Toyota Leads Auto Industry in Innovation, Again!
June 30 2016 - 11:26AM
Business Wire
No other automaker can match the number of
patents issued to Toyota in 2015
Whether it’s creating artificial skin for pedestrian safety
mannequins, helping autonomous vehicles detect and safely react to
emergency vehicles or fabrics that clean themselves, Toyota leads
the way in anticipating and engineering the cars of tomorrow for
today.
This is the second consecutive year the United States Patent and
Trademark Office has issued more patents to Toyota’s innovative
designers and engineers than to any other automaker. This
achievement is according to a recently released publication by the
Intellectual Property Owners Association (IPO). In 2015, Toyota
received 1,636 patents and over the last eight years has been
awarded more patents than any other automotive company. This
achievement illustrates the company’s commitment to ever better
cars that achieve greater safety, environmental and technological
advancements.
“As companies in the automotive industry transform themselves
into broader mobility providers, no auto company better
demonstrates innovation and technology for the future than Toyota,”
said Jeff Makarewicz, senior vice president, Toyota Technical
Center (TTC), Toyota’s North American research & development
headquarters. “We’re focused on delivering great experiences for
our customers, a cornerstone of Toyota’s product commitment, and
this recognition is proof we’re living up to that promise.”
Toyota is the only automaker listed among the top 20 on the IPO
list. Other key innovators in the top 20 include Apple, Google, IBM
and Microsoft.
Toyota’s industry-leading patent numbers illustrate the
company’s increasing success as global auto leader, but also as one
of the world’s leading innovators.
About Toyota
Toyota (NYSE:TM), the world's top automaker and creator of the
Prius and the Mirai fuel cell vehicle, is committed to building
vehicles for the way people live through our Toyota, Lexus and
Scion brands. Over the past 50 years, we’ve built more than 30
million cars and trucks in North America, where we operate 14
manufacturing plants (10 in the U.S.) and directly employ more than
44,000 people (more than 34,000 in the U.S.). Our 1,800 North
American dealerships (1,500 in the U.S.) sold more than 2.8 million
cars and trucks (nearly 2.5 million in the U.S.) in 2015 – and
about 80 percent of all Toyota vehicles sold over the past 20 years
are still on the road today.
Toyota partners with philanthropic organizations across the
country, with a focus on education, safety and the environment. As
part of this commitment, we share the company’s extensive know-how
garnered from building great cars and trucks to help community
organizations and other nonprofits expand their ability to do good.
For more information about Toyota, visit
www.toyotanewsroom.com.
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