Patent Theme

Autonomous Machine Control

Systems and methods for enabling earth-moving machines to perform tasks with reduced or no human intervention, often leveraging predictive models, sensor fusion, and coordinated multi-machine operations.

18,121 US filings from 2,544 companies since 2023 · 2023: 4,738 · 2024: 5,802 · 2025: 5,241 · 2026 YTD: 2,340

Excavating & Earth-Moving

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	966	240	303	303	120	0.0%
2	Waymo LLC	476	147	147	140	42	-4.8%
3	Hyundai Motor Company	402	89	117	125	71	+6.8%
4	Deere & Company	393	110	102	108	73	+5.9%
5	KOMATSU LTD.	382	89	147	102	44	-30.6%
6	GM Cruise Holdings LLC	377	108	155	95	19	-38.7%
7	Kia Corporation	367	64	105	126	72	+20.0%
8	Robert Bosch GmbH	335	77	101	107	50	+5.9%
9	HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.	328	92	103	91	42	-11.7%
10	Caterpillar Inc.	318	82	77	111	48	+44.2%
11	Nvidia Corporation	256	43	81	89	43	+9.9%
12	International Business Machines Corporation	254	90	79	59	26	-25.3%
13	GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC	241	63	86	61	31	-29.1%
14	Hitachi Construction Machinery Co., Ltd.	228	41	86	74	27	-14.0%
15	DENSO CORPORATION	211	47	73	56	35	-23.3%
16	Ford Global Technologies, LLC	205	51	73	56	25	-23.3%
17	Zoox, Inc.	204	34	67	71	32	+6.0%
18	Kubota Corporation	190	26	56	79	29	+41.1%
19	FANUC CORPORATION	188	56	56	51	25	-8.9%
20	Motional AD LLC	175	61	54	42	18	-22.2%
21	Aurora Operations, Inc.	164	15	48	80	21	+66.7%
22	TUSIMPLE, INC.	155	67	53	35	·	-34.0%
23	GOOGLE LLC	151	42	54	43	12	-20.4%
24	KOBELCO CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY CO., LTD.	149	33	53	48	15	-9.4%
25	STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE COMPANY	146	39	47	48	12	+2.1%