Toyota is the Top Automotive Innovator for Three Straight Years
In news that won't surprise any Toyota owner, it was announced earlier this month that, according to the recently-released report "Top 300 Organizations Granted U.S. Patents in 2016," Toyota was awarded 1,540 United States patents in 2016 -- more than any other carmaker. As a matter of fact, Toyota was the only automaker listed among the top 20 patent awardees -- joining such illustrious company as Google, IBM, Apple and Microsoft.

