Caterpillar Inc.
🏢 View company profile →9,401Patents
5,819Active
9,401Granted
59Portfolio score
Filing activity: Oct 25, 1982 → Jan 18, 2025 · 1,147 expiring within 5 years
Most-cited patents
| Patent | Title | Area | Cited by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US5124990A | Diagnostic hardware for serial datalink | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 1,148 | Expired |
| US5173053A | Electrical connector for an electromechanical device | Electricity | 917 | Expired |
| USD847199S1 | Display screen with animated graphical user interface | General | 682 | Active |
| US8272516B2 | Fluid filter system | Performing Operations; Transporting | 502 | Active |
| US5753835A | Receptacle for holding a sensing device | Physics | 470 | Expired |
| US5566092A | Machine fault diagnostics system and method | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 448 | Expired |
| US5610815A | Integrated vehicle positioning and navigation system, apparatus and method | Physics | 411 | Expired |
| US5615116A | Apparatus and method for autonomous vehicle navigation using path data | Physics | 378 | Expired |
| US5390125A | Vehicle position determination system and method | Physics | 348 | Expired |
| US5400018A | Method of relaying information relating to the status of a vehicle | Physics | 335 | Expired |
| US6928890B2 | Method and apparatus for mixing gases | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 330 | Expired |
| US7100459B2 | Method and apparatus for mixing gases | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 329 | Expired |
| US6684719B2 | Method and apparatus for mixing gases | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 325 | Expired |
| US6176803A | Transmission assembly with four planetary gear sets providing nine forward and one reverse gear ratio | Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating | 321 | Expired |
| US5602761A | Machine performance monitoring and fault classification using an exponentially weighted moving average scheme | Physics | 310 | Expired |
| US4800721A | Force feedback lever | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 242 | Expired |
| US5684696A | System and method for enabling an autonomous vehicle to track a desired path | Physics | 238 | Expired |
| US5838562A | System and a method for enabling a vehicle to track a preset path | Physics | 238 | Expired |
| US5453939A | Computerized diagnostic and monitoring system | Physics | 234 | Expired |
| US6236924A | System and method for planning the operations of an agricultural machine in a field | Physics | 231 | Expired |
| US6112143A | Method and apparatus for establishing a perimeter defining an area to be traversed by a mobile machine | Physics | 228 | Expired |
| US5375059A | Vehicle position determination system and method | Physics | 223 | Expired |
| US6055042A | Method and apparatus for detecting obstacles using multiple sensors for range selective detection | Physics | 222 | Expired |
| US5646844A | Method and apparatus for real-time monitoring and coordination of multiple geography altering machines on a work site | Physics | 221 | Expired |
| US5612883A | System and method for detecting obstacles in the path of a vehicle | Physics | 221 | Expired |
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Counts and citation impact are objective bibliographic measures.