E02F 9/205
Remotely operated machines
Official title: {Remotely operated machines, e.g. unmanned vehicles (E02F3/8866 takes precedence)}
E02F9/205 (Remotely operated machines) appears on 904 US grants and 1,317 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in E02F- Granted patents
- 904
- Published applications
- 1,317
- Assignees
- 232
- Inventors
- 1,809
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
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| 2025 | 133 | 138 |
| 2026 | 92 | 106 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Systems, methods, and computer-program products to control semi-autonomous operation of a mobile work machine6 Oct 2026US 12,753,576 B2Caterpillar SARL
- Construction assist system for shovel6 Oct 2026US 12,753,577 B2Sumitomo Heavy Industries, Ltd.
- System and method for delivering beams to predetermined locations of worksite6 Oct 2026US 12,753,578 B2Caterpillar Inc.
- Actual machine management device, and actual machine management system6 Oct 2026US 12,753,580 B2Kobelco Construction Machinery Co., Ltd.
- Work machine29 Sep 2026US 12,747,562 B2Hitachi Construction Machinery Co., Ltd.
- Method for operating a system for performing a work task of a self-propelled construction machine from a control station located remotely from the construction machine, and a system for performing a work task of at least one self-propelled construction machine from a control station located remotely from the construction machine8 Oct 2026US 2026/0308877 A1BOMAG GmbH
- Operation apparatus and operation system1 Oct 2026US 2026/0297899 A1Kobelco Construction Machinery Co., Ltd.
- Information system and operation device24 Sep 2026US 2026/0286652 A1Kobelco Construction Machinery Co., Ltd.
- Work machine17 Sep 2026US 2026/0275682 A1Hitachi Construction Machinery Co., Ltd.
- System for remotely operated subsurface measurements10 Sep 2026US 2026/0266013 A1Fnv IP B.V.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Rapid adjustment of trajectories for land vehicles132US 6,643,576 B1IntegriNautics Corporation · 2003
- System and method for remotely obtaining and managing machine data126US 7,181,370 B2Siemens Energy & Automation, Inc. · 2007
- Vehicle guidance system for avoiding obstacles stored in memory103US 6,539,294 B1Komatsu Ltd. · 2003
- Remote radio operating system, and remote operating apparatus, mobile relay station and radio mobile working machine92US 6,778,097 B1Shin Caterpillar Mitsubishi Ltd. · 2004
- Autonomous loading shovel system91US 7,574,821 B2Siemens Energy & Automation, Inc. · 2009