Wireless EV Charging for Agricultural Vehicles Patent Landscape
The patent landscape for wireless EV charging applied to agricultural vehicles is at a nascent, pre-competitive stage, with a single patent family on record filed by one institution in India. This represents a virtually uncontested technical space, signalling early-mover opportunity for organizations willing to invest ahead of broader industry formation.
A single filer defines an embryonic field
Ecole Centrale School of Engineering, Mahindra University holds the sole ranked position in this landscape, accounting for all activity identified to date.
Concentration is absolute: the top five filers’ share of the ranked applicants visible in this query is 100%, a figure that reflects the absence of any competing applicants rather than deliberate market consolidation by incumbents.
| # | Applicant | Patent families | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ecole Centrale School of Engineering, Mahindra University | 1 |
The leading institution’s position implies no defensive patent thicket exists; an entrant can explore the design space with minimal freedom-to-operate constraints at this time.
Only a single filing year shows activity, and the most recent period is subject to publication lag, so additional applications may be pending and not yet visible in this corpus. Longer-window growth, applicant concentration, and technology-route coverage are therefore more reliable signals than the latest-year bar alone.
One filing in 2024; technology spans propulsion, power supply, and conversion
The annual filing trend shows no activity from 2017 through 2023, a single filing appearing in 2024, and no confirmed filings in 2025–2026, the latter two years being subject to publication lag. The technology composition reveals that the sole family spans three IPC branches simultaneously, reflecting the cross-disciplinary nature of wireless charging integration into vehicle platforms.
Annual filing trend
Activity is confined to a single filing in 2024; apparent zero counts in 2025 and 2026 should be read cautiously given standard 18-month publication delays rather than as confirmed absence of activity.
↗ Hover for values · click a bar to ask EurekaTechnology composition
The one patent family is classified equally across B60L (electric vehicle propulsion), H02J (power supply and grid systems), and H02M (power conversion), indicating that the inventors addressed the full wireless charging stack — vehicle integration, grid interface, and power electronics — within a single disclosure.
↗ Hover for values · click a bar to ask EurekaHighly cited patent families surfaced by the query
Citation-heavy patent families returned by the query. Use this section as citation context, not as a curated list of the most topic-specific patents.
A wireless electric vehicle charging protocol
A wireless charging protocol for electric vehicles (EVs) by using resonant inductive coupling and optimizing coil designs, that achieve high efficiency even in suboptimal conditions. The present charging protocol employ a dynamic charging mechanism that allow charging while the vehicle is moving, reducing the dependence on perfect alignment of the vehicle… (excerpt from the patent abstract)
Open this patent in Eureka →Ranked by total forward citations. Citation counts favour older and broadly cited patent families, and broad or adjacent patents may appear when they match the search scope. Treat this section as citation context, not as a curated list of the most topic-specific patents. Some patent titles may be shown in their original, non-English language where an accurate translation could not be guaranteed.
What the structure means for R&D investment
With a corpus of one patent family, the structural signals here are directional rather than statistically robust. Nonetheless, the combination of near-zero prior art, a cross-disciplinary technology profile, and a single-jurisdiction footprint offers concrete implications for teams scoping an entry strategy.
Pre-competitive inception stage
The lifecycle stage cannot be formally assigned from the available evidence given the minimal corpus size. Practically, a field with one filing appearing in 2024 and zero prior activity is best characterized as pre-competitive inception. R&D teams can shape foundational standards and claim broad architectural concepts before peer competition emerges.
Nascent fieldAbsolute concentration with no defensive barrier
Ecole Centrale School of Engineering, Mahindra University accounts for 100% of the top hundred filers’ combined total — but that total is a single family. No established automotive OEM, agricultural equipment manufacturer, or wireless charging specialist has staked a claim. This absence of incumbents lowers the barrier to entry and reduces freedom-to-operate risk for new entrants substantially.
No incumbent barrierNo co-applicant activity identified
Evidence pending: the collaboration dataset returned no co-filing relationships. The sole applicant — an engineering school within Mahindra University — filed independently, suggesting the work originated as an academic research initiative without an industry co-sponsor. This points to an open window for industry-academia partnership formation in this space.
Open for partnershipsIndia is the only jurisdiction of record
The single filing is protected only in India, leaving all other major agricultural and EV markets — including the United States, European Union, China, and Japan — without any prior art or granted rights in this specific combination. Filers seeking geographic coverage face no blocking positions in these markets at present.
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Co-filing pairs, ranked by the number of jointly-filed patent families.
Assignee snapshot from the current evidence set
The applicants below are visible in this query result. Because the evidence set is relatively small, read this section as a directional snapshot rather than a full competitive ranking.
Ecole Centrale School of Engineering, Mahindra University
The institution holds 1 patent family, filed in 2024, spanning electric vehicle propulsion (B60L 53), power supply and grid systems (H02J 50 and H02J 7), and power conversion (H02M). Its momentum profile is that of a new entrant with no prior filings in this topic. The work appears to be academic in origin, with no disclosed industry co-applicant.
patent families: 1No challenger identified
No second applicant appears in the corpus. The challenger position is vacant, reflecting the pre-competitive nature of the field rather than a displacement of a prior participant. Any organization filing in this space today would immediately enter the top ranks of the landscape.
patent families: 0Frequently asked questions
The current corpus contains 1 patent family, filed in 2024 and protected in India. The field is at a pre-competitive inception stage with no other applicants identified.
Ecole Centrale School of Engineering, Mahindra University is the sole applicant on record, holding 1 patent family. No automotive OEM, agricultural equipment manufacturer, or wireless charging specialist appears in the corpus.
India is the only jurisdiction of record. Markets including the United States, European Union, China, and Japan currently have no filed prior art in this specific topic combination.
The single patent family spans B60L (electric vehicle propulsion), H02J (power supply and grid systems), and H02M (power conversion), reflecting full-stack coverage of the wireless charging interface from the vehicle side to the grid interface.
Not necessarily. Patent applications typically take 12 to 18 months to publish after filing. Zero counts in 2025 and 2026 are likely an artifact of publication lag rather than confirmed absence of activity, and should not be interpreted as a decline.
Agricultural-machinery-specific IPC classes (A01B, A01C) and autonomous vehicle alignment classes (G05D, B60W) are entirely absent from the current corpus despite being technically central to the application. These represent under-served adjacent branches where an entrant could establish early positions without blocking prior art.
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