Honeywell has a total of 29109 patents globally, out of which 14203 have been granted. Of these 29109 patents, more than 84% patents are active. The United States of America is where Honeywell has filed the maximum number of patents, followed by Europe and China. Parallelly, USA seems to be the main focused R&D center and is also the origin country of Honeywell.
Honeywell was founded in 1906 by Mark C. Honeywell. Honeywell doing business as a Conglomerate. Honeywell International is a technology and manufacturing firm that provides solutions and technologies for energy, safety, and security. It sells aerospace products and services, as well as control technologies for buildings, homes, and industry, as well as automotive products, turbochargers, specialty chemicals, electronic and advanced materials, refining and petrochemicals process technology, and energy-efficient products and solutions. As of December 2021, Honeywell has a market cap of $142.86 Billion.
Do read about some of the most popular patents of Honeywell which have been covered by us in this article and also you can find Honeywell patents information, the worldwide patent filing activity and its patent filing trend over the years, and many other stats over Honeywell patent portfolio.
How many patents does the founder and CEO of Honeywell have?
Founder, Mark C. Honeywell have 5 patents. CEO Darius Adamczyk have 0 patents
How many patents does Honeywell have?
Honeywell has a total of 29109 patents globally. These patents belong to 11682 unique patent families. Out of 29109 patents, 21645 patents are active.
How many Honeywell patents are Alive/Dead?
Worldwide Patents
Patent Families
How Many Patents did Honeywell File Every Year?
Are you wondering why there is a drop in patent filing for the last two years? It is because a patent application can take up to 18 months to get published. Certainly, it doesn’t suggest a decrease in the patent filing.
| Year of Patents Filing or Grant | Honeywell Applications Filed | Honeywell Patents Granted |
| 2011 | 1053 | 3 |
| 2012 | 3256 | 41 |
| 2013 | 3290 | 264 |
| 2014 | 3665 | 739 |
| 2015 | 3376 | 1239 |
| 2016 | 3085 | 1484 |
| 2017 | 3215 | 1772 |
| 2018 | 3235 | 1895 |
| 2019 | 2377 | 2391 |
| 2020 | 1841 | 2337 |
| 2021 | 716 | 2038 |
How Many Patents did Honeywell File in Different Countries?
Countries in which Honeywell Filed Patents
| Country | Patents |
| United States Of America | 11625 |
| Europe | 5052 |
| China | 3399 |
| India | 1098 |
| Japan | 1040 |
| Canada | 856 |
| Korea (South) | 589 |
| Australia | 358 |
| Russian Federation | 325 |
| Mexico | 237 |
| Taiwan | 235 |
| United Kingdom | 227 |
| Brazil | 212 |
| Spain | 147 |
| Malaysia | 125 |
| Singapore | 117 |
| Indonesia | 103 |
| Israel | 93 |
| Germany | 88 |
| Viet Nam | 66 |
| Hong Kong (S.A.R.) | 53 |
| Argentina | 50 |
| Turkey | 39 |
| South Africa | 38 |
| Poland | 38 |
| Thailand | 35 |
| Eurasian Patent Organization | 30 |
| New Zealand | 24 |
| Portugal | 14 |
| Denmark | 14 |
| France | 9 |
| Philippines | 8 |
| Saudi Arabia | 7 |
| Gulf Cooperation Council | 7 |
| Hungary | 5 |
| Chile | 5 |
| Morocco | 4 |
| Norway | 3 |
| Czech Republic | 2 |
| Colombia | 2 |
| Netherlands | 2 |
| Croatia | 1 |
| Slovenia | 1 |
| Ireland | 1 |
| Lithuania | 1 |
Where are Research Centers of Honeywell Patents Located?
10 Best Honeywell Patents
US20140191913A1 is the most popular patent in the Honeywell portfolio. It has received 684 citations so far from companies like AT&T, Square and Datamax-O’Neil Corporation.
Below is the list of 10 most cited patents of Honeywell:
| Publication Number | Citation Count |
| US20140191913A1 | 684 |
| US20140104413A1 | 606 |
| US20140104416A1 | 598 |
| USD702237S1 | 584 |
| US8408464B2 | 582 |
| US20120203647A1 | 577 |
| US8381979B2 | 575 |
| US20140108010A1 | 575 |
| US20130257744A1 | 573 |
| US20120223141A1 | 573 |
Which Companies are using Honeywell Patents to Advance their Research?
If patents or patents from a particular technology area of a company receive a lot of citations, it implies that the technology is being followed and incrementally innovated by the citing companies. It also indicates that citing companies are working on similar and closely related technologies.
The top citing companies in the Honeywell patent portfolio are General Electric, Uop Llc and Boeing.
List of the top forward citing Companies –
| Company | Number of Patents |
| General Electric | 283 |
| Uop Llc | 271 |
| Boeing | 149 |
| Raytheon Technologies Corporation | 149 |
| Johnson Controls Technology | 136 |
| Utc Aerospace Systems | 130 |
| IBM | 123 |
| Samsung | 102 |
| Rockwell Collins | 83 |
| Rosemount Aerospace Inc | 82 |
Count of 102 and 103 Type Rejections based on Honeywell Patents
Top Honeywell Patents used in Rejecting Most Patent Applications
| Patent Number | Count of Rejected Applications |
| US8506836B2 | 26 |
| US20140018979A1 | 24 |
| US9172249B2 | 17 |
| US9481518B2 | 16 |
| US9342928B2 | 15 |
| US9740935B2 | 14 |
| US9200855B2 | 14 |
| US9128876B2 | 14 |
| US8999380B2 | 13 |
| US9752835B2 | 11 |
| US9085980B2 | 11 |
| US9724570B2 | 10 |
| US9859583B2 | 10 |
| US9897100B2 | 10 |
| US9266170B2 | 10 |
What Percentage of Honeywell US Patent Applications were Granted?
Honeywell (Excluding its subsidiaries) has filed 19679 patent applications at USPTO so far (Excluding Design and PCT applications). Out of these 15276 have been granted leading to a grant rate of 81.49%.
Below are the key stats of Honeywell’s patent prosecution at the USPTO.
Which Law Firms Filed Most US Patents for Honeywell?
| Law Firm | Total Applications | Success Rate |
| Honeywell International Inc | 4949 | 82.99% |
| Honeywell Lkglobal | 2311 | 74.68% |
| Honeywell Fogg | 1323 | 80.21% |
| Honeywell Stw | 1066 | 78.70% |
| Honeywell S&S | 610 | 78.39% |
| Honeywell Slw | 369 | 72.08% |
| Resideo Husch Blackwell | 344 | 78.43% |
| Honeywell Brooks | 337 | 86.00% |
| Honeywell Shimokaji | 336 | 81.25% |
| Honeywell Munck | 300 | 85.00% |
“It is an honor to be recognized as one the world’s most innovative companies. While 2020 was a challenging year, it was also a remarkable one for Honeywell,” said Darius Adamczyk, chairman and chief executive officer of Honeywell.
When the COVID-19 pandemic hit, Honeywell acted quickly to manufacture tens of millions of N95 masks for frontline employees. Honeywell introduced the Honeywell UV Treatment System to assist improve the safety of air travel by disinfecting cabins with ultraviolet-c radiation. Honeywell recently developed the Honeywell UV Treatment Wand, a lightweight ultraviolet-c hand wand designed to decrease viruses and bacteria on high-touch surfaces anywhere, from buses and trains to cars and small planes, recognizing the need for a more portable solution.
Honeywell also unveiled Healthy Building solutions, which include technology for assessing and improving indoor air quality and filtration.
Honeywell’s System Model H1, its latest quantum computer based on trapped-ion technology. The System Model H1 has surpassed its announced roadmap by achieving a quantum volume of 512, the most observed on a commercial quantum computer to date. Honeywell has established a record for quantum volume on one of its systems for the third time in nine months. And so much more!
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What are Honeywell’s key innovation segments?
What Technologies are Covered by Honeywell?
The chart below distributes patents filed by Honeywell in different countries on the basis of the technology protected in patents. It also represents the markets where Honeywell thinks it’s important to protect particular technology inventions.
R&D Focus: How Honeywell search focus changed over the years?
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