Y04S 20/30
Smart metering
Official title: Smart metering, e.g. specially adapted for remote reading
Y04S20/30 (Smart metering) appears on 1,883 US grants and 2,216 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in Y04S- Granted patents
- 1,883
- Published applications
- 2,216
- Assignees
- 823
- Inventors
- 3,322
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1977 | 5 | 0 |
| 1978 | 3 | 0 |
| 1979 | 4 | 0 |
| 1980 | 3 | 0 |
| 1981 | 1 | 0 |
| 1982 | 1 | 0 |
| 1983 | 1 | 0 |
| 1984 | 3 | 0 |
| 1985 | 1 | 0 |
| 1986 | 3 | 0 |
| 1987 | 4 | 0 |
| 1988 | 3 | 0 |
| 1989 | 5 | 0 |
| 1990 | 4 | 0 |
| 1991 | 5 | 0 |
| 1992 | 8 | 0 |
| 1993 | 10 | 0 |
| 1994 | 4 | 0 |
| 1995 | 7 | 0 |
| 1996 | 17 | 0 |
| 1997 | 11 | 0 |
| 1998 | 14 | 0 |
| 1999 | 22 | 0 |
| 2000 | 20 | 0 |
| 2001 | 19 | 5 |
| 2002 | 15 | 35 |
| 2003 | 18 | 35 |
| 2004 | 20 | 48 |
| 2005 | 21 | 51 |
| 2006 | 42 | 73 |
| 2007 | 55 | 68 |
| 2008 | 34 | 135 |
| 2009 | 42 | 102 |
| 2010 | 54 | 101 |
| 2011 | 79 | 169 |
| 2012 | 104 | 178 |
| 2013 | 103 | 189 |
| 2014 | 136 | 198 |
| 2015 | 128 | 127 |
| 2016 | 129 | 116 |
| 2017 | 140 | 110 |
| 2018 | 91 | 100 |
| 2019 | 124 | 79 |
| 2020 | 83 | 84 |
| 2021 | 74 | 72 |
| 2022 | 72 | 49 |
| 2023 | 67 | 52 |
| 2024 | 34 | 22 |
| 2025 | 30 | 14 |
| 2026 | 10 | 4 |
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
- 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
- Security through layers in an intelligent electronic device18 Aug 2026US 12,711,205 B2Ei Electronics LLC
- Modification of a sensor data management system to enable sensors as a service18 Aug 2026US 12,711,855 B2Senseware, Inc.
- Systems and methods for utilizing electricity monitoring devices to mitigate or prevent structural damage28 Jul 2026US 12,695,285 B2State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company
- Systems and methods for utilizing electricity monitoring devices to mitigate or prevent structural damage8 Oct 2026US 2026/0312395 A1State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company
- Systems and methods for utilizing electricity monitoring devices to reconstruct an electrical event9 Jul 2026US 2026/0196821 A1State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company
- Mobile metering of power measurements12 Mar 2026US 2026/0071894 A1Boost SubscriberCo L.L.C.
- Communication method in an automated smart-meter management system5 Mar 2026US 2026/0067721 A1Sagemcom Energy & Telecom SAS
- Very low power contaminant detection circuit27 Nov 2025US 2025/0362155 A1
Most cited
By later US patents
- System and method for monitoring and controlling remote devices1,585US 6,437,692 B1StatSignal Systems, Inc. · 2002
- System and method for monitoring and controlling remote devices596US 7,053,767 B2StatSignal Systems, Inc. · 2006
- Appliance interface apparatus and automated residence management system512US 5,706,191 AGas Research Institute · 1998
- Vehicle locating and communicating method and apparatus using cellular telephone network486US 5,299,132 ABy-Word Technologies, Inc. · 1994
- System and method for monitoring and controlling remote devices484US 7,468,661 B2Hunt Technologies, Inc. · 2008