Tesla Inc patents

Tesla Inc holds 1,138 patents in our database, with recent filings and technology areas summarized below.

Company patent statistics
MetricValue
Total patents1,138
Recent patents463
First publicationMay 2, 2017
Latest publicationApr 9, 2026

Filing trend

Year-over-year patent counts for this assignee.

Filing activity over the last five years is growing.

Patents filed per year
YearPatents
201745
201888
2019176
2020115
2021105
202290
2023120
2024152
2025177
202670
Browse patents by year
YearPatents
201745
201888
2019176
2020115
2021105
202290
2023120
2024152
2025177
202670

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
Y02E60/10167
G06N3/0464102
G06N3/04585
H02S20/2583
H01M10/052582

Technology areas

Mapped technology topics for this assignee.

Frequently asked questions

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

How many patents does Tesla Inc have in patentsdb?
Tesla Inc is linked to 1,138 publications as assignee in our database.
What technology areas does Tesla Inc patent most?
Top mapped technology areas by patent count: Electricity (569); Operations & Transport (472); Cross-Sectional Technologies (398).
Is Tesla Inc's patent activity growing?
In our data, assignee counts were 152 in 2024 and 177 in 2025 (higher year over year).
What are recent patents assigned to Tesla Inc?
See the “Recent patents” section above for the latest 5 publications we attribute to this assignee.