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Kirk H. Drees — 154 Patents

JTJohnson Controls Technology: 73 patents #4 of 2,110Top 1%
JLJohnson Controls Tyco Ip Holdings Llp: 38 patents #5 of 843Top 1%
CSCon Edison Battery Storage: 20 patents #2 of 7Top 30%
TGTyco Fire & Security Gmbh: 13 patents #16 of 829Top 2%
JSJohnson Service: 6 patents #14 of 193Top 8%
Cedarburg, WI: #1 of 291 inventorsTop 1%
Wisconsin: #19 of 40,088 inventorsTop 1%
Overall (All Time): #5,907 of 4,157,543Top 1%
154 Patents All Time
Kirk H. Drees has been granted 154 US patents while listed as an inventor at Johnson Controls Technology. The first was granted in 1993 and the most recent in October 2025. Kirk H. Drees ranks #5,907 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 0.14%). Patent records list Kirk H. Drees in Cedarburg, WI, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 1993 to 2025Bar chart with a peak of 22 patents in 2022.peak 221993: 2 patents19931994: 1 patents1998: 3 patents1999: 1 patents19992000: 2 patents2001: 2 patents2002: 2 patents20022006: 1 patents2010: 1 patents2013: 3 patents20132014: 4 patents2015: 5 patents2016: 7 patents20162017: 7 patents2018: 1 patents2019: 20 patents20192020: 13 patents2021: 17 patents2022: 22 patents20222023: 13 patents2024: 15 patents2025: 12 patents2025

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–25 of 154 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
12442553 Critical environment feedforward-feedback control system with room pressure and temperature control Jack Steve Peterson 2025-10-14
12437627 Systems and methods for on-site pathogen detection Jonathan D. Douglas, Bernard P. Clement 2025-10-07
12398905 Building control system with multi-objective control of carbon emissions and occupant comfort Michael J. Wenzel, Mohammad N. Elbsat 2025-08-26
12398908 Building data platform with air quality analysis based on mobile air quality sensors Jonathan D. Douglas 2025-08-26
12372934 Building HVAC system with multi-objective optimization control Michael J. Risbeck, Jonathan D. Douglas 2025-07-29
12362562 Frequency response control system with clipping parameter determination Ryan A. Baumgartner, Michael J. Wenzel 2025-07-15
12332677 Smart building manager Clay G. Nesler, James P. Kummer, Derek Supple, Marc D. Andraca, John I. Ruiz +1 more 2025-06-17
12292750 HVAC system with data driven user interface for equipment commissioning and operation Homero L. Noboa, Vivek V. Gupta, Mark T. Fischbach 2025-05-06
12264828 Air quality control and disinfection system Clay G. Nesler, Matthew J. Deloge, Jonathan D. Douglas, Timothy C. Gamroth, Michael J. Wenzel +12 more 2025-04-01
12241647 Building system for building equipment with fault based data health operations Shawn D. Schubert, Vineet Binodshanker Sinha, Mohammad N. Elbsat, Michael J. Wenzel 2025-03-04
12222124 HVAC system design and operational tool for building infection control Michael J. Risbeck, Jonathan D. Douglas 2025-02-11
12216452 High level central plant optimization Michael J. Wenzel, Robert D. Turney, Matthew J. Asmus 2025-02-04
12181848 Building energy storage system with planning tool Mohammad N. Elbsat, Michael J. Wenzel 2024-12-31
12174601 Building system with occupant health analysis based on water usage Jonathan D. Douglas, Terrill R. Laughton, Rachel D. M. Ellerman 2024-12-24
12123609 Building system for building equipment with data health operations Shawn D. Schubert, Vineet Binodshanker Sinha, Mohammad N. Elbsat, Michael J. Wenzel 2024-10-22
12085900 Cascaded systems and methods for controlling energy use during a demand limiting period Michael J. Wenzel 2024-09-10
12078367 HVAC system with waterside and airside disturbance rejection Donald R. Albinger 2024-09-03
12055309 Systems and methods for freeze protection of a coil in an HVAC system Homero L. Noboa, Brennan H. Fentzlaff 2024-08-06
12044424 Variable air volume systems with filtration and air quality control Bernard P. Clement, Jonathan D. Douglas, Clay G. Nesler, Tyler A. Smith, Juliet A. Pagliaro Herman 2024-07-23
12007732 HVAC system with building infection control Michael J. Risbeck, Jonathan D. Douglas 2024-06-11 $47,908,000
11960261 HVAC system with sustainability and emissions controls Michael J. Risbeck, Jonathan D. Douglas 2024-04-16 $16,944,000
11927925 Building system with a time correlated reliability data stream Donald R. Albinger, Shawn D. Schubert, Karl F. Reichenberger, Daniel M. Curtis, Andrew J. Boettcher +10 more 2024-03-12 $23,550,000
11927977 Smart building manager Clay G. Nesler, James P. Kummer, Derek Supple, Marc D. Andraca, John I. Ruiz +1 more 2024-03-12
11913655 Systems and methods for optimizing ventilation, filtration, and conditioning schemes for buildings Timothy C. Gamroth, Michael J. Wenzel, Mohammad N. Elbsat, David S. Eidson, James Burke +1 more 2024-02-27 $19,467,000
11886209 HVAC system with data driven user interfaces for equipment commissioning and operation Homero L. Noboa, Vivek V. Gupta, Mark T. Fischbach 2024-01-30 $21,444,000