G05B
Control or regulating systems in general
Official title: CONTROL OR REGULATING SYSTEMS IN GENERAL; FUNCTIONAL ELEMENTS OF SUCH SYSTEMS; MONITORING OR TESTING ARRANGEMENTS FOR SUCH SYSTEMS OR ELEMENTS (systems for controlling or regulating non-electric variables G05D; systems for regulating electric or magnetic variables G05F; control devices or systems insofar as characterised by mechanical features only G05G)
G05B (Control or regulating systems in general) appears on 78,115 US grants and 88,016 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G05B- Granted patents
- 78,115
- Published applications
- 88,016
- Assignees
- 17,955
- Inventors
- 144,613
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 209 | 0 |
| 1977 | 196 | 0 |
| 1978 | 242 | 0 |
| 1979 | 185 | 0 |
| 1980 | 243 | 0 |
| 1981 | 244 | 0 |
| 1982 | 231 | 0 |
| 1983 | 235 | 0 |
| 1984 | 263 | 0 |
| 1985 | 378 | 0 |
| 1986 | 390 | 0 |
| 1987 | 469 | 0 |
| 1988 | 387 | 0 |
| 1989 | 528 | 0 |
| 1990 | 500 | 0 |
| 1991 | 532 | 0 |
| 1992 | 528 | 0 |
| 1993 | 608 | 0 |
| 1994 | 605 | 0 |
| 1995 | 545 | 0 |
| 1996 | 624 | 0 |
| 1997 | 524 | 0 |
| 1998 | 854 | 0 |
| 1999 | 734 | 0 |
| 2000 | 660 | 0 |
| 2001 | 748 | 330 |
| 2002 | 800 | 1081 |
| 2003 | 947 | 1317 |
| 2004 | 1063 | 1478 |
| 2005 | 992 | 1466 |
| 2006 | 1270 | 1437 |
| 2007 | 982 | 1527 |
| 2008 | 894 | 1579 |
| 2009 | 865 | 1716 |
| 2010 | 1124 | 1742 |
| 2011 | 1224 | 1667 |
| 2012 | 1305 | 1811 |
| 2013 | 1491 | 2620 |
| 2014 | 1780 | 3032 |
| 2015 | 2156 | 4229 |
| 2016 | 2535 | 4814 |
| 2017 | 3236 | 4973 |
| 2018 | 4194 | 5679 |
| 2019 | 5503 | 6294 |
| 2020 | 5488 | 6597 |
| 2021 | 5013 | 6588 |
| 2022 | 5171 | 6664 |
| 2023 | 5290 | 6378 |
| 2024 | 5221 | 5401 |
| 2025 | 4952 | 4407 |
| 2026 | 2957 | 3189 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Main groups
Granted patents with any code in the group
- G05B 2219/00Program-control systemsIndexing code47,043
- G05B 19/00Program-control systems41,660
- G05B 15/00Systems controlled by a computer11,804
- G05B 13/00Adaptive control systems, i.e. systems automatically adjusting themselves to have a performance9,367
- G05B 23/00Testing or monitoring of control systems or parts thereof8,695
- G05B 17/00Systems involving the use of models or simulators of said systems2,400
- G05B 9/00Safety arrangements1,912
- G05B 11/00Automatic controllers1,881
All 16 main groupsShow fewer
- G05B 5/00Anti-hunting arrangements401
- G05B 2223/00Indexing scheme associated with group g05b23/00Indexing code335
- G05B 1/00Comparing elements, i.e. elements for effecting comparison directly or indirectly between a295
- G05B 21/00Systems involving sampling of the variable controlled267
- G05B 6/00Internal feedback arrangements for obtaining particular characteristics190
- G05B 7/00Arrangements for obtaining smooth engagement or disengagement of automatic control97
- G05B 24/00Open-loop automatic control systems not otherwise provided for26
- G05B 99/00Subject matter not provided for in other groups of this subclass18
Recent patents
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- Apparatus and method for predicting an air conditioning usage scenario using an artificial intelligence-based model8 Oct 2026US 2026/0307454 A1Hyundai Motor Company
- Trajectory planning method and apparatus, device and storage medium8 Oct 2026US 2026/0307649 A1Continental Autonomous Mobility Germany GmbH
- Method of enhancing vehicle safety, method of controlling vehicle operation, processing system, vehicle, and machine-readable instruction code8 Oct 2026US 2026/0307665 A1TomTom International B.V.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Method and apparatus for performing minimally invasive cardiac procedures2,567US 5,855,583 AComputer Motion, Inc. · 1999
- Alignment of master and slave in a minimally invasive surgical apparatus2,565US 6,364,888 B1Intuitive Surgical, Inc. · 2002
- State models for monitoring process2,198US 6,665,648 B2Siebel Systems, Inc. · 2003
- Image-directed robotic system for precise robotic surgery including redundant consistency checking2,101US 5,408,409 AInternational Business Machines Corporation · 1995
- Grip strength with tactile feedback for robotic surgery2,047US 6,594,552 B1Intuitive Surgical, Inc. · 2003