Kia Corp patents

Kia Corp holds 13,307 patents in our database, with recent filings and technology areas summarized below.

Company patent statistics
MetricValue
Total patents13,307
Recent patents10,156
First publicationMay 18, 2021
Latest publicationApr 9, 2026

Filing trend

Year-over-year patent counts for this assignee.

Filing activity over the last five years is rapidly growing.

Patents filed per year
YearPatents
202184
20221,763
20233,158
20243,245
20254,036
20261,021
Browse patents by year
YearPatents
202184
20221,763
20233,158
20243,245
20254,036
20261,021

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
B60Y2200/911,318
Y02T10/701,004
Y02E60/10862
Y02E60/50788
B60W40/02727

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 Corp have in patentsdb?
Kia Corp is linked to 13,307 publications as assignee in our database.
What technology areas does Kia Corp patent most?
Top mapped technology areas by patent count: Operations & Transport (8,953); Electricity (5,060); Physics (4,083).
Is Kia Corp's patent activity growing?
In our data, assignee counts were 3,245 in 2024 and 4,036 in 2025 (higher year over year).
What are recent patents assigned to Kia Corp?
See the “Recent patents” section above for the latest 5 publications we attribute to this assignee.