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Square D Company

1,014Patents
22Active
1,014Granted
48Portfolio score

Filing activity: Feb 15, 1974 → May 20, 2009 · 22 expiring within 5 years

Most-cited patents

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US5440644A Audio distribution system having programmable zoning features Electricity 1,509 Expired
US4996646A Microprocessor-controlled circuit breaker and system Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 385 Expired
US4984155A Order entry system having catalog assistance Physics 354 Expired
US5982645A Power conversion and distribution system Electricity 277 Expired
US5151978A LAN interface which permits a host computer to obtain data without interrupting a ladder program executing in the interface Physics 242 Expired
US5611059A Prelinked parameter configuration, automatic graphical linking, and distributed database configuration for devices within an automated monitoring/control system Physics 205 Expired
US7183667B2 Method and apparatus for power inverter synchronization Electricity 185 Expired
US6813525B2 Energy management system Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 184 Expired
US5465011A Uninterruptible power supply with improved output regulation Electricity 147 Expired
US5847913A Trip indicators for circuit protection devices Electricity 146 Expired
US5185705A Circuit breaker having serial data communications Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 141 Expired
US5159673A Apparatus for networking programmable logic controllers to host computers Electricity 132 Expired
US6009406A Methodology and computer-based tools for re-engineering a custom-engineered product line Physics 132 Expired
US5245704A System for sharing data between microprocessor based devices Physics 127 Expired
US6141192A Arcing fault protection system for a switchgear enclosure Electricity 127 Expired
US5131092A Communication system enabling programmable logic controllers access to host computer tasks and host computer access to programmable logic controllers without polling Physics 118 Expired
US5748616A Data link module for time division multiplexing control systems Electricity 109 Expired
US5682101A Arcing fault detection system Electricity 107 Expired
US5166887A Microcomputer-controlled circuit breaker system Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 105 Expired
US5358135A Access door hinge attachment Electricity 103 Expired
US5023396A Pop-up service fitting Electricity 103 Expired
US5233538A Waveform capturing arrangement in a distributed power network Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 102 Expired
US5224054A Waveform capturing arrangement in distributed power network Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 101 Expired
US4349220A Raintight wireway Electricity 98 Expired
US4897777A Peer-to-peer register exchange controller for PLCS Physics 97 Expired

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Counts and citation impact are objective bibliographic measures.