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Brian J. Koch — 82 Patents

General Motors: 82 patents #61 of 18,328Top 1%
Berkley, MI: #2 of 232 inventorsTop 1%
Michigan: #341 of 86,293 inventorsTop 1%
Overall (All Time): #21,533 of 4,157,543Top 1%
82 Patents All Time
Brian J. Koch has been granted 82 US patents while listed as an inventor at General Motors. The first was granted in 1994 and the most recent in September 2025. Brian J. Koch ranks #21,533 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 0.52%). Patent records list Brian J. Koch in Berkley, MI, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 1994 to 2025Bar chart with a peak of 10 patents in 2019.peak 101994: 1 patents19942001: 2 patents2002: 1 patents2003: 1 patents20032006: 1 patents2008: 2 patents2009: 1 patents20092010: 2 patents2011: 4 patents2012: 7 patents20122013: 6 patents2014: 1 patents2015: 3 patents20152016: 9 patents2017: 2 patents2018: 1 patents20182019: 10 patents2020: 4 patents2021: 3 patents20212022: 5 patents2023: 5 patents2024: 5 patents20242025: 6 patents2025

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–25 of 82 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
12418057 System and method for detecting a lithium dendrite in a battery cell Gayatri Vyas Dadheech, Mark W. Verbrugge, Jing Gao, Alok Warey 2025-09-16
12362585 Method and system for charging a lithium metal battery Jing Gao 2025-07-15
12362403 Electrode separator with piezoelectric layer for in-stack pressure sensing and dendrite cleaning Jing Gao, Zhe Li, Xingcheng Xiao, Michael A. Lelli, Dave G. Rich 2025-07-15
12355104 Multifunctional electrode separator assemblies with built-in reference electrodes and thermal enhancements Jing Gao, Xingcheng Xiao, Mark W. Verbrugge 2025-07-08
12351043 Electrochemical systems, methods, and devices using stacked electrode assemblies with in-stack sensor arrays Jing Gao, Taylor R. Garrick 2025-07-08
12308448 Battery cell enclosure with anti-gravity electrolyte distribution Jing Gao, Yanyan Zhang, Zhe Li, Daniel J. Wilson, Xingcheng Xiao 2025-05-20
12182990 Battery component inspection based on optical and thermal imaging Wei Zeng, Scott E. Parrish, Jing Gao, Xingcheng Xiao 2024-12-31 $28,936,000
12148897 Electrochemical cell monitoring assembly Jing Gao, Gayatri Vyas Dadheech, Mark W. Verbrugge, Alok Warey, James R. Salvador +1 more 2024-11-19 $21,547,000
12113184 Thin-film reference electrodes, electrochemical devices including thin-film reference electrodes, and methods of making thin-film reference electrodes Jing Gao, Zhe Li, Alfred Zhang, Gayatri Vyas Dadheech 2024-10-08 $15,145,000
12002932 Surface reforming of negative electrode layers Jing Gao, Xingcheng Xiao 2024-06-04 $39,766,000
11973200 Reference electrode assembly and method of manufacturing the same Gayatri Vyas Dadheech, Mark W. Verbrugge, Alok Warey, Jing Gao 2024-04-30 $29,531,000
11813958 Automated reference electrode management Jing Gao, Alfred Zhang, Alok Warey, Jason A. Graetz, Chia-Ming Chang +3 more 2023-11-14 $16,808,000
11710864 Thin-film reference electrodes, electrochemical devices including thin-film reference electrodes, and methods of making thin-film reference electrodes Jing Gao, Zhe Li, Alfred Zhang, Gayatri Vyas Dadheech 2023-07-25 $31,986,000
11691531 Adaptation of charge current limits for a rechargeable energy storage system Orlando Ward-Santos 2023-07-04
11658304 Composite reference electrode substrate and methods relating thereto Yucong Wang, Zhe Li, Jing Gao 2023-05-23 $14,600,000
11592493 Method and system for battery capacity estimation using voltage slope capacity and dynamic anchors Alfred Zhang, Justin Bunnell, Garrett M. Seeman, Jeffrey S. Piasecki, Charles W. Wampler, II +4 more 2023-02-28 $36,625,000
11525742 Temperature sensor Alfred Zhang, Gayatri Vyas Dadheech, Jing Gao 2022-12-13 $28,350,000
11374268 Thin-film reference electrodes, electrochemical devices including thin-film reference electrodes, and methods of making thin-film reference electrodes Jing Gao, Zhe Li, Alfred Zhang, Gayatri Vyas Dadheech 2022-06-28 $27,830,000
11303136 Cell-mounted application specific integrated circuits for battery sensing Pablo Valencia, Jr., Alok Warey 2022-04-12 $15,071,000
11245105 Reference electrode assemblies including thin, porous current collectors and methods of manufacturing thin, porous current collectors Gayatri Vyas Dadheech, Alfred Zhang, Robert S. Conell, Jing Gao 2022-02-08 $40,789,000
11225169 Management system with supervisory control for rechargeable energy storage device in electric vehicle Yue Wang, Lei Hao, Jeffrey S. Piasecki, Garrett M. Seeman 2022-01-18 $59,495,000
11171385 Method of forming a separator for a lithium-ion battery Hongliang Wang, Michael P. Balogh, Sean Robert Wagner 2021-11-09 $27,901,000
11091055 Intelligent motor vehicles, charging systems, and control logic for governing vehicle grid integration operations James E. Tarchinski 2021-08-17 $37,007,000
10919408 Controlling operation of device with rechargeable energy storage pack based on propulsion loss assessment Azeem Sarwar, Xiangxing Lu, Ciro A. Spigno, Ryan B. Moulliet, Jeffrey S. Piasecki +4 more 2021-02-16 $45,829,000
10700376 Methods for fast-charging and detecting lithium plating in lithium ion batteries 2020-06-30 $11,542,000