Kia Motors Corp patents

Kia Motors Corp holds 14,991 patents in our database, with recent filings and technology areas summarized below.

Company patent statistics
MetricValue
Total patents14,991
Recent patents557
First publicationJan 1, 2015
Latest publicationMar 17, 2026

Filing trend

Year-over-year patent counts for this assignee.

Filing activity over the last five years is rapidly declining.

Patents filed per year
YearPatents
2015626
2016735
2017717
20181,472
20192,417
20203,254
20212,965
20221,795
2023781
2024196
202530
20263
Browse patents by year
YearPatents
2015626
2016735
2017717
20181,472
20192,417
20203,254
20212,965
20221,795
2023781
2024196
202530
20263

Recent patents

Latest publications where this party is an assignee.

Notable patents

Representative or frequently cited publications from precomputed assignee stats.

Top CPC classifications

Most common classification codes in this portfolio.

Top CPC codes by patent count
CPCPatents
Y02T10/701,607
B60Y2200/921,164
Y02E60/50986
B60Y2200/91984
Y02T10/62901

Technology areas

Mapped technology topics for this assignee.

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Frequently asked questions

Answers are generated from the same data shown on this page.

How many patents does Kia Motors Corp have in patentsdb?
Kia Motors Corp is linked to 14,991 publications as assignee in our database.
What technology areas does Kia Motors Corp patent most?
Top mapped technology areas by patent count: Operations & Transport (9,973); Cross-Sectional Technologies (5,168); Mechanical Engineering (4,826).
Is Kia Motors Corp's patent activity growing?
In our data, assignee counts were 196 in 2024 and 30 in 2025 (lower year over year).
What are recent patents assigned to Kia Motors Corp?
See the “Recent patents” section above for the latest 5 publications we attribute to this assignee.