Remote Control System for Construction Machinery

ChangeBridge: EPO Bulletin - Business Methods (G06Q)

Published March 25th, 2026

Detected April 2nd, 2026

Summary

The European Patent Office published patent EP4497876A1 for Hitachi Construction Machinery Co., Ltd., covering a remote control system for construction machinery. This is a standard patent publication under the G06Q (Business Methods) and E02F (Construction/Mining Machinery) classification schemes. The patent was published on March 25, 2026.

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What changed

This document is a patent publication announcement from the European Patent Office, not a regulatory action. EPO granted patent EP4497876A1 to Hitachi Construction Machinery Co., Ltd. for a remote control system applicable to construction machinery. The patent is classified under E02F (Earth-moving operations) and G06Q (Business Methods), with inventors including Hoshino Kazunori.

Patent publications do not impose compliance obligations on third parties. No action is required by regulated entities. This announcement is informational for parties interested in patent landscape, technology trends, or potential freedom-to-operate considerations regarding remote control systems in construction equipment. The designated states cover most EU and EEA member states.

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REMOTE CONTROL SYSTEM

Publication EP4497876A1 Kind: A1 Mar 25, 2026

Applicants

Hitachi Construction Machinery Co., Ltd.

Inventors

HOSHINO, Kazunori

IPC Classifications

E02F 3/84 20060101AFI20260219BHEP E02F 9/20 20060101ALI20260219BHEP G06Q 50/08 20120101ALI20260219BHEP

Designated States

AL, AT, BE, BG, CH, CY, CZ, DE, DK, EE, ES, FI, FR, GB, GR, HR, HU, IE, IS, IT, LI, LT, LU, LV, MC, ME, MK, MT, NL, NO, PL, PT, RO, RS, SE, SI, SK, SM, TR

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