F24F 2120/12
Position of occupants
F24F2120/12 (Position of occupants) appears on 413 US grants and 566 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in F24F- Granted patents
- 413
- Published applications
- 566
- Assignees
- 168
- Inventors
- 1,172
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 2 | 0 |
| 1993 | 1 | 0 |
| 1994 | 3 | 0 |
| 1995 | 1 | 0 |
| 1996 | 0 | 0 |
| 1997 | 0 | 0 |
| 1998 | 1 | 0 |
| 1999 | 3 | 0 |
| 2000 | 0 | 0 |
| 2001 | 0 | 0 |
| 2002 | 0 | 0 |
| 2003 | 0 | 0 |
| 2004 | 1 | 0 |
| 2005 | 0 | 1 |
| 2006 | 1 | 1 |
| 2007 | 0 | 0 |
| 2008 | 0 | 0 |
| 2009 | 0 | 5 |
| 2010 | 0 | 10 |
| 2011 | 2 | 7 |
| 2012 | 9 | 3 |
| 2013 | 9 | 17 |
| 2014 | 5 | 21 |
| 2015 | 16 | 23 |
| 2016 | 13 | 34 |
| 2017 | 23 | 36 |
| 2018 | 20 | 49 |
| 2019 | 44 | 61 |
| 2020 | 48 | 48 |
| 2021 | 41 | 81 |
| 2022 | 54 | 62 |
| 2023 | 45 | 34 |
| 2024 | 30 | 32 |
| 2025 | 28 | 23 |
| 2026 | 13 | 18 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
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.
- Sensor fusion for low power occupancy sensing11 Aug 2026US 12,704,286 B2Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
- Toroidal vortices for temperature-related and non-temperature-related functions28 Jul 2026US 12,693,028 B2Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
- Load control system responsive to sensors and mobile devices24 Sep 2026US 2026/0288106 A1Lutron Technology Company LLC
- Smart edge device for central air conditioning system and related control method3 Sep 2026US 2026/0258965 A1Inventec Corporation
- Communicating filter plants27 Aug 2026US 2026/0249226 A1Kappa Filter Systems GmbH
- Air Treatment Control27 Aug 2026US 2026/0251329 A1Arm Limited
- Air conditioner comprising detection sensor and control method therefor27 Aug 2026US 2026/0251338 A1Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Thermostat user interface397US 8,195,313 B1Nest Labs, Inc. · 2012
- System and method for using a networked electronic device as an occupancy sensor for an energy management system318US 8,180,492 B2EcoFactor, Inc. · 2012
- Thermostat user interface249US 8,280,536 B1Nest Labs, Inc. · 2012
- Adjusting proximity thresholds for activating a device user interface148US 8,560,128 B2Nest Labs, Inc. · 2013
- Thermostat user interface103US 8,489,243 B2Nest Labs, Inc. · 2013