Waymo Llc patents

Waymo Llc holds 3,736 patents in our database, with recent filings and technology areas summarized below.

Company patent statistics
MetricValue
Total patents3,736
Recent patents1,527
First publicationMay 16, 2017
Latest publicationApr 9, 2026

Filing trend

Year-over-year patent counts for this assignee.

Filing activity over the last five years is stable.

Patents filed per year
YearPatents
201794
2018190
2019273
2020373
2021489
2022533
2023637
2024564
2025494
202689
Browse patents by year
YearPatents
201794
2018190
2019273
2020373
2021489
2022533
2023637
2024564
2025494
202689

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
G05D1/0088851
G01S17/931850
B60W60/001544
G01S13/931468
B60W2420/408459

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 Waymo Llc have in patentsdb?
Waymo Llc is linked to 3,736 publications as assignee in our database.
What technology areas does Waymo Llc patent most?
Top mapped technology areas by patent count: Physics (3,269); Operations & Transport (2,086); Electricity (979).
Is Waymo Llc's patent activity growing?
In our data, assignee counts were 564 in 2024 and 494 in 2025 (lower year over year).
What are recent patents assigned to Waymo Llc?
See the “Recent patents” section above for the latest 5 publications we attribute to this assignee.