Genesis just filed the paperwork that makes a two-door flagship look less like a fantasy. The United States Patent and Trademark Office granted design patents for both the X Gran Coupe and the X Gran Convertible in August 2026, and the timing has fans of the brand asking whether Bentley and Aston Martin should be worried.
The grants cover ornamental bodywork only, but they land alongside years of hints from Genesis executives about wanting a proper grand tourer in the lineup. According to The Korean Car Blog, the documents spell out what Genesis has locked in and what still sits in the "maybe" column.
Design patent US D1,144,037 S covers the X Gran Coupe's two-door hardtop shape. US D1,138,892 S does the same for the X Gran Convertible's open-air body. Both are classified under USPC D12/92, the category the USPTO uses for heavyweight passenger automobiles.
That classification and the patents' scope only protect the way the cars look, not any mechanical hardware underneath. Reporting on the filings ties the shapes to combustion and high-performance hybrid setups, with dual exhaust outlets visible on the bodywork, but the patents themselves do not specify a powertrain.
A design patent is a legal tool for stopping rivals from copying a silhouette. Genesis has used the same protection on past wild concepts that never reached production, so the grant alone does not guarantee either car gets built.
What tips the scale toward a real product is the price range circulating around the pair, reportedly between $120,000 and $160,000.
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