Daimler has a total of 70121 patents globally, out of which 13285 have been granted. Of these 70121 patents, more than 27% patents are active. Germany is where Daimler has filed the maximum number of patents, followed by United States Of America and Japan and it also seems reasonable as the biggest market for Daimler is Germany, it has generated an annual revenue of $174.61 billion in 2020. Parallelly, Germany seems to be the main focused R&D center and is also the origin country of Daimler.
Daimler was founded in 1998 by Gottlieb Daimler and Carl Benz. Company is doing business in car and truck manufacturing. As of November 2021, Daimler has a market cap of $98.45 Billion.
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Do read about some of the most popular patents of Daimler which have been covered by us in this article and also you can find Daimler’s patents information, the worldwide patent filing activity and its patent filing trend over the years, and many other stats over Daimler’s patent portfolio.
How many patents does Daimler have?
Daimler has a total of 70121 patents globally. These patents belong to 59100 unique patent families. Out of 70121 patents, 6283 patents are active.
How many Daimler patents are Alive/Dead?
Worldwide Patents
How Many Patents did Daimler 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 | Daimler Applications Filed | Daimler Patents Granted |
| 2011 | 3839 | 483 |
| 2012 | 3502 | 497 |
| 2013 | 3153 | 513 |
| 2014 | 3069 | 557 |
| 2015 | 2703 | 608 |
| 2016 | 2839 | 560 |
| 2017 | 2434 | 441 |
| 2018 | 2470 | 383 |
| 2019 | 2694 | 353 |
| 2020 | 1931 | 326 |
| 2021 | 812 | 384 |
How Many Patents did Daimler File in Different Countries?
Countries in which Daimler Filed Patents
| Country | Patents |
| Germany | 38136 |
| United States Of America | 7740 |
| Japan | 6247 |
| Europe (EPO) | 4641 |
| China | 2578 |
| United Kingdom | 1309 |
| India | 1014 |
| Korea (South) | 515 |
| Canada | 344 |
| France | 341 |
| Australia | 317 |
| Austria | 217 |
| Turkey | 215 |
| Spain | 192 |
| Brazil | 182 |
| Russia | 81 |
| Italy | 63 |
| South Africa | 52 |
| Mexico | 37 |
| Poland | 33 |
| Sweden | 29 |
| Taiwan | 26 |
| Portugal | 16 |
| Norway | 15 |
| Hungary | 15 |
| Czech Republic | 13 |
| Denmark | 12 |
| Netherlands | 9 |
| Thailand | 6 |
| Slovakia | 6 |
| Hong Kong (S.A.R.) | 4 |
| Slovenia | 4 |
| Singapore | 3 |
| New Zealand | 3 |
| Israel | 2 |
| Cyprus | 2 |
| Argentina | 2 |
| Eurasia | 2 |
| Greece | 2 |
| Malaysia | 2 |
| Ukraine | 1 |
| Peru | 1 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 |
| Serbia | 1 |
Where are Research Centers of Daimler Patents Located?
10 Best Daimler Patents
USD549363S1 is the most popular patent in the Daimler portfolio. It has received 347 citations so far from companies like Ford Motor, Toyota and Hyundai Motor.
Below is the list of 10 most cited patents of Daimler:
| Publication Number | Citation Count |
| USD549363S1 | 347 |
| US20090085408A1 | 312 |
| USD565211S1 | 307 |
| US7065432B2 | 294 |
| USD553269S1 | 288 |
| US6609051B2 | 266 |
| USD553268S1 | 252 |
| US20040173946A1 | 242 |
| US20040068359A1 | 240 |
| US6808230B2 | 237 |
Which Companies are using Daimler 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 Daimler patent portfolio are Ford Motors, Gm Global Technology Operations and Toyota.
List of the top forward citing Companies –
| Company | Number of Patents |
| Ford Motors | 283 |
| Gm Global Technology Operations | 239 |
| Toyota | 189 |
| Hyundai | 168 |
| Robert Bosch Gmbh | 158 |
| IBM | 133 |
| Honda Motor | 97 |
| Audi | 69 |
| Caterpillar | 64 |
| Bmw | 59 |
Count of 102 and 103 Type Rejections based on Daimler Patents
Top Daimler Patents used in Rejecting Most Patent Applications
| Patent Number | Count of Rejected Applications |
| US7210288B2 | 40 |
| US20060153761A1 | 40 |
| US7814747B2 | 26 |
| US20070175208A1 | 26 |
| US6609051B2 | 23 |
| US20030114965A1 | 23 |
| US20170236081A1 | 21 |
| US20070182529A1 | 20 |
| US6990401B2 | 19 |
| US20170251013A1 | 19 |
What Percentage of Daimler US Patent Applications were Granted?
Daimler (Excluding its subsidiaries) has filed 9387 patent applications at USPTO so far (Excluding Design and PCT applications). Out of these 7656 have been granted leading to a grant rate of 82.49%.
Below are the key stats of Daimler patent prosecution at the USPTO.
Which Law Firms Filed Most US Patents for Daimler?
| Law Firm | Total Application | Success Rate |
| Crowell & Moring Llp | 3199 | 77.34% |
| Fca Us Llc | 1467 | 91.64% |
| Klaus J Bach | 500 | 75.60% |
| Patent Central Llc | 345 | 48.99% |
| Fasse Patent Attorneys P A | 272 | 94.49% |
| Hunton Andrews Kurth Llp Hak Ny | 222 | 77.93% |
| Klaus J Bach & Associates | 202 | 88.61% |
| Davidson Davidson & Kappel Llc | 189 | 41.80% |
| General Motors Llc | 143 | 99.30% |
| Evenson Mckeown Edwards & Lenahan | 140 | 89.93% |
Every innovation notion has the same goal in mind: to develop a better, more long-lasting product.
On the existing framework, Daimler is working on innovating and developing fuel-efficient engines, autonomous vehicles, digitalization, and increased connectivity.
Daimler is developing new functions for its financial and mobility services based on machine learning. Many of its developments are aimed at providing customers with a fully digital, efficient, and integrated experience. Intelligent assistance systems, on the other hand, allow it to experience a new type of individual AI help in the workplace. Daimler Mobility creates forecasts and derives concrete metrics from them using complicated algorithms.
Daimler is presently investigating a variety of blockchain applications and determining how to integrate the technology into our processes in a variety of scenarios. The project’s goal is to optimise booking and billing procedures for mobility solutions in a long-term way.
What are Daimler key innovation segments?
What Technologies are Covered by Daimler?
The chart below distributes patents filed by Daimler in different countries on the basis of the technology protected in patents. It also represents the markets where Daimler thinks it’s important to protect particular technology inventions.
R&D Focus: How Daimler research focus changed over the years?
Interested in knowing about the areas of innovation that are being protected by Daimler?
