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G05D 1/606

Compensating for or utilising external environmental conditions, e.g. wind or water currents (station keeping G05D1/611)

Full Title

Control of position, course, altitude or attitude of land, water, air or space vehicles, e.g. using automatic pilots (drive control systems specially adapted for autonomous road vehicles B60W60/00) > Intended control result > Compensating for or utilising external environmental conditions, e.g. wind or water currents (station keeping G05D1/611)

Filing statistics

CPC G05D 1/606 belongs to the parent subclass G05D, which recorded 227,290 patent applications worldwide between 2013 and 2023. Annual filings grew from 7,629 in 2013 to 16,612 in 2023 (+118%), peaking at 30,148 applications in 2019. 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

Top Applicants

Top 10 applicants by patent filingsfor class G05, 2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT

  1. FANUC JP 6,367
  2. SIEMENS DE 5,963
  3. FANUC 4,535
  4. MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION JP 4,201
  5. ROBERT BOSCH DE 4,010
  6. LG ELECTRONICS KR 3,802
  7. SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS COMPANY KR 3,143
  8. FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES US 2,889
  9. TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION 2,778
  10. OMRON CORPORATION JP 2,743