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Robert D. Burns — 7 Patents

General Motors: 3 patents #4,723 of 18,328Top 30%
Honeywell: 2 patents #8,111 of 16,504Top 50%
Lake Orion, MI: #104 of 676 inventorsTop 20%
Michigan: #13,705 of 86,293 inventorsTop 20%
Overall (All Time): #680,018 of 4,157,543Top 20%
7 Patents All Time
Robert D. Burns has been granted 7 US patents while listed as an inventor at General Motors. The first was granted in 1994 and the most recent in August 2025. Robert D. Burns ranks #680,018 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 16.4%). Patent records list Robert D. Burns in Lake Orion, MI, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 1994 to 2025Bar chart with a peak of 2 patents in 1994.peak 21994: 2 patents19941999: 1 patents19992000: 1 patents20002007: 1 patents20072010: 1 patents20102025: 1 patents2025

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–7 of 7 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
12391281 Responses to vulnerable road user's adversarial behavior Alaa M. Khamis, Wei Tong 2025-08-19
7769505 Method of operating a plug-in hybrid electric vehicle Eric M. Rask, Mark A. Theobald 2010-08-03
7278940 Powertrain with electrically variable transmission providing improved gradeability Anthony P. Tata, Kyle K. Kinsey, Brendan M. Conlon, Donald Pfaff, Mark A. Theobald +1 more 2007-10-09 $17,829,000
6015217 Uniform epaulet-coupled emergency flashlight David Colangelo 2000-01-18
5937641 Catalytic converter for exhaust gases having a high surface area catalytic core element Donald W. Graham, Samual R. Hollingsworth, Jr., Michael D. Mitchell, Sokhorn Eam 1999-08-17
5341298 Throttle traction control for automotive vehicle William A. Singleton 1994-08-23 $3,771,000
5288139 Electropneumatic braking system William A. Singleton 1994-02-22 $7,797,000