ABM Industries has a total of 21 patents globally, out of which 12 have been granted. Of these 21 patents, more than 19% patents are active. United States of America is where ABM Industries has filed the maximum number of patents, followed by Europe (EPO) and Germany. Parallelly, United States of America seems to be the main focused R&D centre and also is the origin country of ABM Industries.
ABM Industries was founded in the year 1909. The company is a facility services contractor. The Company provides air conditioning, engineering, janitorial, lighting, parking, security, and other outsourced facility services to the commercial, industrial, and institutional customers.
Do read about some of the most popular patents of ABM Industries which have been covered by us in this article and also you can find ABM Industries patents information, the worldwide patent filing activity and its patent filing trend over the years, and many other stats over ABM Industries patent portfolio.
How many patents does ABM Industries have?
ABM Industries has a total of 21 patents globally. These patents belong to 6 unique patent families. Out of 21 patents, 4 patents are active.
How Many Patents did ABM Industries File Every Year?

Are you wondering why there is a drop in patent filing for the last two years? It is because a patent application can take up to 18 months to get published. Certainly, it doesn’t suggest a decrease in the patent filing.
Year of Patents Filing or Grant | ABM Industries Applications Filed | ABM Industries Patents Granted |
2024 | – | 1 |
2022 | 2 | – |
2021 | 1 | – |
2016 | – | 1 |
2015 | – | 2 |
2014 | 1 | 5 |
2013 | – | 1 |
2012 | – | 2 |
2011 | 4 | – |
2010 | 4 | – |
2008 | 9 | – |
How many ABM Industries patents are Alive/Dead?
Worldwide Patents

How Many Patents did ABM Industries File in Different Countries?

Countries in which ABM Industries Filed Patents
Country | Patents |
United States of America | 9 |
Europe (EPO) | 3 |
Germany | 3 |
Austria | 3 |
Mexico | 1 |
Canada | 1 |
Where are Research Centres of ABM Industries Patents Located?
The Research Centre for all the ABM Industries patents is the United States of America.
Best ABM Industries Patents
US20090173250A1 is the most popular patent in the ABM Industries portfolio. It has received 52 citations so far from companies like Foster-Miller Inc, QinetiQ North America and Inner Mongolia First Machinery Group.
What Percentage of ABM Industries US Patent Applications were Granted?
ABM Industries (Excluding its subsidiaries) has filed 4 patent applications at USPTO so far (Excluding Design and PCT applications). Out of these 2 have been granted leading to a grant rate of 50.0%.
Below are the key stats of ABM Industries patent prosecution at the USPTO.

Which Law Firms are managing US Patents for ABM Industries?
Law Firm | Total Applications | Success Rate |
Paul H Gallagher | 3 | 66.67% |
David A Jackson | 1 | 0.00% |
List of ABM Industries Patents
ABM Industries Patents | Title |
US11961240B2 | Systems And Methods For Improved Observation And Detection Using Time Video Synchronization And Synchronous Time Averaging |
US8606541B2 | Combined Amplitude And Frequency Measurements For Non-Contacting Turbo machinery Blade Vibration |
US20240171807A1 | Systems And Methods For High-Rate Composite Video Acquisition |
US20230103947A1 | Systems And Methods For Motion Detection, Quantification, And/or Measurement With Exposure Correction In Video-Based Time-Series Signals |
US9366508B2 | System For Protection Against Missiles |
US8701538B2 | System For Protection Against Missiles |
US8212669B2 | Remote Area Monitoring System |
US8199009B2 | Method And System For Administering Remote Area Monitoring System |
US20090173250A1 | System For Protection Against Missiles |
EP2205929B1 | System For Protection Against Missiles |
EP2261614B1 | Combined Amplitude And Frequency Measurements For Non-Contacting Turbo machinery Blade Vibration |
EP2453199B1 | System For Protection Against Missiles |
WO2008147592A2 | System For Protection Against Missiles |
DE602008040566T2 | System Of Protection Against Missiles |
DE602010020984T2 | Combined And Non-Contact Amplitude And Frequency Measurement For Turbo machinery Vibrations |
DE602011007341T2 | System Of Protection Against Projectiles |
AT754004T | Missile Protection System |
AT702252T | Combined And Contactless Amplitude And Frequency Measurement For Turbo machinery Vibrations |
AT671312T | Projectile Protection System |
MX2008007319A | Remote Area Monitoring System. |
CA2634261A1 | Remote Area Monitoring System |
What are ABM Industries key innovation segments?
What Technologies are Covered by ABM Industries?

The chart below distributes patents filed by ABM Industries in different countries on the basis of the technology protected in patents. It also represents the markets where ABM Industries thinks it’s important to protect particular technology inventions.

R&D Focus: How has ABM Industries search focus changed over the years?

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