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David Watson — 19 Patents

Ford: 19 patents #907 of 17,473Top 6%
Ann Arbor, MI: #440 of 6,071 inventorsTop 8%
Michigan: #4,375 of 86,293 inventorsTop 6%
Overall (All Time): #229,345 of 4,157,543Top 6%
19 Patents All Time
David Watson has been granted 19 US patents while listed as an inventor at Ford. The first was granted in 2011 and the most recent in October 2019. David Watson ranks #229,345 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 5.5%). Patent records list David Watson in Ann Arbor, MI, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 2011 to 2019Bar chart with a peak of 5 patents in 2011.peak 52011: 5 patents20112012: 3 patents20122013: 2 patents20132014: 3 patents20142015: 1 patents20152016: 1 patents20162017: 1 patents20172018: 1 patents20182019: 2 patents2019

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–19 of 19 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
10436601 Information display system and method Dale Gilman, Paul Aldighieri, Craig Sandvig, Leslie Bodnar, Jeffrey Allen Greenberg +1 more 2019-10-08
10421420 Methods and apparatus for reporting state of charge in electric vehicles Ryan J. Skaff, Derek Hartl, Paul Aldighieri, Jeffrey Allen Greenberg, Dale Gilman +4 more 2019-09-24
9919693 Regenerative braking feedback display and method Paul Aldighieri, Jeffrey Allen Greenberg, Dale Gilman, Ryan J. Skaff, Dale Scott Crombez +1 more 2018-03-20 $5,258,000
9696176 Information display system and method Dale Gilman, Paul Aldighieri, Craig Sandvig, Leslie Bodnar, Jeffrey Allen Greenberg +1 more 2017-07-04
9506781 Vehicle information display and method Ryan J. Skaff, Derek Hartl, Paul Stephen Bryan, Angela L. Watson 2016-11-29 $6,847,000
9081648 Software architecture for developing in-vehicle software applications Hari Srinivasan, Matthew Whitaker, Emily Reyna 2015-07-14 $6,128,000
8874344 Regenerative braking feedback display and method Paul Aldighieri, Jeffrey Allen Greenberg, Dale Gilman, Ryan J. Skaff, Dale Scott Crombez +1 more 2014-10-28 $18,939,000
8755994 Information display system and method Dale Gilman, Paul Aldighieri, Angela L. Watson, Craig Sandvig, Leslie Bodnar +1 more 2014-06-17 $20,357,000
8670885 Information display system and method Dale Gilman, Paul Aldighieri, Angela L. Watson, Craig Sandvig, Leslie Bodnar +1 more 2014-03-11 $15,867,000
8536996 Vehicle information display and method Angela L. Watson, Sohel Merchant, Craig Sandvig, Ivette Hernandez, Steven Bishop +8 more 2013-09-17 $14,349,000
8464578 Multi-functional vehicle fuel display Angela L. Watson, Steven Bishop, Sohel Merchant, Craig Sandvig, Ivette Hernandez +3 more 2013-06-18 $14,373,000
8207841 Vehicle information display and method Angela L. Watson, Sohel Merchant, Craig Sandvig, Ivette Hernandez, Steven Bishop +8 more 2012-06-26 $11,454,000
8161454 Software architecture for developing in-vehicle software applications Hari Srinivasan, Matthew Whitaker, Emily Reyna 2012-04-17 $18,438,000
8120478 Vehicle information display and method Ryan J. Skaff, Derek Hartl, Angela L. Watson, Paul Stephen Bryan, John Shutko 2012-02-21 $17,461,000
8082774 Multi-functional vehicle fuel display Angela L. Watson, Steven Bishop, Sohel Merchant, Craig Sandvig, Ivette Hernandez +3 more 2011-12-27 $38,104,000
7996125 System and method for displaying vehicle efficiency Ryan J. Skaff, Robert Jay Louch, Anthony Howard, Stephen Burke, Angela L. Watson +2 more 2011-08-09 $26,659,000
7983807 System and method for displaying vehicle efficiency Ryan J. Skaff, Robert Jay Louch, Anthony Howard, Stephen Burke, Angela L. Watson +2 more 2011-07-19 $31,846,000
7898405 Vehicle information display and method Stephen Burke, Angela L. Watson, Michael Lerman, Ryan J. Skaff 2011-03-01 $41,056,000
7865276 System and method for displaying an overall efficiency of a hybrid electric vehicle Ryan J. Skaff, Robert Jay Louch, Anthony Howard, Stephen Burke, Angela L. Watson +2 more 2011-01-04 $44,247,000