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G05D 1/60

Intended control result

Introduced: January 2024

Full Title

Full titles differ between systems:

IPC:

Control of position, course, altitude or attitude of land, water, air or space vehicles, e.g. using automatic pilots > Intended control result

CPC:

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

IPC and CPC are identically structured here. All 11 subcodes exist in both systems.

4 shared codes have differing titles between IPC and CPC.

IPC defines codes here since 2024.

Child Classifications

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  • G05D 1/606 Compensating for or utilising external environmental conditions, e.g. wind or water currents (station keeping G05D1/611) since 2024 IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
  • G05D 1/611 Station keeping, e.g. for hovering or dynamic anchoring since 2024 IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
  • G05D 1/646 Following a predefined trajectory, e.g. a line marked on the floor or a flight path since 2024 IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
  • G05D 1/652 Take-off (delivering or retrieving payloads G05D1/667) since 2024 IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC

Top Applicants

Top Applicants (IPC)

Class G05,2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT

  1. SIEMENS DE 4,725
  2. SGCC(STATE GRID CORPORATION OF CHINA) 4,571
  3. FANUC JP 4,233
  4. MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION JP 3,143
  5. FANUC 2,981
  6. ROBERT BOSCH DE 2,813
  7. CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES 2,500
  8. LG ELECTRONICS KR 2,182
  9. OMRON CORPORATION JP 2,036
  10. SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS COMPANY KR 1,981

Top Applicants (CPC)

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