H05B 41/36
Controlling
H05B41/36 (Controlling) appears on 2,941 US grants and 1,862 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in H05B- Granted patents
- 2,941
- Published applications
- 1,862
- Assignees
- 986
- Inventors
- 3,781
- Latest grant
- 15 Sep 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 15 | 0 |
| 1977 | 16 | 0 |
| 1978 | 12 | 0 |
| 1979 | 18 | 0 |
| 1980 | 25 | 0 |
| 1981 | 15 | 0 |
| 1982 | 20 | 0 |
| 1983 | 26 | 0 |
| 1984 | 24 | 0 |
| 1985 | 36 | 0 |
| 1986 | 20 | 0 |
| 1987 | 24 | 0 |
| 1988 | 25 | 0 |
| 1989 | 34 | 0 |
| 1990 | 52 | 0 |
| 1991 | 75 | 0 |
| 1992 | 62 | 0 |
| 1993 | 48 | 0 |
| 1994 | 44 | 0 |
| 1995 | 75 | 0 |
| 1996 | 77 | 0 |
| 1997 | 60 | 0 |
| 1998 | 95 | 0 |
| 1999 | 88 | 0 |
| 2000 | 129 | 0 |
| 2001 | 127 | 14 |
| 2002 | 110 | 112 |
| 2003 | 109 | 107 |
| 2004 | 107 | 115 |
| 2005 | 85 | 144 |
| 2006 | 109 | 135 |
| 2007 | 91 | 114 |
| 2008 | 108 | 142 |
| 2009 | 78 | 137 |
| 2010 | 88 | 154 |
| 2011 | 103 | 113 |
| 2012 | 128 | 75 |
| 2013 | 105 | 83 |
| 2014 | 88 | 84 |
| 2015 | 68 | 55 |
| 2016 | 66 | 51 |
| 2017 | 47 | 54 |
| 2018 | 52 | 33 |
| 2019 | 46 | 42 |
| 2020 | 33 | 31 |
| 2021 | 19 | 17 |
| 2022 | 20 | 20 |
| 2023 | 18 | 16 |
| 2024 | 9 | 5 |
| 2025 | 7 | 6 |
| 2026 | 5 | 3 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Portable IPL sterilizer and IPL toilet bowl sterilizer15 Sep 2026US 12,734,263 B2Iucf-Hyu (Industry-University Cooperation Foundation Hanyang University)
- Heat treatment apparatus for heating substrate by light irradiation15 Sep 2026US 12,739,952 B2SCREEN Holdings Co., Ltd.
- Controlling groups of electrical loads16 Jun 2026US 12,660,069 B2Lutron Technology Company LLC
- Method for operating a discharge lamp and discharge lamp9 Jun 2026US 12,650,637 B2OSRAM GmbH
- Electronic devices for controlling lights3 Mar 2026US 12,568,570 B1Amazon Technologies, Inc.
- Controlling groups of electrical loads24 Sep 2026US 2026/0292961 A1Lutron Technology Company LLC
- Methods and apparatus for thermal processing of materials4 Jun 2026US 2026/0151793 A1PulseForge Inc.
- Control method for pulsed light device and related device23 Apr 2026US 2026/0113825 A1Hangzhou Ulike Technology Co., Ltd.
- Load Control Device for High-Efficiency Loads9 Oct 2025US 2025/0318027 A1Lutron Technology Company LLC
- Intense pulse light (ipl) apparatus utilizing a pulse forming network (pfn)22 May 2025US 2025/0161708 A1
Most cited
By later US patents
- Universal ballast control circuit611US 6,137,240 ALumion Corporation · 2000
- Electronic ballast system528US 4,414,492 AIntent Patent A.G. · 1983
- Methods and systems for dimmable fluorescent lighting using multiple frequencies524US 8,138,676 B22012
- Network based multiple sensor and control device with temperature sensing and control499US 6,798,341 B1Leviton Manufacturing Co., Inc. · 2004
- Inductively coupled ballast circuit436US 6,825,620 B2Access Business Group International LLC · 2004