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USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025
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Franz Winter — 13 Patents

General Motors: 5 patents #3,105 of 18,328Top 20%
VGVoith Sulzer Papiertechnik Patent Gmbh: 2 patents #78 of 224Top 35%
VGVdm Metals International Gmbh: 1 patents #10 of 32Top 35%
PSPeri Se: 1 patents #22 of 51Top 45%
Volkswagen: 1 patents #1,423 of 3,450Top 45%
BMW: 1 patents #2,183 of 5,361Top 45%
SGSiemens Vai Metals Technologies Gmbh: 1 patents #59 of 153Top 40%
Weißenhorn, DE: #6 of 55 inventorsTop 15%
Overall (All Time): #362,438 of 4,157,543Top 9%
13 Patents All Time
Franz Winter has been granted 13 US patents while listed as an inventor at General Motors. The first was granted in 1998 and the most recent in April 2025. Franz Winter ranks #362,438 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 8.7%). Patent records list Franz Winter in Weißenhorn, DE.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 1998 to 2025Bar chart with a peak of 2 patents in 2011.peak 21998: 1 patents19982000: 1 patents2001: 1 patents20012002: 1 patents2004: 1 patents20042010: 1 patents2011: 2 patents20112014: 2 patents2016: 1 patents20162022: 1 patents2025: 1 patents2025

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–13 of 13 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
12281485 Element receptacle 2025-04-22
11344968 Method for producing roll-bonded metal sheets Claudius Schindler, Franz-Josef Wahlers, Jutta Kloewer, Bodo Gehrmann, Heike Hattendorf 2022-05-31
9333845 Vehicle mounted fuel cell assembly Reiner Essinger, Thomas Vogel, Michael J. Gorman 2016-05-10 $8,485,000
8708857 Drive unit, particularly rear drive unit, for an all-wheel drive of a motor vehicle Veit Held, Richard Starck, Uwe Rued 2014-04-29 $6,283,000
8665437 Method of controlling a transformation process of charge material to a product Harald Fischer, Heinrich Rochus Mali, Johannes Schenk, Stefan Schuster, Bernhard Hailu Spuida +1 more 2014-03-04 $821,000
7955740 Fuel cell stack and hydrogen supply including a positive temperature coefficient ceramic heater Stefan Nettesheim 2011-06-07 $8,951,000
7878298 Fuel-cell exhaust system Wolfgang Heil, Steffen Doenitz, Michael J. Gorman 2011-02-01 $8,403,000
7718287 Compact anode flow shift design for small fuel cell vehicles Jens-Uwe Sparschuh, Reiner Essinger 2010-05-18
6761071 Method and device for measuring dimensions of hollow spaces and gaps 2004-07-13
6334930 Measurement device for quantitatively detecting constituents of a pulp/fluid mixture Wolfgang Griech, Rudolf Munch 2002-01-01
6319359 Process for quantitatively detecting constituents of a pulp/fluid mixture Wolfgang Griech, Rudolf Munch 2001-11-20
6139580 Joint endoprosthesis Anton Wurzinger 2000-10-31
5841030 Process for the determining the vibration characteristics of a body Wolfram Honsberg, Raymond Freymann, Hans Steinbichler 1998-11-24