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General Motors
General Motors
Rank
(2016):
#28
of
28,424
Top 1%
1,894
inventors
1,248
Patents 2016
Top Inventors at General Motors
2016
Showing
1–50
of
1,894
inventors
Rank
Name
Patents
1
Steven E. Morris
22
2
Christopher E. Whitney
19
2
Jennifer P. Lawall
19
#4
Wende Zhang
15
#5
James M. Hart
14
#6
Chandra S. Namuduri
13
#6
Scott M. Reilly
13
#8
Nilesh D. Mankame
12
#8
Robert N. Saje
12
#10
Brendon C. Mackay
11
#10
Edward W. Mellet
11
#10
Fan Bai
11
#10
Frank C. Valeri
11
#10
Mei Cai
11
#10
Nancy L. Johnson
11
#10
Robert A. Hrabak
11
#10
Robert B. McMahan
11
#10
Shuqing Zeng
11
#19
Alan G. Holmes
10
#19
Mahmoud H. Abd Elhamid
10
#21
Alan L. Browne
9
#21
Brian J. Koch
9
#21
Donald K. Grimm
9
#21
Eli Tzirkel-Hancock
9
#21
Lakshmi V. Thanayankizil
9
#21
Louis D. Thole
9
#21
Tyler L. H. Moffett
9
#28
Anthony H. Heap
8
#28
Chunhao J. Lee
8
#28
David P. Pop
8
#28
Eugene V. Gonze
8
#28
Hamid G. Kia
8
#28
Jeasoo Kim
8
#28
Moshe Laifenfeld
8
#28
Norman J. Weigert
8
#28
Omer Tsimhoni
8
#28
Phillip A. Zak, Jr.
8
#28
Xiaosong Huang
8
#39
Brian L. Spohn
7
#39
Christopher Whitt
7
#39
Chad T. Zagorski
7
#39
David T. Proefke
7
#39
John A. Diemer
7
#39
Mark W. Verbrugge
7
#39
Paul W. Alexander
7
#39
Paul G. Otanez
7
#39
Robert S. McAlpine
7
#39
Thomas W. Nehl
7
#39
Xingcheng Xiao
7
#50
Alan W. Hayman
6
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