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Automotive patent intelligence

Vehicle Safety & Automotive Cybersecurity IP Services

Secure Vehicle Innovation. Strengthen Your Automotive IP Advantage.

From advanced vehicle safety systems to connected vehicle cybersecurity, automotive innovation is increasingly driven by software, electronics, intelligent sensing and secure vehicle architectures.

Hashi IP Solutions supports automotive innovators with specialised patent search, IP analytics, technology intelligence and patent strategy services to help identify opportunities, assess IP risks and protect technological differentiation.

Vehicle safetyAutomotive cybersecurityConnected mobilitySoftware-defined vehicles

01 / Vehicle safety

Patent Intelligence Across Next-Generation Vehicle Safety Technologies

Vehicle safety is evolving through advanced sensing, intelligent control, vehicle automation and integrated electronic architectures. Understanding the patent landscape across these technologies is essential for businesses investing in automotive innovation.

01 / ADAS

Advanced Driver Assistance Systems

  • Adaptive cruise control
  • Automatic emergency braking
  • Lane departure warning and lane keeping
  • Blind spot detection
  • Driver monitoring
  • Pedestrian and cyclist detection
  • Collision avoidance
02 / AUTOMATION

Autonomous Driving & Vehicle Automation

  • Autonomous driving architectures
  • Perception and sensor fusion
  • Decision-making algorithms
  • Motion planning and control
  • Autonomous emergency manoeuvres
  • Redundant safety architectures
03 / SENSING

Automotive Radar & LiDAR

  • 77 GHz and 79 GHz automotive radar
  • Imaging radar and FMCW processing
  • LiDAR sensors
  • Radar–LiDAR fusion
  • Object detection and tracking
04 / SAFETY ARCHITECTURE

Vehicle Functional Safety

  • ISO 26262-related technologies
  • ASIL-oriented architectures
  • Fault detection and diagnostics
  • Fail-safe and fail-operational systems
  • Redundant electronic control
  • Safety monitoring and validation
05 / PROTECTION

Passive & Active Vehicle Safety

  • Airbag control systems
  • Electronic stability control
  • Anti-lock braking
  • Advanced restraint systems
  • Occupant detection and classification
  • Crash detection and response
06 / CONTROL

Intelligent Vehicle Control Systems

  • Electronic control units
  • Brake-by-wire
  • Steer-by-wire
  • Drive-by-wire
  • Vehicle dynamics control
  • Integrated chassis control

02 / Automotive cybersecurity

Automotive Cybersecurity: Protecting Connected and Software-Defined Vehicles

As vehicles become increasingly connected and software-driven, cybersecurity has become a critical engineering and IP consideration. Automotive innovation now extends across in-vehicle networks, electronic control units, wireless communication, secure software architectures and over-the-air update mechanisms.

01 / NETWORK

In-Vehicle Network Security

  • CAN and CAN-FD security
  • Automotive Ethernet and LIN security
  • Secure gateway architectures
  • Intrusion detection
  • Network anomaly detection
02 / ECU

Electronic Control Unit Security

  • Hardware security modules
  • Secure boot
  • Trusted execution environments
  • Secure key management
  • ECU authentication
  • Firmware integrity verification
03 / V2X

Connected Vehicle Security

  • Vehicle-to-everything security
  • V2V and V2I communication
  • V2N and V2P communication
  • Secure wireless communication
04 / SOFTWARE

OTA Updates & Software Security

  • Secure over-the-air updates
  • Firmware authentication
  • Software update validation
  • Secure software distribution
  • Software integrity
  • Rollback protection
05 / DATA

Automotive Data & Privacy Security

  • In-vehicle data protection
  • Driver and passenger privacy
  • Secure storage
  • Encryption and authentication
  • Identity and access management
  • Vehicle data integrity
06 / SDV

Software-Defined Vehicle Security

  • Centralised vehicle computing
  • Domain and zonal architectures
  • Hypervisor-based isolation
  • Secure middleware
  • Automotive operating systems
  • Software supply chain security
07 / RESILIENCE

Automotive Threat Detection & Response

  • Intrusion detection and prevention
  • Automotive security operations
  • Threat intelligence
  • Attack surface analysis
  • Security monitoring
  • Incident detection and response

03 / From research to decisions

Comprehensive IP Services for Automotive Safety & Cybersecurity Innovation

Hashi IP Solutions combines patent research, technology intelligence and IP expertise to help automotive organisations protect innovation, understand competitive positioning and make informed technology decisions.

01 / Earlier disclosures → invention decisions

Automotive Prior Art & Novelty Search

Investigate earlier patent and non-patent disclosures across ADAS, sensor fusion, safety architectures, ECU security and connected vehicle technologies.

Explore Prior Art Search

02 / Research findings → filing priorities

Patentability Assessment

Assess novelty and inventive-step potential through structured prior art research and technical analysis. Findings inform professional review; they do not guarantee a patent grant.

Explore Patent Search Services

03 / Product features → patent-risk questions

Freedom-to-Operate Search

Identify potentially relevant third-party patent rights for ADAS, radar, LiDAR, ECU, cybersecurity, V2X and SDV products in defined launch markets. Claim scope, legal status and jurisdictions matter.

Explore FTO Search

04 / Technology landscape → R&D direction

Automotive Patent Landscape Analysis

Segment technologies, analyse filing trends, key patent holders and geographic distribution, and investigate emerging clusters, competitor positioning and potential white spaces.

Explore Patent Landscape

05 / Portfolio evidence → competitive insight

Patent Portfolio & Competitive Intelligence

Analyse portfolio focus, assignee information and technology coverage to understand competitor strategies and identify potential IP opportunities. Ownership and status are reviewed within scope.

Explore Patent Analytics

06 / Prior art evidence → informed evaluation

Patent Invalidity & Validity Search

Investigate relevant earlier disclosures to support patent evaluation, dispute preparation and strategic review. Validity and invalidity searches have distinct objectives; legal conclusions remain with qualified professionals.

Explore Patent Invalidity Search

07 / Engineering invention → protection strategy

Patent Drafting, Filing & Prosecution

Support invention disclosure analysis, drafting, provisional applications, complete specifications, PCT applications, national phase entry and office action responses, with appropriate jurisdictional professional involvement.

Explore Patent Filing Services

08 / Standards context → claim-level questions

SEP & Standards-Based Patent Intelligence

Research 4G/5G, evolving 6G work, C-V2X and 3GPP specifications through patent-to-standard mapping, SEP landscapes, essentiality-oriented technical review and evidence-of-use research. A declaration or mapping is not proof of essentiality or infringement.

Explore SEP & Standards Mapping

04 / Technical reference frameworks

Understanding the Automotive Safety & Cybersecurity Standards Landscape

Standards and frameworks provide technical context for automotive patent research and technology analysis. Hashi IP Solutions is not offering certification, regulatory approval or compliance auditing through these services. Standards relevance does not establish patent essentiality, infringement or compliance.

ISO 26262

Road vehicles — Functional safety

Safety architectures, diagnostics, redundancy and ASIL-related terminology.

ISO/SAE 21434

Road vehicles — Cybersecurity engineering

Cybersecurity engineering concepts and lifecycle terminology.

UN Regulation No. 155

Cyber security and cyber security management system

Vehicle cybersecurity and management-system context.

UN Regulation No. 156

Software update and software update management system

Software update mechanisms and management-system context.

AUTOSAR

Automotive software architecture

Software platforms, interfaces and vehicle architectural vocabulary.

SAE J3061

Cybersecurity Guidebook for Cyber-Physical Vehicle Systems

Recommended-practice background; not a certification or regulation.

IEEE

Communication and electronic-system standards

Relevant networking and electronics specifications, selected by project scope.

3GPP

Cellular V2X and connected vehicle communication

Release-specific cellular and V2X specifications for standards-aware research.

05 / Built around your decisions

Built for Automotive Technology Innovators

Automotive OEMs

Understand competitor portfolios, identify technology opportunities and evaluate patent-risk questions around vehicle platforms.

Tier-1 & Tier-2 Suppliers

Support component and subsystem development with patent research, competitive intelligence and scoped FTO analysis.

Automotive Technology Startups

Assess invention novelty, investigate patent opportunities and build an IP foundation for commercialisation.

R&D and Engineering Teams

Translate technical differentiators into structured research, invention analysis and protection priorities.

06 / Why Hashi IP Solutions

Transform Automotive Technology Research into Strategic IP Advantage.

Engineering-led scope

Automotive-focused taxonomies connect vehicle functions, electronic architectures and claim language.

Broader evidence base

Patent and relevant non-patent literature research uses source, date and accessibility boundaries.

Standards-aware analysis

Technical frameworks inform searches without implying regulatory compliance or patent essentiality.

Competitive perspective

Landscape and portfolio research connect technology coverage with commercial priorities.

Cross-jurisdictional research

Target markets and patent status are considered within an agreed, jurisdiction-specific scope.

Decision-oriented outputs

Findings help teams prioritise filing, deeper claim review, design-around investigation and professional advice.

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