Design Patent USD1124080S1 - Industrial Robot
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Kuka Robotics Manufacturing China Co., Ltd. was granted Design Patent USD1124080S1 for an industrial robot design, published on April 28, 2026. The patent application (No. 35524469) was filed on March 25, 2024, with inventors Sivakumar Thangavelu and Lihua Kang, and contains one design claim. The invention is classified under multiple CPC codes including A61B 34/30, B25J 9/047, and B25J 17/00.
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USPTO classification A61B covers diagnostic, surgical, and identification instruments: imaging systems, surgical robots, biosignal sensors, endoscopes, biopsy tools, surgical navigation, wearable diagnostic patches, and any device that goes near a patient for measurement or intervention. This feed tracks every patent grant in A61B, around 475 a month, with the patent number, title, applicant, inventor names, and abstract. Watch this if you compete in medical devices, file freedom-to-operate analyses, scout acquisition targets in surgical robotics or imaging, or track what hospitals' R&D arms are quietly patenting. GovPing pulls each grant as it publishes on the USPTO's official feed.
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The USPTO issued Design Patent USD1124080S1 to Kuka Robotics Manufacturing China Co., Ltd., covering the ornamental design for an industrial robot. The patent is classified under medical-device-related CPC codes (A61B 34/30, A61B 34/37) as well as industrial robotics codes (B25J 9/047, B25J 17/00) and materials handling codes (B66F 11/042).
Holders of complementary or competing robotics designs should review this grant to assess whether their own design patents could face validity challenges or whether licensing opportunities exist with Kuka. The presence of surgical/medical CPC codes alongside standard robotics codes suggests the design may have applications in medical robotics contexts.
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Industrial robot
Design USD1124080S1 Kind: S1 Apr 28, 2026
Assignee
Kuka Robotics Manufacturing China Co., Ltd.
Inventors
Sivakumar Thangavelu, Lihua Kang
CPC Classifications
A61B 34/30 A61B 34/37 B66F 11/042 B66F 11/046 B25J 17/00 B25J 9/047 B25J 9/0087 B25J 19/0075 B25J 13/084
Filing Date
2024-03-25
Application No.
35524469
Claims
1
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