14. Ford Motor Co.: Company's inventiveness spreads inside, outside auto industry #DetroitNews

Leslie Green Special to Crain's Detroit Business - Top executive: Mark Fields, president and CEO Patents in 2015: 831 Score: 112.80 Inventiveness at Ford Motor Co. is increasing across the board, said Bill Coughlin, CEO of Ford Global Technologies. The automaker submitted about 6,000 new inventions for consideration last year, a 36 percent increase over 2014, and is making advances in technology related to electric vehicles, mobility, wearable devices, navigation and more.

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