24. General Motors Co.: GM's plan for patents to invent, commercialize and repeat #DetroitNews

Leslie Green Special to Crain's Detroit Business - Top executive: Mary Barra Patents in 2015: 1,066 Score: 102.80 For the past year, Mary Barra, CEO of General Motors Co., has been telling staff and media alike that big change is coming to the auto industry, and soon. The company has about 45,000 patents on file and no intention of slowing down, said Bill Peirce, director of government collaboration at GM R&D. Last year's patents vary from new welding processes and in-vehicle cameras to changes in battery manufacturing, alert systems and

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