G06F 11/22
Detection or location of defective computer hardware by testing during standby operation
Official title: Detection or location of defective computer hardware by testing during standby operation or during idle time, e.g. start-up testing
G06F11/22 (Detection or location of defective computer hardware by testing during standby operation) appears on 9,981 US grants and 7,903 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G06F- Granted patents
- 9,981
- Published applications
- 7,903
- Assignees
- 2,169
- Inventors
- 20,490
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1976 | 18 | 0 |
| 1977 | 18 | 0 |
| 1978 | 20 | 0 |
| 1979 | 15 | 0 |
| 1980 | 27 | 0 |
| 1981 | 25 | 0 |
| 1982 | 37 | 0 |
| 1983 | 25 | 0 |
| 1984 | 48 | 0 |
| 1985 | 61 | 0 |
| 1986 | 47 | 0 |
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| 1990 | 97 | 0 |
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| 1992 | 118 | 0 |
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| 1997 | 211 | 0 |
| 1998 | 253 | 0 |
| 1999 | 257 | 0 |
| 2000 | 207 | 0 |
| 2001 | 211 | 47 |
| 2002 | 170 | 203 |
| 2003 | 219 | 248 |
| 2004 | 212 | 306 |
| 2005 | 199 | 322 |
| 2006 | 253 | 322 |
| 2007 | 260 | 283 |
| 2008 | 265 | 335 |
| 2009 | 251 | 350 |
| 2010 | 292 | 266 |
| 2011 | 283 | 239 |
| 2012 | 242 | 287 |
| 2013 | 255 | 349 |
| 2014 | 362 | 429 |
| 2015 | 405 | 415 |
| 2016 | 434 | 384 |
| 2017 | 361 | 352 |
| 2018 | 312 | 330 |
| 2019 | 403 | 343 |
| 2020 | 377 | 343 |
| 2021 | 342 | 321 |
| 2022 | 298 | 269 |
| 2023 | 311 | 296 |
| 2024 | 301 | 305 |
| 2025 | 254 | 272 |
| 2026 | 166 | 287 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- G06F 11/26Functional testing4,743
- G06F 11/2205Using arrangements specific to the hardware being tested2,705
- G06F 11/2294By remote test1,015
- G06F 11/2284By power-on test468
- G06F 11/2257Using expert systems447
- G06F 11/2273Test methods418
- G06F 11/24Marginal checking or other specified testing methods not covered by g06f11/26366
- G06F 11/2289By configuration test352
Recent patents
- Method and device for predicting an error of a device battery6 Oct 2026US 12,754,811 B2Robert Bosch GmbH
- Secure debug access of a system-on-chip device6 Oct 2026US 12,754,812 B2NXP USA, Inc.
- Memory sub-system testing and validation6 Oct 2026US 12,754,813 B2Micron Technology, Inc.
- Method for injecting fault with variable power supply and apparatus therefor29 Sep 2026US 12,748,671 B2Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
- Real time analysis and control for a multiprocessor system29 Sep 2026US 12,748,682 B2HyperX Holdings LLC
- Electronic device logistics and testing system8 Oct 2026US 2026/0310563 A1Communications Test Design, Inc.
- Electronic device logistics and testing system8 Oct 2026US 2026/0310564 A1Communications Test Design, Inc.
- Electronic device logistics and testing system8 Oct 2026US 2026/0310565 A1Communications Test Design, Inc.
- Electronic device logistics and testing system8 Oct 2026US 2026/0310566 A1Communications Test Design, Inc.
- Fault tree generating device and method for generating fault tree using the same8 Oct 2026US 2026/0310567 A1Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute
Most cited
By later US patents
- Self-test and status reporting system for microcontroller-controlled devices1,247US 6,104,304 AConexant Systems, Inc. · 2000
- Method and apparatus for updating software at remote locations960US 5,155,847 AMinicom Data Corporation · 1992
- System for monitoring and managing computer resources and applications across a distributed computing environment using an intelligent autonomous agent architecture833US 5,655,081 ABMC Software, Inc. · 1997
- Network management system using model-based intelligence689US 5,504,921 ACabletron Systems, Inc. · 1996
- Method and apparatus for implementing user feedback596US 5,537,618 ADiaCom Technologies, Inc. · 1996