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 publishedGentherm 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 publishedGENTHERM AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS (CHINA) LTD. a subsidiary
CN, as the owner printed on each patent
9 granted
5 publishedGENTHERM AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS (CHINA) LTD. a subsidiary
named as the applicant on its applications, in CN
0 granted
11 publishedGENTHERM CANADA LTD a subsidiary
named as the applicant on its applications, in CA
0 granted
6 publishedGENTHERM MEDICAL LLC a subsidiary
named as the applicant on its applications, in US
0 granted
5 publishedGENTHERM CANADA LTD. a subsidiary
CA, as the owner printed on each patent
3 granted
1 publishedGentherm Präzision SE a subsidiary
named as the applicant on its applications, in DE
0 granted
4 publishedSTIHLER ELECTRONIC GMBH a subsidiary
DE, as the owner printed on each patent
2 granted
1 publishedGentherm 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
| Granted | Patent | Title | Field | Owner as printed |
|---|
| Oct 14, 2025 | 12,441,219 | Air distribution device for a vehicle seat | Transport | GENTHERM INCORPORATED |
| Sep 23, 2025 | 12,420,685 | Thermal control using repeated thermoreceptor stimulation | Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy | GENTHERM INCORPORATED |
| Sep 2, 2025 | 12,405,175 | Method for estimating outlet air temperature | Measurement | GENTHERM INCORPORATED |
| Aug 5, 2025 | 12,377,710 | Thermophysiologically-based microclimate control system | Transport | GENTHERM INCORPORATED |
| Jun 24, 2025 | 12,339,177 | Method for estimating surface temperature | Measurement | GENTHERM INCORPORATED |
| Jun 24, 2025 | 12,337,737 | Vehicle seat air distribution device | Transport | GENTHERM INCORPORATED |
| Jun 17, 2025 | 12,330,475 | Vehicle microclimate personalization based on occupant thermophysiology | Transport | GENTHERM INCORPORATED |
| Jun 10, 2025 | 12,325,340 | Automatic seat thermal comfort control system and method | Transport | GENTHERM INCORPORATED |
| May 13, 2025 | 12,296,645 | Occupant clothing predictor for thermal effector control | Transport | GENTHERM INCORPORATED |
| Nov 12, 2024 | 12,139,057 | Comfort assembly for a vehicle seat | Transport | GENTHERM INCORPORATED |
Newest applications publishedan application is a clue, never a plan
| Published | Application | Title | Field | Owner as printed |
|---|
| Nov 20, 2025 | 2025/0354876 | METHOD FOR ESTIMATING OUTLET AIR TEMPERATURE | Measurement | Gentherm Incorporated |
| Sep 25, 2025 | 2025/0296486 | AIR DISTRIBUTION DEVICE | Transport | Gentherm Incorporated |
| Jul 17, 2025 | 2025/0229600 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING A CONDUCTIVE OR CONVECTIVE EFFECTOR | Transport | Gentherm Incorporated |
| Jun 5, 2025 | 2025/0178406 | CONDITIONING SYSTEM FOR THERMAL EFFECTORS | Transport | Gentherm Incorporated |
| Apr 24, 2025 | 2025/0128649 | COMFORT ASSEMBLY FOR A VEHICLE SEAT | Transport | Gentherm Incorporated |
| Apr 10, 2025 | 2025/0114557 | TEMPERATURE-RELATED DROWSINESS MITIGATION STRATEGY | Transport | Gentherm Incorporated |
| Apr 3, 2025 | 2025/0109993 | METHOD FOR ESTIMATING SURFACE TEMPERATURE | Measurement | Gentherm Incorporated · patent 12,339,177 granted from it |
| Mar 27, 2025 | 2025/0102374 | METHOD FOR ESTIMATING OUTLET AIR TEMPERATURE | Measurement | Gentherm Incorporated · patent 12,405,175 granted from it |
| Nov 28, 2024 | 2024/0390181 | Electrically Operable, Multi-Layer Electric Blanket for Patients | Medical technology | GENTHERM MEDICAL LLC |
| Oct 24, 2024 | 2024/0356107 | Cooling System for Electrochemical or Electrotechnical Components | Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy | Gentherm 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.