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Michael Frank Schmidt — 35 Patents

General Motors: 25 patents #485 of 18,328Top 3%
Robert Bosch Gmbh: 4 patents #4,370 of 19,740Top 25%
WAWaylens: 3 patents #4 of 14Top 30%
ASAdient Luxembourg Holding S.A.R.L.: 1 patents #64 of 176Top 40%
HGHigh Q Laser Gmbh: 1 patents #4 of 12Top 35%
Ford: 1 patents #9,400 of 17,473Top 55%
Overall (All Time): #96,288 of 4,157,543Top 3%
35 Patents All Time
Michael Frank Schmidt has been granted 35 US patents while listed as an inventor at General Motors. The first was granted in 2002 and the most recent in September 2025. Michael Frank Schmidt ranks #96,288 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 2.3%). Patent records list Michael Frank Schmidt in Landgut Burg, AZ, DE.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 2002 to 2025Bar chart with a peak of 9 patents in 2023.peak 92002: 1 patents20022016: 2 patents20162017: 1 patents20172018: 2 patents20182020: 2 patents20202021: 3 patents20212022: 4 patents20222023: 9 patents20232024: 6 patents20242025: 5 patents2025

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–25 of 35 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
12407007 Method for operating a fuel cell system and control device for same Helerson Kemmer, Ingo Brauer, Felix Guenther 2025-09-02
12332657 Centrally dispatched power supply using autonomous electric vehicle fleet Tracy Cheung, Adam Mandel-Senft, Daniel Henry Curzon 2025-06-17
12308489 Method for operating a fuel cell system and control device Ingo Brauer, Felix Guenther 2025-05-20
12269361 System and method to dynamically suppress noise at electric vehicle charging sites Jeffrey Brandon, Darren Hau, Samuel Harrison Glidden 2025-04-08
12194187 System and method for automated detection and disinfection of a fleet of autonomous vehicles Samuel Harrison Glidden, Erik Nielsen, Sriram Salem Kannan, Kenneth Ramon Ferguson, Maximilian Gerrit Euchenhofer 2025-01-14
12136303 Automated inspection of autonomous vehicle lights Jeffrey Brandon, Erik Nielsen, Chase Kaufman 2024-11-05
12083955 Dynamic inter-vehicle communication regarding risk detected based on vehicle sensor measurements Divya Thakur, Rajat S. Basu, Jeffrey Brandon, Daniel Kan 2024-09-10
12084084 Adjustable automatic window tinting for autonomous vehicles Kenneth Ramon Ferguson, Samuel Harrison Glidden, Maximilian Gerrit Euchenhofer, Jeffrey Brandon 2024-09-10
12030369 System and method for malodor detection and remediation Samuel Harrison Glidden, Chase Kaufman, Kyle Vogt 2024-07-09
11921511 Automated inspection of autonomous vehicle equipment Adam Mandel-Senft, Tracy Cheung 2024-03-05
11910271 Communication between autonomous vehicles and operations personnel Sriram Salem Kannan 2024-02-20
11823508 Automated inspection of autonomous vehicle lights Jeffrey Brandon, Erik Nielsen, Chase Kaufman 2023-11-21
11771786 System and method for automated detection and disinfection of a fleet of autonomous vehicles Samuel Harrison Glidden, Erik Nielsen, Sriram Salem Kannan, Kenneth Ramon Ferguson, Maximilian Gerrit Euchenhofer 2023-10-03
11763609 Predictive maintenance and diagnostics using modular condition monitoring Samuel Harrison Glidden, Erik Nielsen, Chase Kaufman 2023-09-19
11687078 System and method for energy efficient prognostics Chase Kaufman, Samuel Harrison Glidden, Erik Nielsen, Jason Lee 2023-06-27
11654935 Adjustable automatic window tinting for autonomous vehicles Kenneth Ramon Ferguson, Samuel Harrison Glidden, Maximilian Gerrit Euchenhofer, Jeffrey Brandon 2023-05-23
11642940 System and method for malodor detection and remediation Samuel Harrison Glidden, Chase Kaufman, Kyle Vogt 2023-05-09
11635771 Centrally dispatched power supply using autonomous electric vehicle fleet Tracy Cheung, Adam Mandel-Senft, Daniel Henry Curzon 2023-04-25
11632650 Communication between autonomous vehicles and operations personnel Sriram Salem Kannan 2023-04-18
11543822 Automated inspection of autonomous vehicle equipment Adam Mandel-Senft, Tracy Cheung 2023-01-03
11455849 Automated inspection of autonomous vehicle lights Jeffrey Brandon, Erik Nielsen, Chase Kaufman 2022-09-27
11294373 System and method for energy efficient prognostics Chase Kaufman, Samuel Harrison Glidden, Erik Nielsen, Jason Lee 2022-04-05
11260850 Method for influencing driving dynamics of a vehicle, and driving dynamics controller Simon Weissenmayer 2022-03-01 $6,146,000
11214160 System for automated charging of autonomous vehicles Adam Mandel-Senft, Robert Tweedy, Kyle Vogt, Divya Thakur 2022-01-04
11113906 Predictive maintenance and diagnostics using modular condition monitoring Samuel Harrison Glidden, Erik Nielsen, Chase Kaufman 2021-09-07