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Thomas M. Forest — 42 Patents

General Motors: 42 patents #219 of 18,328Top 2%
Daimlerchrysler Ag: 3 patents #620 of 4,854Top 15%
Robert Bosch Gmbh: 3 patents #5,512 of 19,740Top 30%
BMW: 3 patents #782 of 5,361Top 15%
FSFreeescale Semiconductor: 2 patents #1,335 of 3,767Top 40%
NBNxp B.V.: 2 patents #1,098 of 3,591Top 35%
Motorola: 1 patents #9,974 of 14,142Top 75%
Philips: 1 patents #3,761 of 7,731Top 50%
Waldenburg, MI: #8 of 103 inventorsTop 8%
Michigan: #1,253 of 86,293 inventorsTop 2%
Overall (All Time): #72,062 of 4,157,543Top 2%
42 Patents All Time
Thomas M. Forest has been granted 42 US patents while listed as an inventor at General Motors. The first was granted in 2002 and the most recent in October 2025. Thomas M. Forest ranks #72,062 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 1.7%). Patent records list Thomas M. Forest in Waldenburg, MI, US.

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–25 of 42 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
12438728 Message authentication system including a network device having security proxy support Markus Jochim, Mohamed A. Layouni 2025-10-07
12363216 Establishing a connection between a mobile device and a vehicle Mohamed A. Layouni, Markus Jochim 2025-07-15
12348493 Message authentication system including a network device having a lightweight security module Markus Jochim, Mohamed A. Layouni 2025-07-01
12335732 Detecting spoofed ethernet frames within an autosar communication stack Mohamed A. Layouni, Vinaya Rayapeta, Manohar Reddy Nanjundappa, Karl B. Leboeuf 2025-06-17
12321499 Software update protection system Karl B. Leboeuf, Brian Farrell 2025-06-03
12015422 Data integrity checking between circuits Brian Farrell, Karl B. Leboeuf, Kenneth W. Junk 2024-06-18 $21,532,000
11804981 Method and apparatus for providing an individually secure system to multiple distrusting parties Brian Farrell, David M. Nairn 2023-10-31 $17,443,000
11728985 Fault tolerant provisioning verification for cryptographic keys Brian Farrell, David W. Racklyeft 2023-08-15 $14,531,000
10951607 Authentication methods and systems Mohamed A. Layouni 2021-03-16 $53,403,000
10729328 Optical based impairment detection systems and methods William A. Biondo, David T. Proefke 2020-08-04 $26,208,000
10264399 Location-based vehicle wireless communications Robert A. Hrabak, John Sergakis, Nadav Lavi 2019-04-16 $16,451,000
10211990 Authenticating messages sent over a vehicle bus that include message authentication codes David M. Nairn, Padma Sundaram, Mohammed Abdulla Yousuf 2019-02-19 $20,995,000
10055919 Relay-attack deterrence relay-attack deterrence Ron Y. Asmar, Thomas E. Utter, Aaron P. Creguer, David T. Proefke 2018-08-21 $9,824,000
10038565 Methods and systems for bypassing authenticity checks for secure control modules Ansaf I. Alrabady, Kevin M. Baltes, J. David Rosa, Alan D. Wist 2018-07-31 $13,022,000
9998494 Methods and apparatus for secure communication in a vehicle-based data communication system David M. Nairn 2018-06-12 $11,223,000
9912754 Vehicular data isolation device Corey Wideman, Kevin M. Baltes, Joseph E. Ploucha, Michael L. Imel 2018-03-06 $8,989,000
9866542 Responding to electronic in-vehicle intrusions Kevin M. Baltes, Joseph E. Ploucha 2018-01-09 $11,873,000
9766454 Dual output headlight system for a vehicle Jarvis Chau 2017-09-19 $11,992,000
9571284 Controlling access to personal information stored in a vehicle using a cryptographic key Karl B. Leboeuf, William E. Mazzara, Jr., Vadim Draluk 2017-02-14 $14,854,000
9425963 Securing electronic control units using message authentication codes David M. Nairn 2016-08-23 $12,636,000
9280653 Security access method for automotive electronic control units 2016-03-08 $9,310,000
9156438 Attack resistant theft deterrent system William A. Biondo, David T. Proefke 2015-10-13 $9,480,000
9042579 Mitigating the effects of audio interruptions via adaptive automated fast audio playback Markus Jochim 2015-05-26 $16,404,000
9021246 Method to replace bootloader public key Kevin M. Baltes, Mark H. Costin, Ansaf I. Alrabady 2015-04-28 $7,276,000
8978160 Method for selective software rollback Ansaf I. Alrabady, Kevin M. Baltes 2015-03-10 $15,114,000