G06F
Computing and data processing
Official title: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N)
G06F (Computing and data processing) appears on 966,342 US grants and 1,104,676 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G06F- Granted patents
- 966,342
- Published applications
- 1,104,676
- Assignees
- 90,522
- Inventors
- 1,044,989
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 533 | 0 |
| 1977 | 553 | 0 |
| 1978 | 567 | 0 |
| 1979 | 415 | 0 |
| 1980 | 507 | 0 |
| 1981 | 543 | 0 |
| 1982 | 532 | 0 |
| 1983 | 618 | 0 |
| 1984 | 924 | 0 |
| 1985 | 948 | 0 |
| 1986 | 1017 | 0 |
| 1987 | 1358 | 0 |
| 1988 | 1401 | 0 |
| 1989 | 1974 | 0 |
| 1990 | 1758 | 0 |
| 1991 | 1837 | 0 |
| 1992 | 2321 | 0 |
| 1993 | 2754 | 0 |
| 1994 | 3413 | 0 |
| 1995 | 3953 | 0 |
| 1996 | 5263 | 0 |
| 1997 | 5545 | 0 |
| 1998 | 8977 | 0 |
| 1999 | 9154 | 0 |
| 2000 | 8757 | 0 |
| 2001 | 9353 | 3477 |
| 2002 | 9618 | 15107 |
| 2003 | 10256 | 18301 |
| 2004 | 11074 | 21087 |
| 2005 | 10599 | 24582 |
| 2006 | 15315 | 26636 |
| 2007 | 14074 | 28199 |
| 2008 | 15638 | 32344 |
| 2009 | 17566 | 32539 |
| 2010 | 23137 | 31323 |
| 2011 | 23811 | 32916 |
| 2012 | 29192 | 38062 |
| 2013 | 34653 | 45622 |
| 2014 | 41438 | 53983 |
| 2015 | 44407 | 54601 |
| 2016 | 47814 | 55851 |
| 2017 | 49170 | 56479 |
| 2018 | 48006 | 56720 |
| 2019 | 60042 | 63164 |
| 2020 | 62872 | 67370 |
| 2021 | 61163 | 67378 |
| 2022 | 60254 | 63082 |
| 2023 | 58546 | 60795 |
| 2024 | 56621 | 58570 |
| 2025 | 51524 | 53964 |
| 2026 | 34577 | 42524 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Main groups
Granted patents with any code in the group
- G06F 3/00Input arrangements for transferring data to be processed into a form capable269,167
- G06F 16/00Information retrieval207,930
- G06F 9/00Arrangements for program control146,551
- G06F 21/00Security arrangements for protecting computers, components thereof, programs or data against unauthorised121,972
- G06F 11/00Error detection111,481
- G06F 1/00Details not covered by groups g06f3/00 - g06f13/00 and g06f21/00102,998
- G06F 12/00Accessing, addressing or allocating within memory systems or architectures59,071
- G06F 40/00Handling natural language data55,870
All 37 main groupsShow fewer
- G06F 13/00Interconnection of, or transfer of information or other signals between, memories, input/output53,065
- G06F 8/00Arrangements for software engineering50,599
- G06F 30/00Computer-aided design [cad]45,302
- G06F 18/00Pattern recognition41,217
- G06F 2203/00Indexing scheme relating to g06f3/00 - g06f3/048Indexing code36,894
- G06F 2221/00Indexing scheme relating to security arrangements for protecting computers, components thereof, programsIndexing code34,381
- G06F 2212/00Indexing scheme relating to accessing, addressing or allocation within memory systems orIndexing code34,145
- G06F 2201/00Indexing scheme relating to error detection, to error correction, and to monitoringIndexing code24,213
- G06F 17/00Digital computing or data processing equipment or methods, specially adapted for specific20,537
- G06F 15/00Digital computers in general18,036
- G06F 7/00Methods or arrangements for processing data by operating upon the order or17,676
- G06F 2209/00Indexing scheme relating to g06f9/00Indexing code13,154
- G06F 2200/00Indexing scheme relating to g06f1/04 - g06f1/32Indexing code8,608
- G06F 2119/00Details relating to the type or aim of the analysis or theIndexing code7,645
- G06F 2111/00Details relating to cad techniquesIndexing code7,399
- G06F 2213/00Indexing scheme relating to interconnection of, or transfer of information or otherIndexing code7,099
- G06F 2218/00Aspects of pattern recognition specially adapted for signal processingIndexing code4,002
- G06F 2207/00Indexing scheme relating to methods or arrangements for processing data by operatingIndexing code3,760
- G06F 5/00Methods or arrangements for data conversion without changing the order or content3,746
- G06F 2211/00Indexing scheme relating to details of data-processing equipment not covered by groupsIndexing code3,715
- G06F 2113/00Details relating to the application fieldIndexing code2,968
- G06F 2115/00Details relating to the type of the circuitIndexing code1,210
- G06F 2216/00Indexing scheme relating to additional aspects of information retrieval not explicitly coveredIndexing code1,170
- G06F 2206/00Indexing scheme related to dedicated interfaces for computersIndexing code1,156
- G06F 2205/00Indexing scheme relating to group g06f5/00Indexing code841
- G06F 2117/00Details relating to the type or aim of the circuit designIndexing code760
- G06F 2101/00Indexing scheme relating to the type of digital function generatedIndexing code282
- G06F 2219/00Indexing scheme relating to application aspects of data processing equipment or methodsIndexing code52
- G06F 2123/00Data typesIndexing code12
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Most cited
By later US patents
- Method and apparatus for integrating manual input3,711US 6,323,846 B1University of Delaware · 2001
- Systems and methods for secure transaction management and electronic rights protection3,563US 5,892,900 AIntertrust Technologies Corporation · 1999
- Multipoint touchscreen3,397US 7,663,607 B2Apple Inc. · 2010
- Multiple fingers contact sensing method for emulating mouse buttons and mouse operations on a touch sensor pad2,510US 5,825,352 ALogitech, Inc. · 1998
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