Continental Automotive Gmbh patents

Continental Automotive Gmbh holds 3,647 patents in our database, with recent filings and technology areas summarized below.

Company patent statistics
MetricValue
Total patents3,647
Recent patents195
First publicationJan 1, 2015
Latest publicationApr 7, 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
2015431
2016412
2017498
2018484
2019497
2020494
2021318
2022258
2023120
202493
202536
20266
Browse patents by year
YearPatents
2015431
2016412
2017498
2018484
2019497
2020494
2021318
2022258
2023120
202493
202536
20266

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
Y02T10/12261
Y02T10/40178
F01N3/2066123
G07C9/00309110
F01N2610/02109

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 Continental Automotive Gmbh have in patentsdb?
Continental Automotive Gmbh is linked to 3,647 publications as assignee in our database.
What technology areas does Continental Automotive Gmbh patent most?
Top mapped technology areas by patent count: Physics (1,643); Mechanical Engineering (1,420); Electricity (1,329).
Is Continental Automotive Gmbh's patent activity growing?
In our data, assignee counts were 93 in 2024 and 36 in 2025 (lower year over year).
What are recent patents assigned to Continental Automotive Gmbh?
See the “Recent patents” section above for the latest 5 publications we attribute to this assignee.