the controlling member being movable by hand about orthogonal axes, e.g. joysticks

Introduced: January 1990

Full Title

Manually-actuated control mechanisms provided with one single controlling member co-operating with two or more controlled members, e.g. selectively, simultaneously > the controlling member being movable in different independent ways, movement in each individual way actuating one controlled member only > in which movement in two or more ways can occur simultaneously > the controlling member being movable by hand about orthogonal axes, e.g. joysticks

CPC subdivides this area 9x more granularly than IPC with 8 additional codes.

8 codes are CPC-only extensions.

Note: 6 CPC extensions are marked as secondary classification only.

IPC defines codes here since 1990.

Child Classifications

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G05G 2009/04703 2nd only +5 CPC CPC only CPC only
G05G 2009/0474 2nd only +6 CPC CPC only CPC only
G05G 2009/04766 2nd only +1 CPC CPC only CPC only
G05G 2009/04774 2nd only CPC only CPC only
G05G 2009/04777 2nd only CPC only CPC only
G05G 2009/04781 2nd only CPC only CPC only
G05G 9/04737 CPC only CPC only
G05G 9/04785 +1 CPC CPC only CPC only
G05G 9/053 the controlling member comprising a ball since 1990 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