E03D 5/105
Touchless
Official title: {touchless, e.g. using sensors}
E03D5/105 (Touchless) appears on 301 US grants and 394 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in E03D- Granted patents
- 301
- Published applications
- 394
- Assignees
- 124
- Inventors
- 684
- Latest grant
- 22 Sep 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1979 | 1 | 0 |
| 1980 | 0 | 0 |
| 1981 | 0 | 0 |
| 1982 | 0 | 0 |
| 1983 | 0 | 0 |
| 1984 | 0 | 0 |
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| 1986 | 3 | 0 |
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| 1999 | 3 | 0 |
| 2000 | 4 | 0 |
| 2001 | 6 | 1 |
| 2002 | 3 | 13 |
| 2003 | 5 | 6 |
| 2004 | 3 | 4 |
| 2005 | 2 | 12 |
| 2006 | 4 | 13 |
| 2007 | 7 | 6 |
| 2008 | 6 | 12 |
| 2009 | 4 | 8 |
| 2010 | 5 | 21 |
| 2011 | 3 | 8 |
| 2012 | 10 | 12 |
| 2013 | 10 | 10 |
| 2014 | 6 | 19 |
| 2015 | 12 | 13 |
| 2016 | 8 | 13 |
| 2017 | 16 | 26 |
| 2018 | 16 | 25 |
| 2019 | 25 | 25 |
| 2020 | 16 | 23 |
| 2021 | 23 | 29 |
| 2022 | 18 | 15 |
| 2023 | 13 | 20 |
| 2024 | 21 | 23 |
| 2025 | 16 | 21 |
| 2026 | 11 | 16 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
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Most cited
By later US patents
- Advanced touchless plumbing systems203US 6,250,601 B1Kohler Co. · 2001
- Flush valve with an electronic sensor and solenoid valve133US 4,793,588 ACoyne & Delany Co. · 1988
- Power-saving controller for toilet flushing114US 5,224,685 A1993
- Automated flush system101US 4,141,091 A1979
- Automatic flushing device97US 5,482,250 AUro Denshi Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha · 1996