Patents
US patents through Dec 31, 2025 · PatentsView, from the USPTO’s Open Data Portal · read Oct 27, 2026
55 patents granted to the 3 names below, as the owner printed on each patent when it was granted. A later sale, a lapse or an expiry is not read, so this is what was granted to Johnson Controls International plc’s names, not what it holds today.
Patents granted
55
52 utility, 3 design, 1976 to Dec 31, 2025
Granted in 2025
1
Against 1 in 2024 and 9 in 2023
Applications published
45
since 2001, to Dec 31, 2025
Names they are printed under
3
a subsidiary, a former name
By yearGrantedApplications published
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Each pair is one calendar year. Applications are published about eighteen months after filing, so the newest years read low.
What they are aboutgrants since 2021
Control20
Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy5
Telecommunications2
Measurement2
Audio-visual technology2
Computer technology1
The main technology area of each patent, in the World Intellectual Property Organization’s 35 fields.
Under which name3 counted
Johnson Controls Fire Protection LP a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
1 publishedJohnson Controls Fire Protection LP a subsidiary
named as the applicant on its applications, in US
40 publishedTyco International a former name
US, as the owner printed on each patent
4 publishedNames not counted (3)
Johnson Controls, Inc.
Most of its patents print DE; this name counts in US. 262 granted and 164 published under it are not counted.
Johnson Controls, Inc.
Most of its patents print DE; this name counts in US. 0 granted and 83 published under it are not counted.
Johnson Controls, Inc.
Most of its patents print DE; this name counts in US. 2 granted and 2 published under it are not counted.
Newest grantseach row opens the USPTO’s own copy
| Granted | Patent | Title | Field | Owner as printed |
|---|
| Jun 10, 2025 | 12,327,466 | Fire alarm peripheral addressing using a smartphone | Control | Johnson Controls Fire Protection LP |
| Jan 9, 2024 | 11,869,337 | Fire alarm peripheral addressing using a smartphone | Control | Johnson Controls Fire Protection LP |
| Sep 12, 2023 | 11,756,391 | Voice alarm device | Control | Johnson Controls Fire Protection LP |
| Sep 5, 2023 | 11,749,095 | Fire alarm peripheral addressing using a unique identifier | Control | Johnson Controls Fire Protection LP |
| Aug 15, 2023 | D995,331 | Motion sensor | | Johnson Controls Fire Protection LP |
| Jul 25, 2023 | 11,710,391 | Gunshot detection system with forensic data retention, live audio monitoring, and two-way communication | Control | Johnson Controls Fire Protection LP |
| May 2, 2023 | 11,640,758 | Optical mechanical switch for detector addressing | Control | Johnson Controls Fire Protection LP |
| Apr 4, 2023 | 11,620,887 | Gunshot detection system with master slave timing architecture | Control | Johnson Controls Fire Protection LP |
| Mar 28, 2023 | 11,615,680 | Voice alarm notification device | Control | Johnson Controls Fire Protection LP |
| Jan 17, 2023 | 11,557,193 | Capacitive switch detector addressing | Control | Johnson Controls Fire Protection LP |
Newest applications publishedan application is a clue, never a plan
| Published | Application | Title | Field | Owner as printed |
|---|
| Dec 12, 2024 | 2024/0412618 | ADDRESSABLE SAFETY DEVICE WITH AN OPTICALLY READABLE AND REMOVABLE ADDRESSING MECHANISM | Control | Johnson Controls Fire Protection LP · patent 12,424,078 granted from it |
| Sep 12, 2024 | 2024/0303388 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SIMULATING CONTROL PANEL STATE AND CONTROL PANEL RESPONSES | Digital communication | Johnson Controls Fire Protection LP |
| May 2, 2024 | 2024/0144809 | FIRE ALARM PERIPHERAL ADDRESSING USING A SMARTPHONE | Control | Johnson Controls Fire Protection LP · patent 12,327,466 granted from it |
| Nov 30, 2023 | 2023/0389181 | SPRING BRACKET AND SENSOR DEVICE INCLUDING SAME | Audio-visual technology | Johnson Controls Fire Protection LP |
| Dec 15, 2022 | 2022/0398910 | OCCUPANT TRAFFIC OPTIMIZATION | Control | Johnson Controls Fire Protection LP |
| Jun 23, 2022 | 2022/0201414 | CHARACTERIZATION OF REVERBERATION OF AUDIBLE SPACES | Audio-visual technology | Johnson Controls Fire Protection LP · patent 11,470,433 granted from it |
| Jun 23, 2022 | 2022/0198915 | FIRE ALARM PERIPHERAL ADDRESSING USING A SMARTPHONE | Control | Johnson Controls Fire Protection LP · patent 11,869,337 granted from it |
| May 26, 2022 | 2022/0165149 | OPTICAL MECHANICAL SWITCH FOR DETECTOR ADDRESSING | Control | Johnson Controls Fire Protection LP · patent 11,640,758 granted from it |
| Apr 7, 2022 | 2022/0108594 | FIRE ALARM PERIPHERAL ADDRESSING USING A UNIQUE IDENTIFIER | Control | Johnson Controls Fire Protection LP · patent 11,749,095 granted from it |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 2022/0101701 | Voice Alarm Notification Device | Control | Johnson Controls Fire Protection LP · patent 11,615,680 granted from it |
What it applied for, 2024 to 2025: Control 2 · Digital communication 1.
A patent is counted where the owner printed on it when it was granted carries the company’s own name, a former name, the name of a subsidiary its annual report lists, or its own name with a patent-holding phrase (Technology Licensing, Intellectual Property and the like), once the legal form, case and punctuation are set aside, and prints a country that name counts in. PatentsView’s data are published under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 licence. Source: PatentsView's granted patents and pre-grant publications, disambiguated, from the USPTO's Open Data Portal, through Dec 31, 2025, read Oct 27, 2026.