G08B 21/08
Responsive to the presence of persons in a body of water
Official title: responsive to the presence of persons in a body of water, e.g. a swimming pool; responsive to an abnormal condition of a body of water
G08B21/08 (Responsive to the presence of persons in a body of water) appears on 394 US grants and 378 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G08B- Granted patents
- 394
- Published applications
- 378
- Assignees
- 224
- Inventors
- 805
- Latest grant
- 29 Sep 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1976 | 3 | 0 |
| 1977 | 1 | 0 |
| 1978 | 4 | 0 |
| 1979 | 0 | 0 |
| 1980 | 3 | 0 |
| 1981 | 0 | 0 |
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| 1983 | 2 | 0 |
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| 1992 | 10 | 0 |
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| 1997 | 4 | 0 |
| 1998 | 3 | 0 |
| 1999 | 10 | 0 |
| 2000 | 11 | 0 |
| 2001 | 8 | 2 |
| 2002 | 6 | 5 |
| 2003 | 4 | 5 |
| 2004 | 5 | 6 |
| 2005 | 1 | 13 |
| 2006 | 5 | 8 |
| 2007 | 7 | 6 |
| 2008 | 5 | 19 |
| 2009 | 8 | 12 |
| 2010 | 6 | 10 |
| 2011 | 4 | 10 |
| 2012 | 8 | 14 |
| 2013 | 7 | 12 |
| 2014 | 7 | 13 |
| 2015 | 11 | 15 |
| 2016 | 15 | 14 |
| 2017 | 19 | 28 |
| 2018 | 23 | 29 |
| 2019 | 24 | 25 |
| 2020 | 26 | 27 |
| 2021 | 23 | 26 |
| 2022 | 18 | 22 |
| 2023 | 14 | 15 |
| 2024 | 19 | 13 |
| 2025 | 16 | 12 |
| 2026 | 10 | 17 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Anti-drowning apparatus29 Sep 2026US 12,747,010 B2
- Sewer cap monitoring system21 Jul 2026US 12,687,417 B1QuadSprout Technologies LLC
- Transducer device for a wearable object, and method for operating same7 Jul 2026US 12,675,078 B2The Swatch Group Research and Development Ltd
- Drowning prevention system30 Jun 2026US 12,670,778 B2
- Swimming pools and spas with pool vision7 Apr 2026US 12,597,255 B2Zodiac Pool Systems LLC
- Drowning alarm device24 Sep 2026US 2026/0290142 A1
- Sewer cap monitoring system17 Sep 2026US 2026/0276427 A1QuadSprout Technologies LLC
- Artificial intelligence iot water safety monitoring system3 Sep 2026US 2026/0260553 A1Fortune AI Technologies CO., LTD.
- System for visual light communication and related methods27 Aug 2026US 2026/0250975 A1Elliptic Works LLC
- Sewer cap monitoring system23 Jul 2026US 2026/0210748 A1QuadSprout Technologies LLC
Most cited
By later US patents
- Self-locating remote monitoring systems473US 5,650,770 A1997
- Multi-hazard alarm system using selectable power-level transmission and localization380US 5,461,365 A1995
- Self-locating remote monitoring systems353US 5,963,130 AZoltar Satellite Alarm Systems, Inc. · 1999
- Pool monitor systems and methods335US 9,049,352 B2SkyBell Technologies, Inc. · 2015
- Self-locating remote monitoring systems296US 6,198,390 B12001