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Ryan Edwin Hanson — 48 Patents

Ford: 37 patents #386 of 17,473Top 3%
Applied Materials: 10 patents #1,301 of 7,310Top 20%
VTVisteon Global Technologies: 1 patents #779 of 83Top 940%
Livonia, MI: #15 of 1,586 inventorsTop 1%
Michigan: #1,001 of 86,293 inventorsTop 2%
Overall (All Time): #57,596 of 4,157,543Top 2%
48 Patents All Time
Ryan Edwin Hanson has been granted 48 US patents while listed as an inventor at Ford. The first was granted in 2002 and the most recent in August 2025. Ryan Edwin Hanson ranks #57,596 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 1.4%). Patent records list Ryan Edwin Hanson in Livonia, MI, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 2002 to 2025Bar chart with a peak of 9 patents in 2024.peak 92002: 1 patents20022009: 1 patents2013: 3 patents20132016: 1 patents2017: 6 patents20172018: 4 patents2019: 1 patents20192020: 4 patents2021: 1 patents20212022: 6 patents2023: 6 patents20232024: 9 patents2025: 5 patents2025

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–25 of 48 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
12382169 Activation of facial recognition Vivekanandh Elangovan, John Robert Van Wiemeersch, Brendan Diamond, Stuart C. Salter 2025-08-05
12351181 Roadside infrastructure detection, localization, and monitoring Vivekanandh Elangovan, John Robert Van Wiemeersch 2025-07-08
12235107 Systems and methods for use of a vehicle to conduct a site survey operation Stuart C. Salter, Hussein H. Berry, John Robert Van Wiemeersch, Vivekanandh Elangovan 2025-02-25
12212900 Automated projector image optimization system, vehicle including the same, and associated method Brendan Diamond, John Robert Van Wiemeersch, Keith Weston, Stuart C. Salter 2025-01-28
12204021 Systems and methods for a ground-penetrating tailgate sensor system Stuart C. Salter, Terry Lobsinger, Paul Kenneth Dellock, John Robert Van Wiemeersch, Vivekanandh Elangovan 2025-01-21
12162478 Obstacle maneuver assistance systems and methods for vehicles Pietro Buttolo, John Robert Van Wiemeersch 2024-12-10 $14,575,000
12157433 Secondary authentication John Robert Van Wiemeersch 2024-12-03 $18,435,000
12140663 Systems and methods for a tailgate sensor system Stuart C. Salter, Terry Lobsinger, Paul Kenneth Dellock, John Robert Van Wiemeersch, Vivekanandh Elangovan 2024-11-12 $13,385,000
12103494 Facial recognition entry system with secondary authentication John Robert Van Wiemeersch 2024-10-01 $16,962,000
12010114 Delayed biometric authorization John Robert Van Wiemeersch 2024-06-11 $9,368,000
11999252 Roadway charging coil alignment and monitoring John Robert Van Wiemeersch, Vivekanandh Elangovan 2024-06-04 $27,087,000
11967184 Counterfeit image detection Ali Hassani, Jonathan Diedrich, Hafiz Malik, David Hiskens 2024-04-23 $13,978,000
11945403 Progressive lockout policy for deviceless vehicle access and remote lockout management interface Ali Hassani, Hemanth Yadav Aradhyula, John Robert Van Wiemeersch, Hamid M. Golgiri 2024-04-02 $19,923,000
11932198 Vehicle transfer key management system Ali Hassani, John Robert Van Wiemeersch, Aaron Matthew DeLong 2024-03-19 $11,297,000
11845442 Systems and methods for driver presence and position detection Pietro Buttolo, John Robert Van Wiemeersch 2023-12-19 $15,553,000
11769313 Counterfeit image detection Ali Hassani, Jonathan Diedrich, Hafiz Malik, Robert Parenti 2023-09-26 $15,957,000
11752974 Systems and methods for head position interpolation for user tracking Ali Hassani, Lawrence Chikeziri Amadi 2023-09-12 $7,721,000
11691511 Redundant vehicle controls based on user presence and position Pietro Buttolo, John Robert Van Wiemeersch 2023-07-04
11625145 Automotive touchscreen with simulated texture for the visually impaired John Robert Van Wiemeersch 2023-04-11 $9,155,000
11624214 Time of flight based security for multiple key fobs Vivekanandh Elangovan, Michael Hrecznyj, John Robert Van Wiemeersch 2023-04-11 $9,155,000
11509833 Illumination control for vehicle sensors Ali Hassani 2022-11-22 $16,564,000
11414051 Keyed-alike phone-based keys Ali Hassani, Hamid M. Golgiri, Kevin Thomas Hille 2022-08-16 $23,092,000
11390249 Vehicle vision system Ali Hassani 2022-07-19 $17,157,000
11377069 Vehicle authorization management Ali Hassani, John Robert Van Wiemeersch 2022-07-05 $17,471,000
11370392 Authentication PIN collision prevention for autonomous vehicles Hamid M. Golgiri, Ali Hassani, Howard Paul Tsvi Linden, Daniel M. King 2022-06-28 $12,337,000