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John Smiley — 9 Patents

Ford: 8 patents #2,237 of 17,473Top 15%
Southfield, MI: #89 of 906 inventorsTop 10%
Michigan: #10,673 of 86,293 inventorsTop 15%
Overall (All Time): #535,341 of 4,157,543Top 15%
9 Patents All Time
John Smiley has been granted 9 US patents while listed as an inventor at Ford. The first was granted in 2009 and the most recent in May 2021. John Smiley ranks #535,341 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 12.9%). Patent records list John Smiley in Southfield, MI, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 2009 to 2021Bar chart with a peak of 2 patents in 2015.peak 22009: 1 patents20092014: 1 patents20142015: 2 patents20152016: 2 patents20162018: 1 patents20182020: 1 patents20202021: 1 patents2021

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–9 of 9 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
11002179 Methods and systems for control of coolant flow through an engine coolant system David Karl Bidner, James Thomas Gooden, Amey Y. Karnik 2021-05-11 $11,202,000
10690042 Methods and systems for coolant system Amey Y. Karnik, Zhaoyang Zeng, David Karl Bidner 2020-06-23 $7,002,000
10060333 Systems and methods for engine coolant system diagnostics Sitaram Rejeti, Robert Roy Jentz, Aed M. Dudar, Joseph Lyle Thomas 2018-08-28 $2,343,000
9453439 Approach for variable pressure oil injection David Karl Bidner, Brad Alan VanDerWege, John Eric Rollinger 2016-09-27 $7,656,000
9239130 Support hanger for worm drive saw 2016-01-19
9114796 Inlet air temperature sensor diagnostics Douglas Raymond Martin, Michael Stephen Sweppy, Matthew David Smith 2015-08-25 $7,621,000
9022647 Engine cooling system control Robert Roy Jentz, Ross Dykstra Pursifull, John Eric Rollinger 2015-05-05 $14,869,000
8739746 Variable oil pump diagnostic David Karl Bidner, John Eric Rollinger, Ed Badillo 2014-06-03 $11,552,000
7613554 System and method for demonstrating functionality of on-board diagnostics for vehicles John Eric Rollinger, Paul A. Pietrzyk, Duncan Borthwick, Gregory Sapick, Marian Chipa +2 more 2009-11-03 $41,142,000