G05B 2219/2231
Leader-follower
G05B2219/2231 (Leader-follower) appears on 167 US grants and 180 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G05B- Granted patents
- 167
- Published applications
- 180
- Assignees
- 117
- Inventors
- 384
- Latest grant
- 25 Aug 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1979 | 1 | 0 |
| 1980 | 1 | 0 |
| 1981 | 0 | 0 |
| 1982 | 0 | 0 |
| 1983 | 0 | 0 |
| 1984 | 1 | 0 |
| 1985 | 0 | 0 |
| 1986 | 0 | 0 |
| 1987 | 1 | 0 |
| 1988 | 1 | 0 |
| 1989 | 0 | 0 |
| 1990 | 0 | 0 |
| 1991 | 0 | 0 |
| 1992 | 0 | 0 |
| 1993 | 1 | 0 |
| 1994 | 1 | 0 |
| 1995 | 1 | 0 |
| 1996 | 3 | 0 |
| 1997 | 1 | 0 |
| 1998 | 4 | 0 |
| 1999 | 1 | 0 |
| 2000 | 1 | 0 |
| 2001 | 0 | 1 |
| 2002 | 1 | 0 |
| 2003 | 3 | 3 |
| 2004 | 3 | 3 |
| 2005 | 2 | 6 |
| 2006 | 2 | 1 |
| 2007 | 5 | 4 |
| 2008 | 2 | 4 |
| 2009 | 2 | 5 |
| 2010 | 3 | 3 |
| 2011 | 0 | 4 |
| 2012 | 7 | 1 |
| 2013 | 1 | 5 |
| 2014 | 1 | 5 |
| 2015 | 3 | 3 |
| 2016 | 4 | 6 |
| 2017 | 6 | 10 |
| 2018 | 4 | 15 |
| 2019 | 9 | 23 |
| 2020 | 20 | 18 |
| 2021 | 20 | 16 |
| 2022 | 15 | 16 |
| 2023 | 8 | 8 |
| 2024 | 20 | 9 |
| 2025 | 5 | 7 |
| 2026 | 3 | 4 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- I/O unit and communication system25 Aug 2026US 12,717,298 B2Fanuc Corporation
- Master unit and communication system28 Jul 2026US 12,693,646 B2Fanuc Corporation
- Communication device, communication system and communication control method7 Jul 2026US 12,675,093 B2Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
- Systems and methods for configuring and communicating with HVAC devices30 Sep 2025US 12,429,240 B2Johnson Controls Technology Company
- System and method for communication between a commander device and a responder device16 Sep 2025US 12,417,200 B2Stmicroelectronics Application GmbH
- Controlling multiple units by means of a higher-level control device20 Aug 2026US 2026/0244179 A1p&e power&energy GmbH
- Slave module and method for at least starting the iterative registration of slave modules of a modular controller system13 Aug 2026US 2026/0236012 A1Danfoss A/S
- Networking system based on embedded data acquisition workstations25 Jun 2026US 2026/0178004 A1Fujian Shunchang Hongrun Precision Instrument Co., Ltd.
- Method and apparatus for controlling master-slave arm robot14 May 2026US 2026/0131450 A1Innolcon Medical Technology (Suzhou) Co., Ltd.
- Systems and methods for configuring and communicating with hvac devices25 Dec 2025US 2025/0389436 A1Johnson Controls Technology Company
Most cited
By later US patents
- Control techniques and sub-processor contained within modular shaft with select control processing from handle1,420US 10,045,776 B2Ethicon, Inc. · 2018
- Method and apparatus for controlling network devices459US 6,574,234 B1Amx LLC · 2003
- System to interconnect, link, and control variable transmission windows and variable transmission window constructions356US 6,567,708 B1Gentex Corporation · 2003
- Variable transmission window constructions195US 7,085,609 B2Gentex Corporation · 2006
- Slave processor for controlling environments178US 4,740,882 AEnvironmental Computer Systems, Inc. · 1988