Patent Theme
Autonomous Fleet & Task Management
Systems for coordinating and controlling fleets of autonomous vehicles or machines, including task allocation, route optimization, and monitoring their operational status and progress.
8,394 US filings from 1,728 companies since 2023 · 2023: 2,166 · 2024: 2,755 · 2025: 2,387 · 2026 YTD: 1,086
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Top companies
Ranked by filings in this theme since 2023. 2026 is partial.
| # | Company | Since 2023 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 YTD | YoY |
|---|
| 1 | TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA | 397 | 88 | 139 | 133 | 37 | -4.3% |
| 2 | GM Cruise Holdings LLC | 245 | 74 | 104 | 54 | 13 | -48.1% |
| 3 | Waymo LLC | 189 | 68 | 56 | 55 | 10 | -1.8% |
| 4 | Ford Global Technologies, LLC | 155 | 48 | 57 | 30 | 20 | -47.4% |
| 5 | International Business Machines Corporation | 150 | 38 | 59 | 39 | 14 | -33.9% |
| 6 | STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE COMPANY | 125 | 38 | 55 | 25 | 7 | -54.5% |
| 7 | HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD. | 119 | 29 | 48 | 32 | 10 | -33.3% |
| 8 | Uber Technologies, Inc. | 113 | 27 | 36 | 38 | 12 | +5.6% |
| 9 | GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC | 101 | 31 | 28 | 28 | 14 | 0.0% |
| 10 | Walmart Apollo, LLC | 93 | 38 | 28 | 21 | 6 | -25.0% |
| 11 | Zoox, Inc. | 84 | 18 | 27 | 28 | 11 | +3.7% |
| 12 | Hyundai Motor Company | 80 | 16 | 17 | 25 | 22 | +47.1% |
| 13 | Caterpillar Inc. | 79 | 17 | 23 | 27 | 12 | +17.4% |
| 14 | Kia Corporation | 76 | 12 | 16 | 26 | 22 | +62.5% |
| 15 | Lyft, Inc. | 75 | 19 | 28 | 20 | 8 | -28.6% |
| 16 | TOYOTA MOTOR ENGINEERING & MANUFACTURING NORTH AMERICA, INC. | 73 | 14 | 27 | 20 | 12 | -25.9% |
| 17 | Yanmar Holdings Co., Ltd. | 72 | 10 | 24 | 21 | 17 | -12.5% |
| 18 | Amazon Technologies, Inc. | 71 | 24 | 25 | 19 | 3 | -24.0% |
| 19 | Deere & Company | 65 | 12 | 19 | 18 | 16 | -5.3% |
| 20 | Hitachi, Ltd. | 58 | 14 | 12 | 21 | 11 | +75.0% |
| 21 | HUSQVARNA AB | 53 | 16 | 12 | 21 | 4 | +75.0% |
| 22 | Aurora Operations, Inc. | 52 | 5 | 17 | 20 | 10 | +17.6% |
| 23 | TORC Robotics, Inc. | 52 | · | 5 | 25 | 22 | +400.0% |
| 24 | Motional AD LLC | 50 | 20 | 15 | 11 | 4 | -26.7% |
| 25 | NEC CORPORATION | 50 | 11 | 19 | 15 | 5 | -21.1% |