Y02B 90/20
Smart grids as enabling technology in buildings sector
Official title: Smart grids as enabling technology in buildings sector (smart grids supporting the management or operation of end-user stationary applications in general, or like technologies with no associated climate change mitigation effect Y04S20/00)
Y02B90/20 (Smart grids as enabling technology in buildings sector) appears on 4,072 US grants and 4,548 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in Y02B- Granted patents
- 4,072
- Published applications
- 4,548
- Assignees
- 1,675
- Inventors
- 7,659
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 4 | 0 |
| 1977 | 8 | 0 |
| 1978 | 4 | 0 |
| 1979 | 10 | 0 |
| 1980 | 10 | 0 |
| 1981 | 7 | 0 |
| 1982 | 15 | 0 |
| 1983 | 14 | 0 |
| 1984 | 7 | 0 |
| 1985 | 8 | 0 |
| 1986 | 7 | 0 |
| 1987 | 15 | 0 |
| 1988 | 9 | 0 |
| 1989 | 18 | 0 |
| 1990 | 16 | 0 |
| 1991 | 17 | 0 |
| 1992 | 22 | 0 |
| 1993 | 31 | 0 |
| 1994 | 26 | 0 |
| 1995 | 26 | 0 |
| 1996 | 42 | 0 |
| 1997 | 23 | 0 |
| 1998 | 37 | 0 |
| 1999 | 49 | 0 |
| 2000 | 36 | 0 |
| 2001 | 39 | 10 |
| 2002 | 30 | 52 |
| 2003 | 36 | 85 |
| 2004 | 40 | 79 |
| 2005 | 47 | 89 |
| 2006 | 75 | 104 |
| 2007 | 81 | 120 |
| 2008 | 55 | 177 |
| 2009 | 60 | 133 |
| 2010 | 92 | 166 |
| 2011 | 101 | 262 |
| 2012 | 146 | 318 |
| 2013 | 182 | 330 |
| 2014 | 212 | 354 |
| 2015 | 213 | 278 |
| 2016 | 234 | 303 |
| 2017 | 273 | 302 |
| 2018 | 236 | 272 |
| 2019 | 332 | 243 |
| 2020 | 270 | 264 |
| 2021 | 263 | 249 |
| 2022 | 190 | 135 |
| 2023 | 180 | 101 |
| 2024 | 125 | 53 |
| 2025 | 75 | 43 |
| 2026 | 24 | 26 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Systems and methods for utilizing electricity monitoring devices to mitigate or prevent structural damage6 Oct 2026US 12,756,173 B2State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company
- Method and apparatus for actively managing electric power supply for an electric power grid29 Sep 2026US 12,748,450 B2Causam Enterprises, Inc.
- Systems and methods for utilizing electricity monitoring devices to mitigate or prevent structural damage29 Sep 2026US 12,749,885 B2State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company
- Building management and appliance control system25 Aug 2026US 12,719,281 B2Orison, Inc.
- System for designing a low-voltage distribution network at a secondary unit substation25 Aug 2026US 12,719,307 B2WAGO Verwaltungsgesellschaft mbH
- Systems and methods for utilizing electricity monitoring devices to mitigate or prevent structural damage8 Oct 2026US 2026/0312395 A1State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company
- Methods for monitoring and controlling multiple microgrid systems30 Jul 2026US 2026/0221935 A1Unirac, Inc.
- Load control system responsive to location of an occupant and mobile devices16 Jul 2026US 2026/0202809 A1Lutron Technology Company LLC
- Remotely Controlled Electrical Power Generating System16 Jul 2026US 2026/0204917 A1BWR Innovations LLC
- Systems and methods for utilizing electricity monitoring devices to reconstruct an electrical event9 Jul 2026US 2026/0196821 A1State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company
Most cited
By later US patents
- System and method for monitoring and controlling remote devices1,585US 6,437,692 B1StatSignal Systems, Inc. · 2002
- Human-machine dialog system979US 9,411,370 B2Schneider Electric Industries SAS · 2016
- Engery management and building automation system884US 5,572,438 ATECO Energy Management Services · 1996
- Refrigeration monitor unit797US 6,453,687 B2Robertshaw Controls Company · 2002
- Energy management and home automation system750US 5,544,036 A1996