G08B 15/004
Identifying, scaring or incapacitating burglars, thieves or intruders: using portable personal devices
Official title: {using portable personal devices (hand-held or body-worn self-defence devices using repellent gases or chemicals F41H9/10)}
G08B15/004 (Identifying, scaring or incapacitating burglars, thieves or intruders: using portable personal devices) appears on 195 US grants and 183 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G08B- Granted patents
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
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- Compact self-defense devices and alert systems9 Apr 2026US 2026/0098712 A1Triple4s Holding, LLC
- Systems and methods to provide a portable alarm12 Mar 2026US 2026/0073782 A1Birdie Love LLC
- Method, software and device for implementing personal safety functionalities18 Dec 2025US 2025/0384752 A1RLP Industries
- Personal protection alarm device18 Dec 2025US 2025/0384761 A1Marklyn Group Inc.
- Systems and Methods of Deterrence Using Intruder Mobile Device1 May 2025US 2025/0140093 A1Vivint, Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Danger warning and emergency response system and method415US 6,084,510 A2000
- Danger warning and emergency response system and method238US 6,608,559 B12003
- Personal safety system, method, and apparatus125US 9,177,455 B2Perpcast, Inc. · 2015
- Safety device for firearms84US 5,916,087 A1999
- Emergency phone with alternate number calling capability74US 7,092,695 B1SecureAlert, Inc. · 2006