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FORD MOTOR CO

Overview
  • Total Patents
    20,766
  • GoodIP Patent Rank
    2,232
  • Filing trend
    ⇩ 3.0%
About

FORD MOTOR CO has a total of 20,766 patent applications. It decreased the IP activity by 3.0%. Its first patent ever was published in 1903. It filed its patents most often in United States, United Kingdom and EPO (European Patent Office). Its main competitors in its focus markets machines, engines, pumps and turbines and transport are GEN MOTORS CORP, FORD WERKE AG and FORD MOTOR CANADA.

Patent filings per year

Chart showing FORD MOTOR COs patent filings per year from 1900 to 2020

Top inventors

# Name Total Patents
#1 Company Limited Ford Motor 209
#2 Ma Thomas Tsoi-Hei 207
#3 Chattha Mohinder S 113
#4 Henry Ford 101
#5 Labana S S 69
#6 Stockton Thomas R 68
#7 Ezis Andre 65
#8 Boaz Premakaran T 61
#9 Labana Santokh S 59
#10 Hamburg Douglas R 58

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