Volkswagen Ag patents

Volkswagen Ag holds 4,815 patents in our database, with recent filings and technology areas summarized below.

Company patent statistics
MetricValue
Total patents4,815
Recent patents1,168
First publicationJan 1, 2015
Latest publicationApr 9, 2026

Filing trend

Year-over-year patent counts for this assignee.

Filing activity over the last five years is declining.

Patents filed per year
YearPatents
2015214
2016279
2017315
2018381
2019456
2020601
2021622
2022629
2023363
2024533
2025344
202678
Browse patents by year
YearPatents
2015214
2016279
2017315
2018381
2019456
2020601
2021622
2022629
2023363
2024533
2025344
202678

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
B60K35/10392
B60K35/22272
B60K35/00269
B60K35/28247
Y02E60/50240

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 Volkswagen Ag have in patentsdb?
Volkswagen Ag is linked to 4,815 publications as assignee in our database.
What technology areas does Volkswagen Ag patent most?
Top mapped technology areas by patent count: Operations & Transport (2,695); Physics (2,182); Electricity (1,636).
Is Volkswagen Ag's patent activity growing?
In our data, assignee counts were 533 in 2024 and 344 in 2025 (lower year over year).
What are recent patents assigned to Volkswagen Ag?
See the “Recent patents” section above for the latest 5 publications we attribute to this assignee.