CPC Subgroup
G05B 19/02 electric
Full Title
Program-control systems > electric
Filing statistics
CPC G05B 19/02 belongs to the parent subclass G05B, which recorded 340,646 patent applications worldwide between 2013 and 2023. Annual filings grew from 14,970 in 2013 to 29,724 in 2023 (+99%), peaking at 38,428 applications in 2020. The most active applicants in class G05 are FANUC (6,367 applications), SIEMENS (5,963 applications) and FANUC (4,535 applications).
Source: EPO PATSTAT, worldwide filings
4 direct subcodes
Child Classifications
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- G05B 19/04 Program control other than numerical control, i.e. in sequence controllers or logic controllers (G05B19/418 takes precedence)
- G05B 19/18 Numerical control [NC], i.e. automatically operating machines, in particular machine tools, e.g. in a manufacturing environment, so as to execute positioning, movement or co-ordinated operations by means of program data in numerical form (G05B19/418 takes precedence)
- G05B 19/418 Total factory control, i.e. centrally controlling a plurality of machines, e.g. direct or distributed numerical control [DNC], flexible manufacturing systems [FMS], integrated manufacturing systems [IMS] or computer integrated manufacturing [CIM]
- G05B 19/42 Recording and playback systems, i.e. in which the program is recorded from a cycle of operations, e.g. the cycle of operations being manually controlled, after which this record is played back on the same machine
Top Applicants
Top 10 applicants by patent filingsfor class G05, 2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT
- FANUC JP 6,367
- SIEMENS DE 5,963
- FANUC 4,535
- MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION JP 4,201
- ROBERT BOSCH DE 4,010
- LG ELECTRONICS KR 3,802
- SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS COMPANY KR 3,143
- FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES US 2,889
- TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION 2,778
- OMRON CORPORATION JP 2,743