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Ryan McMichael — 38 Patents

ZOZoox: 29 patents #20 of 609Top 4%
PAPanosense: 8 patents #1 of 12Top 9%
Mountain View, CA: #412 of 11,022 inventorsTop 4%
California: #12,412 of 386,348 inventorsTop 4%
Overall (All Time): #84,675 of 4,157,543Top 3%
38 Patents All Time
Ryan McMichael has been granted 38 US patents while listed as an inventor at Zoox. The first was granted in 2018 and the most recent in November 2025. Ryan McMichael ranks #84,675 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 2.0%). Patent records list Ryan McMichael in Mountain View, CA, US.

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Showing 1–25 of 38 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDate
12481066 Lidar sensor with embedded photodetector Jesse Sol Levinson, Robert Nicholas Moor, Mohammad Umar Piracha 2025-11-25
12174299 Glare detection in sensor data Yongzhe Chen, Samuel Holladay, Turhan Karadeniz, Subasingha Shaminda Subasingha, Joseph Patrick Warga +2 more 2024-12-24
12072466 Detecting dark objects in stray light halos Robert Nicholas Moor, Sasidhar Saladi, Haiming Wang 2024-08-27
12055666 Lidar system Adam L. Berger, Brian Pilnick, Denis Nikitin, Riley Andrews 2024-08-06
11988775 Dynamic sensor illumination Harrison Thomas Waschura, Turhan Karadeniz, Robert Nicholas Moor, Denis Nikitin, Subasingha Shaminda Subasingha +2 more 2024-05-21
11953623 Sensor pod assembly Derek Adams, Daniel Glenn Johnson, Christopher William Labadie, Daniel Miller, Peter Thomas Mitros +3 more 2024-04-09
11921261 Lens assembly for sensors Robert Nicholas Moor, Joseph Patrick Warga, Lee Tsung, Clark Pentico 2024-03-05
11858524 Vehicle sensor degradation testing Holly Ho, Christopher William Labadie, Joseph Patrick Warga 2024-01-02
11860374 Lens assembly for a LIDAR system 2024-01-02
11842576 Sensor degradation monitor Christopher David Canady, Irene Perali, Sandra Ruiz 2023-12-12
11760313 Sensor pod cleaning system Derek Adams, Daniel Glenn Johnson, Christopher William Labadie, Daniel Miller, Peter Thomas Mitros +3 more 2023-09-19
11753003 Surface normal determination for LIDAR range samples by detecting probe pulse stretching Adam L. Berger, Bertrand Robert Douillard 2023-09-12
11740335 Identifying and/or removing false positive detections from LIDAR sensor output Sreevatsan Bhaskaran, Mehran Ferdowsi, Subasingha Shaminda Subasingha 2023-08-29
11623585 Sensor pod coverage and placement on vehicle Derek Adams, Daniel Glenn Johnson, Christopher William Labadie, Daniel Miller, Peter Thomas Mitros +3 more 2023-04-11
11572080 Sensor degradation monitor Christopher David Canady, Irene Perali, Alejandro Ruiz 2023-02-07
11529916 Multiplexing sensor data Turhan Karadeniz, Garen Khanoyan 2022-12-20
11500067 Time of flight sensor system and lens Robert Nicholas Moor, Joseph Patrick Warga, Silas Kogure Wilkinson 2022-11-15
11500075 Identifying and/or removing ghost detections from lidar sensor output Sreevatsan Bhaskaran, Mehran Ferdowsi, Subasingha Shaminda Subasingha 2022-11-15
11480686 Identifying and/or removing false positive detections from lidar sensor output Sreevatsan Bhaskaran, Mehran Ferdowsi, Subasingha Shaminda Subasingha 2022-10-25
11397253 LIDAR sensor assembly calibration based on reference surface Adam L. Berger, Riley Andrews, Denis Nikitin, Brian Alexander Pesch, Brian Pilnick 2022-07-26
11353590 Sensor pod calibration Derek Adams, Daniel Glenn Johnson, Christopher William Labadie, Daniel Miller, Peter Thomas Mitros +3 more 2022-06-07
11305724 Pedestrian protection system for sensor pods Derek Adams, Daniel Glenn Johnson, Christopher William Labadie, Daniel Miller, Peter Thomas Mitros +3 more 2022-04-19
11255951 Aligning optical components in LIDAR systems Adam L. Berger, Brian Pilnick, Denis Nikitin, Brian Alexander Pesch 2022-02-22
11231490 Laser power cailibration and correction Adam L. Berger, Riley Andrews, Denis Nikitin, Brian Pilnick 2022-01-25
11176426 Sensor obstruction detection and mitigation using vibration and/or heat Daniel Elliot Schabb, Anubhav Thakur, Timothy David Kentley-Klay, Jon Torrey 2021-11-16