E05F 15/46
Responsive to changes in electrical capacitance
Official title: responsive to changes in electrical capacitance
E05F15/46 (Responsive to changes in electrical capacitance) appears on 146 US grants and 176 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in E05F- Granted patents
- 146
- Published applications
- 176
- Assignees
- 99
- Inventors
- 346
- Latest grant
- 14 Jul 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1980 | 3 | 0 |
| 1981 | 1 | 0 |
| 1982 | 2 | 0 |
| 1983 | 1 | 0 |
| 1984 | 2 | 0 |
| 1985 | 1 | 0 |
| 1986 | 0 | 0 |
| 1987 | 0 | 0 |
| 1988 | 1 | 0 |
| 1989 | 0 | 0 |
| 1990 | 1 | 0 |
| 1991 | 2 | 0 |
| 1992 | 1 | 0 |
| 1993 | 0 | 0 |
| 1994 | 0 | 0 |
| 1995 | 0 | 0 |
| 1996 | 0 | 0 |
| 1997 | 1 | 0 |
| 1998 | 1 | 0 |
| 1999 | 0 | 0 |
| 2000 | 2 | 0 |
| 2001 | 1 | 0 |
| 2002 | 5 | 5 |
| 2003 | 1 | 9 |
| 2004 | 7 | 5 |
| 2005 | 4 | 7 |
| 2006 | 5 | 7 |
| 2007 | 6 | 8 |
| 2008 | 5 | 7 |
| 2009 | 6 | 18 |
| 2010 | 5 | 7 |
| 2011 | 5 | 9 |
| 2012 | 5 | 4 |
| 2013 | 6 | 8 |
| 2014 | 5 | 2 |
| 2015 | 5 | 7 |
| 2016 | 10 | 8 |
| 2017 | 8 | 6 |
| 2018 | 5 | 16 |
| 2019 | 2 | 11 |
| 2020 | 5 | 5 |
| 2021 | 5 | 7 |
| 2022 | 5 | 2 |
| 2023 | 5 | 11 |
| 2024 | 7 | 3 |
| 2025 | 2 | 4 |
| 2026 | 2 | 0 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
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By later US patents
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- Proximity sensor259US 5,801,340 AInvotronics Manufacturing · 1998
- Electronic safety device for controlling the drive motor attached to a sliding window125US 4,453,112 ASaint-Gobain Vitrage · 1984
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