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Matthew D. Whitton — 30 Patents

General Motors: 30 patents #357 of 18,328Top 2%
Hartland, MI: #5 of 90 inventorsTop 6%
Michigan: #2,170 of 86,293 inventorsTop 3%
Overall (All Time): #121,623 of 4,157,543Top 3%
30 Patents All Time
Matthew D. Whitton has been granted 30 US patents while listed as an inventor at General Motors. The first was granted in 2005 and the most recent in March 2019. Matthew D. Whitton ranks #121,623 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 2.9%). Patent records list Matthew D. Whitton in Hartland, MI, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 2005 to 2019Bar chart with a peak of 6 patents in 2013.peak 62005: 1 patents20052006: 1 patents2007: 1 patents20072008: 1 patents2010: 1 patents20102012: 3 patents2013: 6 patents20132014: 5 patents2015: 2 patents20152016: 5 patents2017: 1 patents20172018: 1 patents2019: 2 patents2019

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 26–30 of 30 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
7643925 Automatic transmission clutch timing optimization apparatus and method 2010-01-05
7374513 Method and apparatus for adaptive control of closed throttle downshifts in an automatic transmission 2008-05-20 $9,633,000
7212898 Method and apparatus for adaptive control of power-on skip through neutral downshifts Robert L. Williams 2007-05-01 $13,223,000
7056263 Electronic clutch-to-clutch transmission control system 2006-06-06 $18,821,000
6915890 Learning method for oncoming clutch fill level and volume Steven P. Moorman, Joel H. Gunderson 2005-07-12 $20,283,000