9. American Axle & Manufacturing Holdings Inc. (Tie)
Leslie Green - Top executive: David Dauch, chairman and CEO Patents in 2015: 32 Score: 120.10 Key areas for American Axle & Manufacturing Inc. inventions are in lightweighting, improving power...
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1. Immunolight LLC
Leslie Green - Top executives: Frederic Bourke, founder and CEO; Harold Walder, president Patents in 2015: 6 Score: 144.50 After Frederic Bourke's dog, Lucy, underwent surgery for cancer, he began...
View Article11. FCA US LLC
Leslie Green - Top executive: Sergio Marchionne, CEO Patents in 2015: 106 Score: 119.60 "We do not approach innovation as 'Let's go do some peer research,'Â " said Phil Jansen, head of product...
View Article12. Imra America Inc.
Leslie Green - Top executive: Makoto Yoshida, president Patents in 2015: 21 Score: 117.20 Imra America is a research company, founded by Japanese auto parts maker Aisin Seiki Co. Ltd., that...
View Article13. Delphinus Medical Technologies LLC
Leslie Green - Top executive: Mark Forchette, president and CEO Patents in 2015: 6 Score: 114.40 A spinoff subsidiary of the Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute, patents for Delphinus Medical...
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Ford's inventiveness spreads inside, outside auto industry
Leslie Green - Top executive: Mark Fields, president and CEO Patents in 2015: 831 Score: 112.80 Inventiveness at Ford Motor Co. is increasing across the board, said Bill Coughlin, CEO of Ford Global...
View Article14. Global IP Holdings LLC (Tie)
Leslie Green - Top executive: Nick DeMiro, president Patents in 2015: 8 Score: 112.80 Global IP Holdings LLC is the patent-holding company of Mayco International LLC, an auto supplier that makes...
View Article16. Zephyros Inc.
Leslie Green - Top executive: Tom Kleino, president Patents in 2015: 17 Score: 109.66 Zephyros Inc., the patent holder for L&L Products Inc., specializes in acoustic insulation, static sealing,...
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17. Gentherm Inc.
Leslie Green - Top executive: Daniel Coker, president and CEO Patents in 2015: 13 Score: 108.64 Gentherm's core business is thermal manufacturing technology for comfort systems in cars, such as heating...
View Article19. Guardian Industries Corp.
Leslie Green - Top executive: Ron Vaupel, president and CEO Patents in 2015: 58 Score: 107.20 Patents for Guardian Industries Corp. are primarily for its core business, the manufacturing of float glass...
View Article2. Magna Electronics Inc.
Leslie Green - Top executive: Don Walker, CEO Patents in 2015: 41 Score: 130.00 Magna Electronics, a subsidiary of Magna International Inc., makes electronic components for vehicles. These include...
View Article20. Visteon Global Technologies Inc.
Leslie Green - Top executive: Sachin Lawande, president and CEO Patents in 2015: 14 Score: 107.10 A subsidiary of Visteon Corp., Visteon Global Technologies Inc. earned patents last year for a variety...
View Article21. Cooper-Standard Automotive Inc.
Leslie Green - Top executive: Jeffrey Edwards, chairman and CEO Patents in 2015: 4 Score: 103.30 Cooper-Standard Automotive Inc. has patents for "feeling sensors," such as those that will stop a...
View ArticleUM sees innovations from receivers to drug therapies
Leslie Green - Top executive: Mark Schlissel, president Patents in 2015: 159 Score: 103.20 The automotive industry is making huge strides in innovation, but James Malackowski, CEO of IP valuation firm...
View Article23. GKN Driveline North America Inc.
Leslie Green - Top executive: Phil Swash, CEO Patents in 2015: 6 Score: 102.88 A large part of GKN Driveline North America Inc.'s business is in drive shafts. Ramon Kuczera, senior vice president of...
View ArticleGM's plan for patents to invent, commercialize and repeat
Leslie Green - Corrected version Top executive: Mary Barra Patents in 2015: 1,066 Score: 102.80 For the past year, Mary Barra, CEO of General Motors Co., has been telling staff and media alike that big...
View Article25. Federal-Mogul Ignition Co.
Leslie Green - Top executive: Rainer Jueckstock, CEO of Federal-Mogul Powertrain and co-CEO of Federal Mogul Holdings Corp. Patents in 2015: 20 Score: 102.76 "We're talking about patents for...
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Bosch hits stride with vehicle diagnostic tool
Leslie Green - Top executive: Volkmar Denner, chairman, board of management, and CEO, Robert Bosch Patents in 2015: 46 Score: 127.70 Germany-based Robert Bosch GmbH purchased SPX Corp. for $1.15...
View Article4. Innovative Surgical Solutions LLC dba Sentio
Leslie Green - Top executive: Chris Wybo, co-founder and president Patents in 2015: 5 Score: 125.90 Ranked 10th last year, Sentio continues to develop "technology focused on enabling safer surgery."...
View Article5. NeuroNexus Technologies Inc.
Leslie Green - Top executive: Daryl Kipke, president Patents in 2015: 9 Score: 124.36 NeuroNexus is a subsidiary of Plano, Texas-based Nuvectra and a University of Michigan spinoff. NeuroNexus develops...
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