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Waymo LLC

1,901Patents
1,897Active
1,901Granted
70Portfolio score

Filing activity: Mar 16, 2012 → Aug 28, 2024

Most-cited patents

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US9665101B1 Methods and systems for transportation to destinations by a self-driving vehicle Performing Operations; Transporting 189 Active
US9719801B1 Methods and systems for calibrating sensors using road map data Physics 115 Active
US9880263B2 Long range steerable LIDAR system Physics 114 Active
US10310197B1 Transmitter devices having bridge structures Physics 109 Active
US9733096B2 Determining pickup and destination locations for autonomous vehicles Physics 93 Active
USD897353S1 Display screen portion with graphical user interface General 72 Active
USD834971S1 Front sensor housing General 71 Active
US9720412B1 Modifying the behavior of an autonomous vehicle using context based parameter switching Performing Operations; Transporting 64 Active
USD860013S1 Rear sensor housing General 63 Active
US10059334B1 Automated system and method for modeling the behavior of vehicles and other agents Physics 62 Active
USD825357S1 Rear sensor housing General 61 Active
USD887436S1 Display screen portion with graphical user interface General 57 Active
US10572717B1 System and method for evaluating the perception system of an autonomous vehicle Physics 56 Active
USD813245S1 Display screen or a portion thereof with graphical user interface General 55 Active
US9836057B2 Arranging passenger pickups for autonomous vehicles Electricity 55 Active
US9766626B1 System and method for predicting behaviors of detected objects through environment representation Physics 54 Active
USD858381S1 Fender sensor housing General 51 Active
US9725060B1 Reducing surface rigidity of a vehicle Performing Operations; Transporting 50 Active
US10013773B1 Neural networks for object detection Physics 49 Active
US9914452B1 Predicting trajectories of objects based on contextual information Performing Operations; Transporting 49 Active
US9836895B1 Simulating virtual objects Physics 49 Active
USD859451S1 Display screen portion with graphical user interface General 47 Active
USD874957S1 Rear sensor housing General 47 Active
USD858550S1 Display screen portion with graphical user interface General 45 Active
US9779314B1 Vision-based detection and classification of traffic lights Physics 44 Active

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Counts and citation impact are objective bibliographic measures.