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Markus Kraus — 23 Patents

GE: 10 patents #3,367 of 36,430Top 10%
JAJenbacher Aktiengesellschaft: 3 patents #1 of 15Top 7%
CGContinental Automotive Gmbh: 2 patents #828 of 2,324Top 40%
SCSchaeffler: 2 patents #830 of 2,365Top 40%
Siemens Aktiengesellschaft: 1 patents #10,653 of 22,248Top 50%
Robert Bosch Gmbh: 1 patents #10,465 of 19,740Top 55%
IOInnio Jenbacher Gmbh & Co Og: 1 patents #51 of 122Top 45%
JAJenbacher Energiesysteme Aktiengesellschaft: 1 patents #7 of 15Top 50%
ABAi Alpine Us Bidco: 1 patents #15 of 45Top 35%
Jenbach, AT: #1 of 35 inventorsTop 3%
Overall (All Time): #178,160 of 4,157,543Top 5%
23 Patents All Time
Markus Kraus has been granted 23 US patents while listed as an inventor at GE. The first was granted in 1995 and the most recent in November 2025. Markus Kraus ranks #178,160 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 4.3%). Patent records list Markus Kraus in Jenbach, AT.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 1995 to 2024Bar chart with a peak of 3 patents in 2013.peak 31995: 1 patents19952002: 1 patents2004: 1 patents20042006: 2 patents2007: 1 patents20072009: 1 patents2010: 1 patents20102012: 1 patents2013: 3 patents20132014: 2 patents2015: 3 patents20152016: 1 patents2019: 1 patents20192021: 2 patents2024: 1 patents2024

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–23 of 23 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
12479036 Twist drill bit having a cutting tip with a stepped structure 2025-11-25
11984705 System and method for spark plug identification and engine monitoring Viswanathan Kanakasabai, Suma Memana Narayana Bhat, Thomas Mai 2024-05-14
10995725 Control device for a multiplicity of actuators of an internal combustion engine Johann Hirzinger-Unterrainer, Scott Mann 2021-05-04
10889155 Device for adjusting the height of a motor vehicle body Christian Harkort, Szilard Josvai, Michael Loos 2021-01-12
10414226 Switchable bearing bush for a motor vehicle Daniel Faber, Hartmut Krehmer, Markus Bäuml, Jürgen Bauer, Benjamin Wübbolt-Gorbatenko 2019-09-17
9329101 End-position-monitoring of a gas injector Moritz Frohlich, Markus Kröll 2016-05-03
9212648 Laser spark plug Friedrich Gruber 2015-12-15
9133813 Flow-protection device on a laser spark plug for improving the ignition behavior Martin Weinrotter, Pascal Woerner, Friedrich Gruber 2015-09-15
9091615 Method for monitoring the functional software of control devices in a control device system Tino Kerejewski, Kai Wollenschläger 2015-07-28
8826876 Laser spark plug for an internal combustion engine Friedrich Gruber 2014-09-09
8810117 Spark plug having a hole for adjustment Jochen Fuchs 2014-08-19
8607770 Ignition device for an internal combustion engine Arno Gschirr, Markus Kröll 2013-12-17
8392046 Monitoring the functional reliability of an internal combustion engine Dirk Geyer, Marco Kick 2013-03-05
8365689 Internal combustion engine ignition device Friedrich Gruber 2013-02-05
8191530 Device for igniting a fuel/air mixture Friedrich Gruber, Hang Lu 2012-06-05
7644707 Ignition device for an internal combustion engine Arno Gschirr, Markus Kröll 2010-01-12
7556016 Method and device for operating an internal combustion engine Kai Wollenschläger 2009-07-07 $1,356,000
7252078 Spark plug connector Arno Gschirr, Markus Kröll 2007-08-07
7146957 Internal combustion engine Diethard Plohberger, Stephan Laiminger, Thomas Guggenberger 2006-12-12
7025027 Channel-shaped connection device for electrical lines of internal combustion engines Florian Virchow 2006-04-11
6729317 Ignition system with an ignition coil 2004-05-04
6352069 Ignition coil for internal combustion engines Franz Pockstaller 2002-03-05
5461315 High voltage transformer for the continuous monitoring of high voltage characteristics in a combustion engine 1995-10-24