Company Analysis

Gentherm Inc (THRM)

Nasdaq: THRM · Motor Vehicle Parts & Accessories · Novi, MI · filing with the SEC since 1996
Grade5.7
◀ Past 6.3● Present 5.2▶ Future 5.5

Patents

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

173 patents granted to the 10 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 Gentherm Inc’s names, not what it holds today.

Patents granted
173
170 utility, 2 reissue, 1 design, 1976 to Dec 31, 2025
Granted in 2025
9
Against 11 in 2024 and 9 in 2023
Applications published
236
8 of them in 2025
Names they are printed under
10
its own name, a subsidiary
By yearGrantedApplications published
'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
Transport33
Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy9
Semiconductors6
Audio-visual technology3
Engines, pumps, turbines2
Measurement2
Medical technology1
Thermal processes and apparatus1
The main technology area of each patent, in the World Intellectual Property Organization’s 35 fields.
Under which name10 counted
GENTHERM INCORPORATED its own name
US, as the owner printed on each patent. 85 more under the same name are not counted (printed in DE)
158 granted
29 published
Gentherm Incorporated its own name
named as the applicant on its applications, in US. 89 more under the same name are not counted (printed in DE)
0 granted
174 published
GENTHERM AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS (CHINA) LTD. a subsidiary
CN, as the owner printed on each patent
9 granted
5 published
GENTHERM AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS (CHINA) LTD. a subsidiary
named as the applicant on its applications, in CN
0 granted
11 published
GENTHERM CANADA LTD a subsidiary
named as the applicant on its applications, in CA
0 granted
6 published
GENTHERM MEDICAL LLC a subsidiary
named as the applicant on its applications, in US
0 granted
5 published
GENTHERM CANADA LTD. a subsidiary
CA, as the owner printed on each patent
3 granted
1 published
Gentherm Präzision SE a subsidiary
named as the applicant on its applications, in DE
0 granted
4 published
STIHLER ELECTRONIC GMBH a subsidiary
DE, as the owner printed on each patent
2 granted
1 published
Gentherm Medical, LLC a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
1 granted
0 published
Newest grantseach row opens the USPTO’s own copy
GrantedPatentTitleFieldOwner as printed
Oct 14, 202512,441,219Air distribution device for a vehicle seatTransportGENTHERM INCORPORATED
Sep 23, 202512,420,685Thermal control using repeated thermoreceptor stimulationElectrical machinery, apparatus, energyGENTHERM INCORPORATED
Sep 2, 202512,405,175Method for estimating outlet air temperatureMeasurementGENTHERM INCORPORATED
Aug 5, 202512,377,710Thermophysiologically-based microclimate control systemTransportGENTHERM INCORPORATED
Jun 24, 202512,339,177Method for estimating surface temperatureMeasurementGENTHERM INCORPORATED
Jun 24, 202512,337,737Vehicle seat air distribution deviceTransportGENTHERM INCORPORATED
Jun 17, 202512,330,475Vehicle microclimate personalization based on occupant thermophysiologyTransportGENTHERM INCORPORATED
Jun 10, 202512,325,340Automatic seat thermal comfort control system and methodTransportGENTHERM INCORPORATED
May 13, 202512,296,645Occupant clothing predictor for thermal effector controlTransportGENTHERM INCORPORATED
Nov 12, 202412,139,057Comfort assembly for a vehicle seatTransportGENTHERM INCORPORATED
Newest applications publishedan application is a clue, never a plan
PublishedApplicationTitleFieldOwner as printed
Nov 20, 20252025/0354876METHOD FOR ESTIMATING OUTLET AIR TEMPERATUREMeasurementGentherm Incorporated
Sep 25, 20252025/0296486AIR DISTRIBUTION DEVICETransportGentherm Incorporated
Jul 17, 20252025/0229600METHOD FOR CONTROLLING A CONDUCTIVE OR CONVECTIVE EFFECTORTransportGentherm Incorporated
Jun 5, 20252025/0178406CONDITIONING SYSTEM FOR THERMAL EFFECTORSTransportGentherm Incorporated
Apr 24, 20252025/0128649COMFORT ASSEMBLY FOR A VEHICLE SEATTransportGentherm Incorporated
Apr 10, 20252025/0114557TEMPERATURE-RELATED DROWSINESS MITIGATION STRATEGYTransportGentherm Incorporated
Apr 3, 20252025/0109993METHOD FOR ESTIMATING SURFACE TEMPERATUREMeasurementGentherm Incorporated · patent 12,339,177 granted from it
Mar 27, 20252025/0102374METHOD FOR ESTIMATING OUTLET AIR TEMPERATUREMeasurementGentherm Incorporated · patent 12,405,175 granted from it
Nov 28, 20242024/0390181Electrically Operable, Multi-Layer Electric Blanket for PatientsMedical technologyGENTHERM MEDICAL LLC
Oct 24, 20242024/0356107Cooling System for Electrochemical or Electrotechnical ComponentsElectrical machinery, apparatus, energyGentherm Präzision SE
What it applied for, 2024 to 2025: Transport 17 · Medical technology 4 · Measurement 3 · Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy 2 · Engines, pumps, turbines 1.

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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