F24F 2120/00
Control inputs relating to users or occupants
F24F2120/00 (Control inputs relating to users or occupants) appears on 1,720 US grants and 2,369 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in F24F- Granted patents
- 1,720
- Published applications
- 2,369
- Assignees
- 609
- Inventors
- 4,061
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1976 | 1 | 0 |
| 1977 | 2 | 0 |
| 1978 | 3 | 0 |
| 1979 | 1 | 0 |
| 1980 | 4 | 0 |
| 1981 | 1 | 0 |
| 1982 | 0 | 0 |
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| 1999 | 5 | 0 |
| 2000 | 4 | 0 |
| 2001 | 5 | 3 |
| 2002 | 3 | 3 |
| 2003 | 4 | 12 |
| 2004 | 11 | 14 |
| 2005 | 5 | 10 |
| 2006 | 11 | 19 |
| 2007 | 6 | 20 |
| 2008 | 10 | 14 |
| 2009 | 4 | 18 |
| 2010 | 11 | 43 |
| 2011 | 18 | 38 |
| 2012 | 24 | 74 |
| 2013 | 36 | 68 |
| 2014 | 39 | 91 |
| 2015 | 71 | 154 |
| 2016 | 75 | 168 |
| 2017 | 90 | 167 |
| 2018 | 130 | 172 |
| 2019 | 167 | 176 |
| 2020 | 167 | 163 |
| 2021 | 151 | 244 |
| 2022 | 145 | 200 |
| 2023 | 151 | 171 |
| 2024 | 134 | 130 |
| 2025 | 104 | 121 |
| 2026 | 68 | 76 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Device based on activity within property6 Oct 2026US 12,753,938 B2Alarm.com Incorporated
- Air conditioner29 Sep 2026US 12,747,883 B2LG Electronics Inc.
- Predictive temperature scheduling for a thermostat using machine learning15 Sep 2026US 12,736,242 B2Lennox Industries Inc.
- Modular HVAC-SHW system and a method of integrating thereof8 Sep 2026US 12,729,865 B2Carrier Corporation
- Systems and methods for managing air quality in a surgical environment25 Aug 2026US 12,718,934 B2Stryker Corporation
- Neural Network Initialization8 Oct 2026US 2026/0310969 A1PassiveLogic, Inc.
- System for controlling heating ventilation and air conditioning (hvac) systems1 Oct 2026US 2026/0298493 A1Eclimai Limited
- Method and apparatus for intelligent temperature control24 Sep 2026US 2026/0287200 A1Universal Electronics Inc.
- Load control system responsive to sensors and mobile devices24 Sep 2026US 2026/0288106 A1Lutron Technology Company LLC
- Device and method for carrying out decontamination measures, method for preparing decontamination measures and method for monitoring decontamination measures10 Sep 2026US 2026/0266486 A1
Most cited
By later US patents
- System and method of controlling an HVAC system560US 7,130,719 B2Robertshaw Controls Company · 2006
- Apparatus and method for automatic climate control456US 5,395,042 ASmart Systems International · 1995
- Thermostat user interface397US 8,195,313 B1Nest Labs, Inc. · 2012
- Automated presence detection and presence-related control within an intelligent controller379US 8,630,741 B1Nest Labs, Inc. · 2014
- Energy-saving occupancy-controlled heating ventilating and air-conditioning systems for timing and cycling energy within different rooms of buildings having central power units357US 6,349,883 B1Energy Rest, Inc. · 2002