G05B 19/18
Numerical control [nc], i.e. automatically operating machines, in particular machine tools
Official title: Numerical control [NC], i.e. automatically operating machines, in particular machine tools, e.g. in a manufacturing environment, so as to execute positioning, movement or co-ordinated operations by means of program data in numerical form (G05B19/418 takes precedence)
G05B19/18 (Numerical control [nc], i.e. automatically operating machines, in particular machine tools) appears on 17,836 US grants and 17,482 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G05B- Granted patents
- 17,836
- Published applications
- 17,482
- Assignees
- 5,370
- Inventors
- 34,485
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 61 | 0 |
| 1977 | 83 | 0 |
| 1978 | 109 | 0 |
| 1979 | 68 | 0 |
| 1980 | 92 | 0 |
| 1981 | 88 | 0 |
| 1982 | 110 | 0 |
| 1983 | 90 | 0 |
| 1984 | 117 | 0 |
| 1985 | 202 | 0 |
| 1986 | 199 | 0 |
| 1987 | 242 | 0 |
| 1988 | 217 | 0 |
| 1989 | 276 | 0 |
| 1990 | 245 | 0 |
| 1991 | 265 | 0 |
| 1992 | 253 | 0 |
| 1993 | 273 | 0 |
| 1994 | 246 | 0 |
| 1995 | 196 | 0 |
| 1996 | 195 | 0 |
| 1997 | 171 | 0 |
| 1998 | 290 | 0 |
| 1999 | 230 | 0 |
| 2000 | 193 | 0 |
| 2001 | 207 | 82 |
| 2002 | 199 | 232 |
| 2003 | 222 | 276 |
| 2004 | 231 | 296 |
| 2005 | 221 | 262 |
| 2006 | 253 | 273 |
| 2007 | 182 | 249 |
| 2008 | 149 | 272 |
| 2009 | 144 | 307 |
| 2010 | 183 | 302 |
| 2011 | 216 | 285 |
| 2012 | 216 | 276 |
| 2013 | 226 | 383 |
| 2014 | 286 | 462 |
| 2015 | 297 | 686 |
| 2016 | 433 | 990 |
| 2017 | 541 | 1082 |
| 2018 | 866 | 1283 |
| 2019 | 1182 | 1350 |
| 2020 | 1209 | 1406 |
| 2021 | 1025 | 1434 |
| 2022 | 1045 | 1303 |
| 2023 | 1074 | 1343 |
| 2024 | 972 | 1155 |
| 2025 | 1097 | 902 |
| 2026 | 649 | 591 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- G05B 19/406Characterised by monitoring or safety3,231
- G05B 19/4097Characterised by using design data to control nc machines2,938
- G05B 19/19Characterised by positioning or contouring control systems2,799
- G05B 19/4155Characterised by program execution, i.e. part program or machine function execution1,748
- G05B 19/416Characterised by control of velocity, acceleration or deceleration1,465
- G05B 19/4093Characterised by part programming1,240
- G05B 19/401Characterised by control arrangements for measuring1,142
- G05B 19/414Structure of the control system1,137
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- G05B 19/404Characterised by control arrangements for compensation1,127
- G05B 19/402Characterised by control arrangements for positioning1,037
- G05B 19/409Characterised by using manual data input [mdi] or by using control panel1,011
- G05B 19/408Characterised by data handling or data format931
- G05B 19/182Characterised by the machine tool function924
- G05B 19/41Characterised by interpolation543
- G05B 19/188Characterised by special applications and not provided for in the relevant subclasses119
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