A47F 3/002
Devices for protection against sunlight or theft
Official title: {Devices for protection against sunlight or theft}
A47F3/002 (Devices for protection against sunlight or theft) appears on 265 US grants and 296 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A47F- Granted patents
- 265
- Published applications
- 296
- Assignees
- 119
- Inventors
- 388
- Latest grant
- 4 Aug 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1977 | 2 | 0 |
| 1978 | 2 | 0 |
| 1979 | 2 | 0 |
| 1980 | 0 | 0 |
| 1981 | 0 | 0 |
| 1982 | 0 | 0 |
| 1983 | 0 | 0 |
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| 1998 | 6 | 0 |
| 1999 | 1 | 0 |
| 2000 | 1 | 0 |
| 2001 | 2 | 0 |
| 2002 | 2 | 1 |
| 2003 | 1 | 5 |
| 2004 | 3 | 6 |
| 2005 | 3 | 9 |
| 2006 | 3 | 1 |
| 2007 | 2 | 7 |
| 2008 | 5 | 6 |
| 2009 | 3 | 6 |
| 2010 | 4 | 7 |
| 2011 | 3 | 14 |
| 2012 | 12 | 15 |
| 2013 | 7 | 13 |
| 2014 | 10 | 12 |
| 2015 | 12 | 13 |
| 2016 | 13 | 13 |
| 2017 | 15 | 21 |
| 2018 | 20 | 19 |
| 2019 | 22 | 16 |
| 2020 | 8 | 17 |
| 2021 | 15 | 24 |
| 2022 | 16 | 14 |
| 2023 | 19 | 16 |
| 2024 | 16 | 13 |
| 2025 | 14 | 20 |
| 2026 | 7 | 8 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Merchandise security system4 Aug 2026US 12,696,987 B2Fasteners for Retail, Inc.
- Security case14 Jul 2026US 12,677,965 B2VIRA Insight, LLC
- Artificial intelligence-operated autonomous point-of-sale cabinet/refrigerator operation systems and provision of retractable video cameras for these systems (machine learning and computer vision)16 Jun 2026US 12,657,564 B2Intuitivo Tech LLC
- Self-closing security door assembly for retail display10 Mar 2026US 12,569,078 B2VIRA Insight, LLC
- Systems and methods for dispensing medications based on proximity to an electronic medication storage cabinet10 Feb 2026US 12,548,663 B2CareFusion 303, Inc.
- Security case17 Sep 2026US 2026/0272191 A1VIRA Insight, LLC
- Anti-theft retail merchandise pusher with remote alarm feature20 Aug 2026US 2026/0240340 A1Fasteners for Retail, Inc.
- Anti-theft pusher with incremental distance detection6 Aug 2026US 2026/0224046 A1Fasteners for Retail, Inc.
- Systems and methods for dispensing medications based on proximity to an electronic medication storage cabinet18 Jun 2026US 2026/0171229 A1CareFusion 303, Inc.
- Location Based Retail Media And Ad Attribution System18 Jun 2026US 2026/0172779 A1DENSO International America, Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Product securement and management system169US 7,150,365 B2RTC Industries, Inc. · 2006
- Product securement and management system152US 7,451,881 B2RTC Industries, Inc. · 2008
- Product securement and management system151US 7,299,934 B2RTC Industries, Inc. · 2007
- Merchandise dispensing apparatus providing theft deterrence138US 7,828,158 B2Displays Plus, Inc. · 2010
- Product securement and management system124US 7,621,409 B2RTC Industries, Inc. · 2009