General Motors remains the No. 1 innovator among 184 companies ranked by The Patent Board in its quarterly automotive and transportation industry scorecard. It is the third consecutive quarter that GM occupies the top spot.
The Patent Board analyzes intellectual property performance across 17 industries and determines the leader in each sector based on measurements that include the number of patents, impact on the industry and technology and science strength.
âWe are busy reinventing the automobile, and weâre doing it sustainably with our customers and the environment in mind,â said Alan Taub, GM vice president of R&D. âOne personâs vehicle needs can be quite different from the next, so weâre creating designs for various lifestyles â building in technology that delivers a fun, safe, and efficient ride.â
GM engineers imagine what is possible and turn that vision into tangible advanced technologies that can drive the industry. A majority of its patents are tied to improving fuel economy and reducing emissions. Earlier this year, the Clean Energy Patent Growth Index of U.S. patents ranked GM No. 1 in clean-energy patents across all industries for 2010.
GMâs first patent was awarded 90 years ago. Today that number exceeds 30,000.
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