Autonomous Vehicles Patent Application Trends 2025

Autonomous Vehicles Patent Application Filing Activity

Autonomous Vehicles patent applications in 2025

Top Technology Areas in Autonomous Vehicles

Top CPC Codes

G01S13/931 (RADIO DIRECTION-FINDING; RADIO NAVIGATION; DETERMINING DISTANCE OR VELOCITY BY USE OF RADIO WAVES; LOCATING OR PRESENCE-DETECTING BY USE OF THE REFLECTION OR RERADIATION OF RADIO WAVES; ANALOGOUS ARRANGEMENTS USING OTHER WAVES)
- Count: 106 patents
- Example: 20250116754. TRANSMIT POWER CONTROL FOR AUTOMOTIVE RADAR SENSING (NXP B.V.)
B60W60/001 ({Planning or execution of driving tasks})
- Count: 97 patents
- Example: 20250115254. HYBRID MOTION PLANNER FOR AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES (NEC Laboratories America, Inc.)
G01S17/931 (RADIO DIRECTION-FINDING; RADIO NAVIGATION; DETERMINING DISTANCE OR VELOCITY BY USE OF RADIO WAVES; LOCATING OR PRESENCE-DETECTING BY USE OF THE REFLECTION OR RERADIATION OF RADIO WAVES; ANALOGOUS ARRANGEMENTS USING OTHER WAVES)
- Count: 87 patents
- Example: 20250116763. A LIDAR APPARATUS AND PROCESS (VAI PHOTONICS PTY LTD)
G01S17/89 (for mapping or imaging)
- Count: 85 patents
- Example: 20250115240. USING DEEP LEARNING TO IDENTIFY ROAD GEOMETRY FROM POINT CLOUDS (MOBILEYE VISION TECHNOLOGIES LTD.)
B60W2420/408 (CONJOINT CONTROL OF VEHICLE SUB-UNITS OF DIFFERENT TYPE OR DIFFERENT FUNCTION; CONTROL SYSTEMS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR HYBRID VEHICLES; ROAD VEHICLE DRIVE CONTROL SYSTEMS FOR PURPOSES NOT RELATED TO THE CONTROL OF A PARTICULAR SUB-UNIT)
- Count: 71 patents
- Example: 20250115240. USING DEEP LEARNING TO IDENTIFY ROAD GEOMETRY FROM POINT CLOUDS (MOBILEYE VISION TECHNOLOGIES LTD.)
G06V20/58 (IMAGE OR VIDEO RECOGNITION OR UNDERSTANDING)
- Count: 63 patents
- Example: 20250116756. SYSTEM, METHOD AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM FOR AN ADAPTIVE-DIRECTIONAL TRANSFORMER FOR REAL-TIME MULTI-VIEW RADAR SEMANTIC SEGMENTATION (Mohamed bin Zayed University of Artificial Intelligence)
B60W2420/403 (CONJOINT CONTROL OF VEHICLE SUB-UNITS OF DIFFERENT TYPE OR DIFFERENT FUNCTION; CONTROL SYSTEMS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR HYBRID VEHICLES; ROAD VEHICLE DRIVE CONTROL SYSTEMS FOR PURPOSES NOT RELATED TO THE CONTROL OF A PARTICULAR SUB-UNIT)
- Count: 57 patents
- Example: 20250118061. MATCHING LINES OF POINTS FROM VEHICLE LIDAR TO VISION DETECTED OBJECTS (MOBILEYE VISION TECHNOLOGIES LTD.)
G06V10/82 (IMAGE OR VIDEO RECOGNITION OR UNDERSTANDING)
- Count: 56 patents
- Example: 20250116756. SYSTEM, METHOD AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM FOR AN ADAPTIVE-DIRECTIONAL TRANSFORMER FOR REAL-TIME MULTI-VIEW RADAR SEMANTIC SEGMENTATION (Mohamed bin Zayed University of Artificial Intelligence)
G06T2207/10028 (Image acquisition modality)
- Count: 53 patents
- Example: 20250118095. AUTOMATED LABELING OF TRAFFIC CONTROL FEATURES (GM Cruise Holdings LLC)
G01S7/4817 (Constructional features, e.g. arrangements of optical elements)
- Count: 48 patents
- Example: 20250035789. LIDAR DETECTION METHOD, DEVICE, STORAGE MEDIUM, AND LIDAR (SUTENG INNOVATION TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.)

Top Companies in Autonomous Vehicles 2025

GM Cruise Holdings LLC

Number of Autonomous Vehicles patents: 56
Top CPC codes:
- B60W60/001 ({Planning or execution of driving tasks}): 12 patents
- G01S13/931 (RADIO DIRECTION-FINDING; RADIO NAVIGATION; DETERMINING DISTANCE OR VELOCITY BY USE OF RADIO WAVES; LOCATING OR PRESENCE-DETECTING BY USE OF THE REFLECTION OR RERADIATION OF RADIO WAVES; ANALOGOUS ARRANGEMENTS USING OTHER WAVES): 9 patents
- B60W2420/403 (CONJOINT CONTROL OF VEHICLE SUB-UNITS OF DIFFERENT TYPE OR DIFFERENT FUNCTION; CONTROL SYSTEMS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR HYBRID VEHICLES; ROAD VEHICLE DRIVE CONTROL SYSTEMS FOR PURPOSES NOT RELATED TO THE CONTROL OF A PARTICULAR SUB-UNIT): 5 patents
Recent patents:

Waymo LLC

Number of Autonomous Vehicles patents: 49
Top CPC codes:
- G01S13/931 (RADIO DIRECTION-FINDING; RADIO NAVIGATION; DETERMINING DISTANCE OR VELOCITY BY USE OF RADIO WAVES; LOCATING OR PRESENCE-DETECTING BY USE OF THE REFLECTION OR RERADIATION OF RADIO WAVES; ANALOGOUS ARRANGEMENTS USING OTHER WAVES): 8 patents
- B60W2420/408 (CONJOINT CONTROL OF VEHICLE SUB-UNITS OF DIFFERENT TYPE OR DIFFERENT FUNCTION; CONTROL SYSTEMS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR HYBRID VEHICLES; ROAD VEHICLE DRIVE CONTROL SYSTEMS FOR PURPOSES NOT RELATED TO THE CONTROL OF A PARTICULAR SUB-UNIT): 7 patents
- B60W2420/403 (CONJOINT CONTROL OF VEHICLE SUB-UNITS OF DIFFERENT TYPE OR DIFFERENT FUNCTION; CONTROL SYSTEMS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR HYBRID VEHICLES; ROAD VEHICLE DRIVE CONTROL SYSTEMS FOR PURPOSES NOT RELATED TO THE CONTROL OF A PARTICULAR SUB-UNIT): 6 patents
Recent patents:

Aurora Operations, Inc.

Number of Autonomous Vehicles patents: 41
Top CPC codes:
- G01S17/931 (RADIO DIRECTION-FINDING; RADIO NAVIGATION; DETERMINING DISTANCE OR VELOCITY BY USE OF RADIO WAVES; LOCATING OR PRESENCE-DETECTING BY USE OF THE REFLECTION OR RERADIATION OF RADIO WAVES; ANALOGOUS ARRANGEMENTS USING OTHER WAVES): 10 patents
- B60W60/001 ({Planning or execution of driving tasks}): 10 patents
- G06N20/00 (Machine learning): 7 patents
Recent patents:

Hyundai Motor Company

Number of Autonomous Vehicles patents: 29
Top CPC codes:
- G01S17/89 (for mapping or imaging): 5 patents
- G01S17/931 (RADIO DIRECTION-FINDING; RADIO NAVIGATION; DETERMINING DISTANCE OR VELOCITY BY USE OF RADIO WAVES; LOCATING OR PRESENCE-DETECTING BY USE OF THE REFLECTION OR RERADIATION OF RADIO WAVES; ANALOGOUS ARRANGEMENTS USING OTHER WAVES): 5 patents
- G06V20/588 (IMAGE OR VIDEO RECOGNITION OR UNDERSTANDING): 5 patents
Recent patents:

QUALCOMM Incorporated

Number of Autonomous Vehicles patents: 29
Top CPC codes:
- G01S7/006 ({using shared front-end circuitry, e.g. antennas (): 5 patents
- G01S13/931 (RADIO DIRECTION-FINDING; RADIO NAVIGATION; DETERMINING DISTANCE OR VELOCITY BY USE OF RADIO WAVES; LOCATING OR PRESENCE-DETECTING BY USE OF THE REFLECTION OR RERADIATION OF RADIO WAVES; ANALOGOUS ARRANGEMENTS USING OTHER WAVES): 5 patents
- G01S13/867 (Combinations of radar systems with non-radar systems, e.g. sonar, direction finder): 4 patents
Recent patents:

TORC Robotics, Inc.

Number of Autonomous Vehicles patents: 29
Top CPC codes:
- B60W60/001 ({Planning or execution of driving tasks}): 11 patents
- B60W2420/408 (CONJOINT CONTROL OF VEHICLE SUB-UNITS OF DIFFERENT TYPE OR DIFFERENT FUNCTION; CONTROL SYSTEMS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR HYBRID VEHICLES; ROAD VEHICLE DRIVE CONTROL SYSTEMS FOR PURPOSES NOT RELATED TO THE CONTROL OF A PARTICULAR SUB-UNIT): 9 patents
- B60W2420/403 (CONJOINT CONTROL OF VEHICLE SUB-UNITS OF DIFFERENT TYPE OR DIFFERENT FUNCTION; CONTROL SYSTEMS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR HYBRID VEHICLES; ROAD VEHICLE DRIVE CONTROL SYSTEMS FOR PURPOSES NOT RELATED TO THE CONTROL OF A PARTICULAR SUB-UNIT): 7 patents
Recent patents:

Robert Bosch GmbH

Number of Autonomous Vehicles patents: 22
Top CPC codes:
- G01S13/931 (RADIO DIRECTION-FINDING; RADIO NAVIGATION; DETERMINING DISTANCE OR VELOCITY BY USE OF RADIO WAVES; LOCATING OR PRESENCE-DETECTING BY USE OF THE REFLECTION OR RERADIATION OF RADIO WAVES; ANALOGOUS ARRANGEMENTS USING OTHER WAVES): 9 patents
- G06V10/82 (IMAGE OR VIDEO RECOGNITION OR UNDERSTANDING): 3 patents
- G06N3/08 (Learning methods): 2 patents
Recent patents:
- 20250012920. METHOD, DEVICE AND SYSTEM FOR OPERATING A RAIL VEHICLE FOR WARNING ABOUT A POSSIBLE COLLISION (Robert Bosch GmbH) (20250109)
- [[20250102625. DEVICE AND COMPUTER-IMPLEMENTED METHOD FOR TRAINING A FIRST ENCODER FOR MAPPING RADAR SPECTRA TO ENCODINGS, IN PARTICULAR ENCODINGS FOR TRAINING, TESTING, VALIDATING, OR VERIFYING A FIRST MODEL THAT IS CONFIGURED FOR OBJECT DETECTION, FOR EVENT RECOGNITION, OR FOR SEGMENTATION (Robert Bosch GmbH)]] (20250327)
- 20250102664. COMPUTER DEVICE AND METHOD FOR EXAMINING A RADAR SYSTEM EQUIPPED WITH AT LEAST TWO TRANSMITTING AND RECEIVING UNITS WHICH EACH COMPRISE AT LEAST ONE RESPECTIVE ANTENNA ELEMENT (Robert Bosch GmbH) (20250327)