Patents
US patents through Dec 31, 2025 · PatentsView, from the USPTO’s Open Data Portal · read Oct 27, 2026
741 patents granted to the 4 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 Rivian Automotive, Inc.’s names, not what it holds today.
Patents granted
741
601 utility, 140 design, 1976 to Dec 31, 2025
Granted in 2025
230
Against 217 in 2024 and 159 in 2023
Applications published
1,018
215 of them in 2025
Names they are printed under
4
a subsidiary, its own name
By yearGrantedApplications published
'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
Transport257
Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy194
Measurement27
Computer technology19
Digital communication19
Control16
Mechanical elements14
Civil engineering11
Audio-visual technology8
Chemical engineering4
Handling4
Machine tools2
The main technology area of each patent, in the World Intellectual Property Organization’s 35 fields.
Under which name4 counted
Rivian IP Holdings, LLC a subsidiary
named as the applicant on its applications, in US
944 publishedRivian IP Holdings, LLC a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent. 2 more under the same name are not counted (printed in GB)
57 publishedRivian Automotive, LLC its own name
named as the applicant on its applications, in US
11 publishedRivian Automotive, LLC its own name
US, as the owner printed on each patent
6 published
Newest grantseach row opens the USPTO’s own copy
| Granted | Patent | Title | Field | Owner as printed |
|---|
| Dec 30, 2025 | 12,510,598 | Electrical conductor apparatus | Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy | Rivian IP Holdings, LLC |
| Dec 23, 2025 | 12,506,387 | Balanced motor cooling using cross flow | Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy | Rivian IP Holdings, LLC |
| Dec 23, 2025 | 12,506,375 | System and method of discharging rotor voltage | Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy | Rivian IP Holdings, LLC |
| Dec 23, 2025 | 12,506,208 | Electric vehicle battery pack having bottom strike shield | Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy | Rivian IP Holdings, LLC |
| Dec 23, 2025 | 12,504,541 | Systems and methods for determining a drivable surface | Measurement | Rivian IP Holdings, LLC |
| Dec 23, 2025 | 12,503,095 | Drive unit mount snubbing detector and logic control for noise and vibration | Transport | Rivian IP Holdings, LLC |
| Dec 16, 2025 | D1,105,745 | Container | | Rivian IP Holdings, LLC |
| Dec 16, 2025 | 12,501,226 | Content based stereo signal processing | Audio-visual technology | Rivian IP Holdings, LLC |
| Dec 16, 2025 | 12,500,775 | Managing communications between a vehicle and a user device | Digital communication | Rivian IP Holdings, LLC |
| Dec 16, 2025 | 12,499,761 | Stitching sensor data from vehicles linked to spatial, temporal or operator criteria | Control | Rivian IP Holdings, LLC |
Newest applications publishedan application is a clue, never a plan
| Published | Application | Title | Field | Owner as printed |
|---|
| Dec 18, 2025 | 2025/0381819 | INSTANT SUSPENSION MODE DIFFERENTIATION | Transport | Rivian IP Holdings, LLC |
| Dec 11, 2025 | 2025/0379524 | DUAL ACTIVE BRIDGE PARAMETER ESTIMATION FOR CONTROL CONFIGURATION | Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy | Rivian IP Holdings, LLC |
| Dec 11, 2025 | 2025/0379315 | MODULAR BATTERY PACKS | Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy | Rivian IP Holdings, LLC |
| Dec 11, 2025 | 2025/0376885 | PIVOT SUPPORT SYSTEM FOR LIFT ASSIST OF A CLOSURE | Civil engineering | Rivian IP Holdings, LLC |
| Dec 11, 2025 | 2025/0376028 | DYNAMICALLY DISPLAYING DRIVER VEHICLE INFORMATION FOR VEHICLES | Transport | Rivian IP Holdings, LLC |
| Dec 11, 2025 | 2025/0376002 | MIXING DOOR CONTROL STRATEGY, DYNAMIC CARBON DIOXIDE PURGE STRATEGY, AND FAN CONTROL BASED ON AIRFLOW AND NOISE LEVEL FOR A VEHICLE HEATING, VENTILATION, AND AIR CONDITIONING (HVAC) SYSTEM | Transport | Rivian IP Holdings, LLC |
| Dec 4, 2025 | 2025/0370050 | DETECTION OF OPEN WIRES IN BATTERY MODULES | Measurement | Rivian IP Holdings, LLC |
| Dec 4, 2025 | 2025/0369262 | FAIL SAFE LATCH SYSTEM | Transport | Rivian IP Holdings, LLC |
| Dec 4, 2025 | 2025/0368040 | ZONAL ARCHITECTURE AUDIO SYSTEM | Transport | Rivian IP Holdings, LLC |
| Dec 4, 2025 | 2025/0368014 | DYNAMIC OPACITY VARIATION FOR VEHICLE ROOF GLASS SYSTEM | Transport | Rivian IP Holdings, LLC |
What it applied for, 2024 to 2025: Transport 218 · Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy 173 · Computer technology 31 · Measurement 16 · Civil engineering 12 · Mechanical elements 10.
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.