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GARMIN LTD

Overview
  • Total Patents
    269
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GARMIN LTD has a total of 269 patent applications. Its first patent ever was published in 2000. It filed its patents most often in United States, WIPO (World Intellectual Property Organization) and China. Its main competitors in its focus markets measurement, telecommunications and control are VC INC, UNIT 63680 OF PLA and GARMIN LTD A CAYMAN ISLANDS CO.

Patent filings in countries

World map showing GARMIN LTDs patent filings in countries

Patent filings per year

Chart showing GARMIN LTDs patent filings per year from 1900 to 2020

Top inventors

# Name Total Patents
#1 Childs Michael 29
#2 Walters Thomas H 28
#3 Beesley Darin J 25
#4 Krull Jay Dee 23
#5 Brunk Scott J 19
#6 Kalis Robert M 18
#7 Wiegers Michael R 17
#8 Lovitt John H 16
#9 Minelli Jeffrey D 13
#10 Runquist Shane R 12

Latest patents

Publication Filing date Title
US2011241607A1 Electronic device with integral inductive charging station
US2011242039A1 Display module for a touchscreen display
US2011197200A1 Decoding location information in content for use by a native mapping application
US2011208895A1 Methods for memory programming during product assembly
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US2011153189A1 Historical traffic data compression
US2010087230A1 Mobile communication device user interface
US2010205242A1 Friend-finding system
CN102036853A Mount for an electronic device
CN101910860A Automatic device mode switching
CN101911147A Position source selection
US2009171665A1 Method and apparatus for creating and modifying navigation voice syntax
US2009182562A1 Dynamic user interface for automated speech recognition
CN101896952A Automatically identifying location information in text data
US2009287405A1 Traffic data quality
US2010049397A1 Fuel efficient routing
US2010099386A1 Method and apparatus for radio voice mail
CN101796576A Automated speech recognition (ASR) tiling
US2009059730A1 Watch device having touch-bezel user interface
US2009191892A1 Integrating position-determining and wi-fi functions