F25D 2700/04
Sensors detecting the presence of a person
F25D2700/04 (Sensors detecting the presence of a person) appears on 269 US grants and 350 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in F25D- Granted patents
- 269
- Published applications
- 350
- Assignees
- 92
- Inventors
- 607
- Latest grant
- 1 Sep 2026
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| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 1 | 0 |
| 1997 | 0 | 0 |
| 1998 | 0 | 0 |
| 1999 | 1 | 0 |
| 2000 | 0 | 0 |
| 2001 | 1 | 0 |
| 2002 | 2 | 2 |
| 2003 | 2 | 0 |
| 2004 | 3 | 6 |
| 2005 | 2 | 1 |
| 2006 | 1 | 5 |
| 2007 | 2 | 5 |
| 2008 | 1 | 5 |
| 2009 | 2 | 8 |
| 2010 | 2 | 11 |
| 2011 | 5 | 6 |
| 2012 | 3 | 3 |
| 2013 | 8 | 3 |
| 2014 | 3 | 10 |
| 2015 | 1 | 8 |
| 2016 | 7 | 12 |
| 2017 | 9 | 18 |
| 2018 | 12 | 30 |
| 2019 | 27 | 29 |
| 2020 | 41 | 29 |
| 2021 | 19 | 29 |
| 2022 | 21 | 22 |
| 2023 | 29 | 37 |
| 2024 | 31 | 18 |
| 2025 | 20 | 30 |
| 2026 | 13 | 23 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
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