Grant M. Erickson
73Patents
16h-index
59Co-inventors
87Inventor score
Filing activity: Jul 30, 2002 → Mar 7, 2022
Most-cited inventions
| Patent | Title | Area | Cited by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US8594850B1 | Updating control software on a network-connected HVAC controller | Electricity | 139 | Active |
| US8511576B2 | Power management in energy buffered building control unit | Physics | 79 | Active |
| US9049567B2 | Hazard detection unit facilitating user-friendly setup experience | Electricity | 57 | Active |
| US8788103B2 | Power management in energy buffered building control unit | Physics | 55 | Active |
| US9268344B2 | Installation of thermostat powered by rechargeable battery | Physics | 49 | Active |
| US9036529B2 | Efficient communication for devices of a home network | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 43 | Active |
| US8627127B2 | Power-preserving communications architecture with long-polling persistent cloud channel for wireless network-connected thermostat | Electricity | 37 | Active |
| US9026254B2 | Strategic reduction of power usage in multi-sensing, wirelessly communicating learning thermostat | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 30 | Active |
| US9191209B2 | Efficient communication for devices of a home network | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 23 | Active |
| US9234668B2 | User-friendly, network connected learning thermostat and related systems and methods | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 22 | Active |
| US9451573B2 | Efficient communication for devices of a home network | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 22 | Active |
| US9629193B2 | Efficient communication for devices of a home network | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 19 | Active |
| US9448567B2 | Power management in single circuit HVAC systems and in multiple circuit HVAC systems | Physics | 18 | Active |
| US9036632B2 | Efficient communication for devices of a home network | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 16 | Active |
| US9820315B2 | Smart home device facilitating user-friendly setup experience | Electricity | 16 | Active |
| US9124521B2 | Efficient communication for devices of a home network | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 16 | Active |
| US9410712B2 | Data management profile for a fabric network | Electricity | 15 | Active |
| US7236496B2 | Method and apparatus for mapping between a fibre channel network and an infiniband network | Electricity | 15 | Expired |
| US9531704B2 | Efficient network layer for IPv6 protocol | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 14 | Active |
| US9046898B2 | Power-preserving communications architecture with long-polling persistent cloud channel for wireless network-connected thermostat | Electricity | 13 | Active |
| US9338071B2 | Locale profile for a fabric network | Electricity | 12 | Active |
| US9326307B2 | Efficient communication for devices of a home network | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 12 | Active |
| US9338810B2 | Efficient communication for devices of a home network | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 11 | Active |
| US9553843B1 | Service directory profile for a fabric network | Electricity | 11 | Active |
| US9345058B2 | Efficient communication for devices of a home network | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 10 | Active |
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.