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Christopher John May — 28 Patents

Ford: 19 patents #907 of 17,473Top 6%
ExxonMobil: 8 patents #1,392 of 10,161Top 15%
Novi, MI: #80 of 1,560 inventorsTop 6%
Michigan: #2,413 of 86,293 inventorsTop 3%
Overall (All Time): #134,628 of 4,157,543Top 4%
28 Patents All Time
Christopher John May has been granted 28 US patents while listed as an inventor at Ford. The first was granted in 1989 and the most recent in September 2023. Christopher John May ranks #134,628 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 3.2%). Patent records list Christopher John May in Novi, MI, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 1989 to 2023Bar chart with a peak of 6 patents in 2015.peak 61989: 1 patents19891992: 1 patents1993: 1 patents19931996: 1 patents2000: 1 patents20002002: 1 patents2003: 1 patents20032004: 1 patents2005: 1 patents20052012: 1 patents2015: 6 patents20152016: 1 patents2017: 3 patents20172018: 3 patents2019: 3 patents20192021: 1 patents2023: 1 patents2023

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–25 of 28 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
11767063 Extended roof reinforcement structure Joseph Prescott Hickey, Michael J. Kozak, Jamil M. Alwan, Chelliah Madasamy, Matthew B. Makowski +1 more 2023-09-26 $15,957,000
11136065 Extended roof reinforcement structure Joseph Prescott Hickey, Michael J. Kozak, Jamil M. Alwan, Chelliah Madasamy, Matthew B. Makowski +1 more 2021-10-05 $19,725,000
10464612 Header beam of a vehicle frame and method of forming the same John P. Joyce, Jack Lashbrook, Duncan Whipps, Darrin Neil Wagner 2019-11-05
10399602 Vehicle body including reinforcement on rocker panel GaRam Jun, Bret M. Kirchner, Chienhom Lee, Ken Garbinski 2019-09-03
10357817 Method of forming extruded tubing for vehicle body component S. George Luckey, Jr., Andrey M. Ilinich, Stephen Kernosky, Kiran Kumar Mallela, Brett D. Irick 2019-07-23 $10,370,000
10086422 Value stream process for forming vehicle rails from extruded aluminum tubes S. George Luckey, Jr., David John Hill, Peter A. Friedman, Stephen Kernosky, Andrey M. Ilinich 2018-10-02 $2,827,000
10065230 Methods of forming hollow extruded vehicle frame component for subassembly attachment John P. Joyce, Jack Lashbrook 2018-09-04 $2,865,000
9914483 Header beam of a vehicle frame and method of forming the same John P. Joyce, Jack Lashbrook, Duncan Whipps, Darrin Neil Wagner 2018-03-13 $4,896,000
9828035 Vehicle body reinforcing brace Abdelmonaam Sassi, Matthew B. Makowski, Frank Timm, Tofiqul Islam, Matthias Hofmann +1 more 2017-11-28 $4,301,000
9545657 Method of hydroforming an extruded aluminum tube with a flat nose corner radius Andrey M. Ilinich, Stephen Kernosky, S. George Luckey, Jr. 2017-01-17 $10,620,000
9533343 Aluminum porthole extruded tubing with locating feature S. George Luckey, Jr., Andrey M. Ilinich, Stephen Kernosky, Kiran Kumar Mallela, Brett D. Irick 2017-01-03 $6,774,000
9505447 Gap joint for closed section load transfer Duncan Whipps, Darrin Neil Wagner, Fubang Wu, John P. Joyce 2016-11-29 $6,847,000
9199293 Header beam of a vehicle frame and method of forming the same John P. Joyce, Jack Lashbrook, Duncan Whipps, Darrin Neil Wagner 2015-12-01 $13,923,000
9174680 Formation in hollow extruded vehicle frame component for subassembly attachment and method of forming the same John P. Joyce, Jack Lashbrook 2015-11-03 $5,045,000
9150258 Vehicle body structure and method for assembling same Vincent Anthony Chimento, Darrin Neil Wagner 2015-10-06 $7,175,000
9114835 Vehicle front end structure Dragan B. Stojkovic, Gerhard G. G. Lueschen, Darrin Neil Wagner 2015-08-25 $7,621,000
9079617 Vehicle front end joint Gerhard G. G. Lueschen, Dragan B. Stojkovic, Ernest Dicks, Jr., David Edward Paul, Darrin Neil Wagner 2015-07-14 $6,128,000
8998307 Header beam of a vehicle frame and method of forming the same John P. Joyce, Jack Lashbrook, Duncan Whipps, Darrin Neil Wagner 2015-04-07 $8,477,000
8262153 Vehicle pillar with opening having angled flange Darrin Neil Wagner, Rabin Bhojan, Dan O. Dague, John A. Speirs, Dennis P. Laakso 2012-09-11 $18,997,000
6974535 Hydroconversion process for making lubricating oil basestockes Ian A. Cody, William J. Murphy, John E. Gallagher, Joseph P. Boyle, Anne M. Zinicola +3 more 2005-12-13 $546,835,000
6734150 Lubricating oil compositions Jason Z. Gao, Jeffrey R. Torkelson, Paul Simon Woolley 2004-05-11 $128,750,000
6592748 Reffinate hydroconversion process Ian A. Cody, William J. Murphy, John E. Gallagher, Joseph P. Boyle, Anne M. Zinicola +3 more 2003-07-15 $420,474,000
6351223 System and method for reading and transmitting water meter data utilizing RF signals Andrew W. DeWeerd, Steven C. Tilka 2002-02-26
6136760 Reducing low temperature scanning brookfield gel index value in engine oils (LAW798) Bernd A. Koenitzer 2000-10-24 $492,465,000
5545237 Smoke reducing additive for two-cycle engine fuel mixture Jacob J. Habeeb 1996-08-13 $83,013,000