPECTION APPARATUS AND METHOD | IT methods for management | OPENLANE, Inc. · patent 12,423,795 granted from it |
| Aug 3, 2023 | 2023/0245042 | LOCATION-BASED TRANSPORTATION NETWORK | Computer technology | CarsArrive Network, Inc. · patent 12,288,182 granted from it |
| Jul 14, 2022 | 2022/0222984 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR VEHICLE-SPECIFIC INSPECTION AND RECONDITIONING | Control | BacklotCars, Inc. · patent 12,236,733 granted from it |
| Feb 24, 2022 | 2022/0060633 | SUSPENDED PHOTOBOOTH | Audio-visual technology | ADESA, Inc. · patent 11,647,293 granted from it |
| Feb 17, 2022 | 2022/0051304 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF MATCHING A SELLER OF A VEHICLE TO A BUYER OF A VEHICLE | IT methods for management | BacklotCars, Inc. · patent 12,182,840 granted from it |
| Jun 3, 2021 | 2021/0166022 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR OBTAINING VEHICLE TARGET VIEWS FROM A VIDEO STREAM | Computer technology | NthGen Software Inc. · patent 11,393,191 granted from it |
| Mar 25, 2021 | 2021/0090240 | VEHICLE SELF-INSPECTION APPARATUS AND METHOD | IT methods for management | KAR Auction Services, Inc. · patent 11,721,010 granted from it |
| Feb 25, 2021 | 2021/0055771 | MOBILE DEVICE TEMPERATURE-REGULATING CASE | Computer technology | ADESA, Inc. · patent 11,520,385 granted from it |
| Feb 13, 2020 | 2020/0051016 | LOCATION-BASED TRANSPORTATION NETWORK | Computer technology | CarsArrive Network, Inc. · patent 11,625,670 granted from it |
| Feb 6, 2020 | 2020/0042564 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF A DYNAMIC INTERFACE FOR CAPTURING VEHICLE DATA | Computer technology | NthGen Software Inc. · patent 10,878,050 granted from it |
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.