Waymo LLC Patent Application Trends in 2025
Waymo LLC Patent Filing Activity
Waymo LLC patent applications in 2025
Top 10 Technology Areas
- B60W60/001 ({Planning or execution of driving tasks})
- 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)
- 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: 7 patents
- Example: 20250042407. Lane Adjustment Techniques for Slow Lead Agents (Waymo LLC)
- 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: 7 patents
- Example: 20250076467. Self-Driving Sensor System (WAYMO LLC)
- 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: 7 patents
- Example: 20250076467. Self-Driving Sensor System (WAYMO LLC)
- B60W60/0011 ({Planning or execution of driving tasks})
- Count: 6 patents
- Example: 20250065921. INTERVENTION BEHAVIOR PREDICTION WITH CONTINUOUS CONFOUNDERS (Waymo LLC)
- G06V20/58 (IMAGE OR VIDEO RECOGNITION OR UNDERSTANDING)
- Count: 5 patents
- Example: 20250037303. MULTI-MODAL 3-D POSE ESTIMATION (Waymo LLC)
- G01S7/4817 (Constructional features, e.g. arrangements of optical elements)
- Count: 5 patents
- Example: 20250076467. Self-Driving Sensor System (WAYMO LLC)
- B60W2554/4041 (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: 4 patents
- Example: 20250002052. Permeable Speed Constraints (Waymo LLC)
- B60W2555/60 (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: 4 patents
- Example: 20250042407. Lane Adjustment Techniques for Slow Lead Agents (Waymo LLC)
Emerging Technology Areas
- G09F3/0291 (DISPLAYING; ADVERTISING; SIGNS; LABELS OR NAME-PLATES; SEALS)
- Count: 1 patents
- Example: 20250103844. AUTOMATIC LABELING OF OBJECTS IN SENSOR DATA (Waymo LLC)
- G06K19/067 (Record carriers with conductive marks, printed circuits or semiconductor circuit elements, e.g. credit or identity cards {also with resonating or responding marks without active components})
- Count: 1 patents
- Example: 20250103844. AUTOMATIC LABELING OF OBJECTS IN SENSOR DATA (Waymo LLC)
- G01S2007/4977 (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: 1 patents
- Example: 20250102679. SENSOR AND ENVIRONMENTAL EVALUATION FOR VEHICLES (WAYMO LLC)
- B60W2556/40 (High definition maps)
- Count: 1 patents
- Example: 20250102679. SENSOR AND ENVIRONMENTAL EVALUATION FOR VEHICLES (WAYMO LLC)
- B60S1/56 (SERVICING, CLEANING, REPAIRING, SUPPORTING, LIFTING, OR MANOEUVRING OF VEHICLES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR)
- Count: 1 patents
- Example: 20250102679. SENSOR AND ENVIRONMENTAL EVALUATION FOR VEHICLES (WAYMO LLC)
- G01S7/497 (Means for monitoring or calibrating)
- Count: 1 patents
- Example: 20250102679. SENSOR AND ENVIRONMENTAL EVALUATION FOR VEHICLES (WAYMO LLC)
- G06T2207/10152 (Image acquisition modality)
- Count: 1 patents
- Example: 20250016466. Synchronized Spinning LIDAR and Rolling Shutter Camera System (Waymo LLC)
- G06T2207/10144 (Image acquisition modality)
- Count: 1 patents
- Example: 20250016466. Synchronized Spinning LIDAR and Rolling Shutter Camera System (Waymo LLC)
- G06T17/05 (Geographic models)
- Count: 1 patents
- Example: 20250016466. Synchronized Spinning LIDAR and Rolling Shutter Camera System (Waymo LLC)
- G06T7/90 (Determination of colour characteristics)
- Count: 1 patents
- Example: 20250016466. Synchronized Spinning LIDAR and Rolling Shutter Camera System (Waymo LLC)
Top Inventors
- Nathaniel Fairfield of Rockingham VA (US) (4 patents)
- Pierre-Yves Droz of Los Altos CA (US) (3 patents)
- Jared Stephen Russell of San Francisco CA (US) (3 patents)
- Nicholas Armstrong-Crews of Mountain View CA (US) (3 patents)
- Nirmal Patel of Sunnyvale CA (US) (3 patents)
- Ruichi Yu of Mountain View CA (US) (3 patents)
- Xu Chen of Livermore CA (US) (3 patents)
- Simon Verghese of Mountain View CA (US) (2 patents)
- Caner Onal of Palo Alto CA (US) (2 patents)
- Pierre-Yves Droz of Mountain View CA (US) (2 patents)
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Geographical Distribution of Inventors
Geographical Distribution of US Inventors
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