G08B 17/00
Fire alarms
Official title: Fire alarms; Alarms responsive to explosion
G08B17/00 (Fire alarms) appears on 4,010 US grants and 3,538 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G08B- Granted patents
- 4,010
- Published applications
- 3,538
- Assignees
- 1,350
- Inventors
- 6,268
- Latest grant
- 29 Sep 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 55 | 0 |
| 1977 | 51 | 0 |
| 1978 | 58 | 0 |
| 1979 | 48 | 0 |
| 1980 | 68 | 0 |
| 1981 | 63 | 0 |
| 1982 | 42 | 0 |
| 1983 | 41 | 0 |
| 1984 | 34 | 0 |
| 1985 | 38 | 0 |
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| 1987 | 58 | 0 |
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| 1990 | 34 | 0 |
| 1991 | 30 | 0 |
| 1992 | 44 | 0 |
| 1993 | 36 | 0 |
| 1994 | 33 | 0 |
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| 1996 | 36 | 0 |
| 1997 | 41 | 0 |
| 1998 | 48 | 0 |
| 1999 | 41 | 0 |
| 2000 | 39 | 0 |
| 2001 | 41 | 9 |
| 2002 | 34 | 43 |
| 2003 | 29 | 53 |
| 2004 | 43 | 54 |
| 2005 | 38 | 79 |
| 2006 | 60 | 79 |
| 2007 | 54 | 82 |
| 2008 | 38 | 105 |
| 2009 | 53 | 80 |
| 2010 | 74 | 87 |
| 2011 | 57 | 82 |
| 2012 | 64 | 69 |
| 2013 | 58 | 92 |
| 2014 | 83 | 123 |
| 2015 | 140 | 200 |
| 2016 | 146 | 215 |
| 2017 | 205 | 210 |
| 2018 | 175 | 184 |
| 2019 | 179 | 196 |
| 2020 | 205 | 244 |
| 2021 | 228 | 265 |
| 2022 | 192 | 237 |
| 2023 | 213 | 220 |
| 2024 | 179 | 203 |
| 2025 | 182 | 188 |
| 2026 | 130 | 139 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- G08B 17/10Actuation by presence of smoke or gases2,492
- G08B 17/12Actuation by presence of radiation or particles636
- G08B 17/06Electric actuation of the alarm520
- G08B 17/005Fire alarms: for forest fires115
- G08B 17/02Mechanical actuation of the alarm100
- G08B 17/04Hydraulic or pneumatic actuation of the alarm55
- G08B 17/08Actuation involving the use of explosive means36
Recent patents
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- Smoke Alarm Disabling Device8 Oct 2026US 2026/0311588 A1
- Fire classification based flame detection1 Oct 2026US 2026/0298712 A1
- False alarm immunity of single spectral sensor using multi-channel frequency segmentation1 Oct 2026US 2026/0298715 A1
- Fire prevention management system for distribution board1 Oct 2026US 2026/0301554 A1
- Smoke detection system using a laser beam spectral pattern24 Sep 2026US 2026/0290137 A1Honeywell International Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Systems and methods for the automatic registration of devices649US 6,686,838 B1Xanboo, Inc. · 2004
- System and method for accessing residential monitoring devices586US 6,914,533 B2StatSignal IPC, LLC · 2005
- Mobile entertainment and communication device517US 7,321,783 B2Minerva Industries, Inc. · 2008
- Mobile detection system402US 5,446,445 ASamsung Electronics Co., Ltd. · 1995
- Communication system with environmental condition detection capability335US 5,159,315 AMotorola, Inc. · 1992