Maintaining a relative position with respect to moving targets, e.g. following animals or humans (for pointing payloads towards targets G05D1/689; involving controlling the position or course of two or more vehicles G05D1/69)

Maintaining a relative position with respect to moving targets, e.g. following animals or humans (for pointing payloads towards targets G05D1/689; involving controlling the position or course of two or more vehicles G05D1/69) · Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC)

Computing, optics, measurement, and control technologies.

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CPC codeG05D1/686
Official titleMaintaining a relative position with respect to moving targets, e.g. following animals or humans (for pointing payloads towards targets G05D1/689; involving controlling the position or course of two or more vehicles G05D1/69)
Display labelMaintaining a relative position with respect to moving targets, e.g. following animals or humans (for pointing payloads towards targets G05D1/689; involving controlling the position or course of two or more vehicles G05D1/69)
Total patents341

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Year-over-year patent counts classified under this CPC code.

Filing activity over the last five years is growing.

Patents filed per year
YearPatents
20152
20165
20177
201810
201942
202031
202126
202237
202348
202457
202550
202626

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What is CPC G05D1/686?
CPC G05D1/686 is the Cooperative Patent Classification code for “Maintaining a relative position with respect to moving targets, e.g. following animals or humans (for pointing payloads towards targets G05D1/689; involving controlling the position or course of two or more vehicles G05D1/69).”
How many patents are filed under CPC G05D1/686 (Maintaining a relative position with respect to moving targets, e.g. following animals or humans (for pointing payloads towards targets G05D1/689; involving controlling the position or course of two or more vehicles G05D1/69))?
Our database includes 341 publications tagged with this CPC code.
Is patent activity under CPC G05D1/686 growing?
Publication counts under this code: 57 in 2024 vs 50 in 2025 (latest complete years).