Interaction with payloads or external entities

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 > Interaction with payloads or external entities

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 > Interaction with payloads or external entities

Of 8 combined children, 7 exist in both systems.

1 codes are CPC-only extensions.

5 shared codes have differing titles between IPC and CPC.

IPC defines codes here since 2024.

Child Classifications

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G05D 1/661 Docking at a base station (delivering or retrieving payloads G05D1/667) since 2024 +1 CPC IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
G05D 1/665 CPC only CPC only
G05D 1/667 Delivering or retrieving payloads since 2024 IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
G05D 1/672 Positioning of towed, pushed or suspended implements, e.g. ploughs since 2024 IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
G05D 1/678 for tethered vehicles (positioning towed, pushed or suspended implements G05D1/672) since 2024 IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
G05D 1/683 Intercepting moving targets (docking at a base station G05D1/661) since 2024 IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
G05D 1/686 Maintaining a relative position with respect to moving targets, e.g. following animals or humans (for pointing payloads towards targets G05D1/689; involving controlling the position or course of two or more vehicles G05D1/69) since 2024 IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
G05D 1/689 Pointing payloads towards fixed or moving targets (positioning towed, pushed or suspended implements G05D1/672) since 2024 +1 CPC IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC

Top Applicants

Top Applicants (IPC)

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

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

Top Applicants (CPC)

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