Y02P 90/02
Total factory control
Official title: Total factory control, e.g. smart factories, flexible manufacturing systems [FMS] or integrated manufacturing systems [IMS]
Y02P90/02 (Total factory control) appears on 11,898 US grants and 12,454 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in Y02P- Granted patents
- 11,898
- Published applications
- 12,454
- Assignees
- 3,463
- Inventors
- 25,064
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
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| 2003 | 239 | 319 |
| 2004 | 270 | 387 |
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| 2022 | 659 | 693 |
| 2023 | 703 | 736 |
| 2024 | 561 | 389 |
| 2025 | 498 | 218 |
| 2026 | 207 | 110 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
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