Aircraft Tyre and Wheel Patents: Who Leads and Where Filing Is Headed
82.2% of all 1,307 records sit with just five assignees, and 92.3% sit with ten — this is a field with almost no long tail left to claim into. Filings rose from 29 in 2017 to a peak of 76 in 2021, then declined to 35 by 2024 — a 54% drop over that three-year span. That is the most recent year the dataset can treat as complete; 2025 and 2026 figures will fill in as publications catch up with filing dates, so the decline should not be read as still accelerating.
- 1THE GOODYEAR TIRE & RUBBER CO701
- 2BRIDGESTONE CORP165
- 3SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES LTD120
- 4MICHELIN & CO (CIE GEN DES ESTAB MICHELIN)54
- 5MICHELIN RECH & TECH SA34
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- The complete ranking, not just the top five
- Every IPC branch with its share of the corpus
- The most-cited records, and where claim space is still thin
Common questions on aircraft tyre and wheel patents
Who holds the most aircraft tyre patents?
One assignee leads the ranking with 701 of the 1,307 records in scope, far ahead of the rest of the field. Fifth place holds 34 records and tenth place holds 17, so the top five assignees combined account for 82.2% of all records and the top ten for 92.3%. This is a highly concentrated field: most new entrants will be competing directly against a small number of established portfolios rather than a diffuse set of smaller filers.
Is aircraft tyre patent filing growing or shrinking?
Filing rose from 29 records in 2017 to a peak of 76 in 2021, then fell to 35 by 2024, a 54% decline over that three-year span. 2024 is the most recent year the dataset treats as complete, since publication typically lags filing by around 18 months. The 2025 and 2026 figures will rise as more filings publish, so the current numbers should be read as a snapshot mid-catch-up rather than confirmation that the field is still cooling.
What technology areas dominate aircraft tyre patent claims?
Pneumatic tyre construction, IPC class B60C, appears in 83.4% of the 1,307 records in scope, making it by far the most heavily claimed area. Polymer composition (C08L, 15.4%) and polymer additives (C08K, 11.2%) follow well behind, with plastic article manufacture (B29D, 10.4%) and aeroplane structures (B64C, 4.7%) further down. Reinforcement materials such as yarn texturing (D02G), adhesives (C09J) and rope/cable structures (D07B) each sit under 5%, marking them as comparatively open claim space.
Disclaimer. This analysis is based on Patsnap Eureka data drawn from a limited snapshot of global patent records and is provided for general information and reference only. Patent data carries inherent limitations — recent filings are under-counted because of publication lag, counts may be on a record or family basis, classification and applicant-name data may contain errors or duplicates, and the underlying search query defines the scope shown — so the analysis may be incomplete or inaccurate and may not reflect the full technology landscape.
Nothing here is an exhaustive prior-art, novelty, freedom-to-operate or validity search, nor does it constitute legal, financial or professional advice, and it should not be relied upon as such. Verify independently and review with qualified patent and legal professionals before acting on it.
Method: Filing trend and technology composition. Derived from a Patsnap search on Aircraft Tyre and Wheel Technology covering 2015–2026, data cut-off 2026-07-31. Counts reflect published records only and shift as new filings publish. Every share divides by all records in scope. Data: Patsnap Eureka. See the full landscape report.