G01D 4/008
Modifications to installed utility meters to enable remote reading
Official title: {Modifications to installed utility meters to enable remote reading}
G01D4/008 (Modifications to installed utility meters to enable remote reading) appears on 192 US grants and 201 published applications in this corpus.
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- System and method for validating streaming sensor data in a utility monitoring system14 Jul 2026US 12,680,834 B2Badger Meter, Inc.
- Analog meter reading system and method10 Mar 2026US 12,571,653 B2Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
- Method and system for optical encoding metering10 Feb 2026US 12,548,091 B2
- Enhanced meter management solution2 Dec 2025US 12,487,101 B2Cognizant Technology Solutions U.S. Corporation
- Lighting arrangement for monitoring utility flow and method for the same21 Oct 2025US 12,449,278 B2
- Sensor device system24 Sep 2026US 2026/0287394 A1Hosiden Corporation
- Measurement module for analog meter readout10 Sep 2026US 2026/0266626 A1Waltero Holding AB
- Utility Monitoring Device12 Mar 2026US 2026/0071893 A1
- Fire detection by a pre-existing electricity meter31 Jul 2025US 2025/0246056 A1Sagemcom Energy & Telecom SAS
- Apparatus to measure the consumption of water, gas or electricity5 Jun 2025US 2025/0180377 A1Sureflow Ltd.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Communications protocol for remote data generating stations402US 5,673,252 AItron, Inc. · 1997
- Radio communication network for remote data generating stations333US 5,553,094 AIris Systems Inc. · 1996
- Automated remote water meter readout system309US 4,940,976 AUtilicom Inc. · 1990
- Wide area communications network for remote data generating stations296US 5,963,146 AItron, Inc. · 1999
- Wide area communications network for remote data generating stations244US 6,172,616 B2Itron, Inc. · 2001