G06F 11/362
Debugging of software
G06F11/362 (Debugging of software) appears on 7,018 US grants and 6,840 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G06F- Granted patents
- 7,018
- Published applications
- 6,840
- Assignees
- 1,331
- Inventors
- 13,548
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
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| 2001 | 103 | 36 |
| 2002 | 65 | 124 |
| 2003 | 88 | 141 |
| 2004 | 99 | 196 |
| 2005 | 105 | 226 |
| 2006 | 155 | 252 |
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| 2021 | 395 | 329 |
| 2022 | 334 | 278 |
| 2023 | 313 | 308 |
| 2024 | 285 | 252 |
| 2025 | 216 | 245 |
| 2026 | 136 | 198 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- G06F 11/3636By tracing the execution of the program3,260
- G06F 11/3648Using additional hardware1,662
- G06F 11/366Using diagnostics997
- G06F 11/3624By performing operations on the source code875
- G06F 11/3644By instrumenting at runtime759
- G06F 11/3632Of specific synchronisation aspects326
- G06F 11/3628Of optimised code141
Recent patents
- Debug operations on artificial intelligence operations6 Oct 2026US 12,754,823 B2
- Component debugging method, apparatus, and device, and storage medium6 Oct 2026US 12,754,824 B2Beijing Zitiao Network Technology Co., Ltd.
- Debugging microservices in trusted execution environments6 Oct 2026US 12,754,831 B2International Business Machines Corporation
- Scalable generative AI-based tool infrastructure29 Sep 2026US 12,748,791 B2Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
- Method and system of attesting, examining and quickly tracing software bill of materials22 Sep 2026US 12,743,363 B2Chelpis Quantum Corporation
- Collaborative debugging across firmware and hardware8 Oct 2026US 2026/0310868 A1International Business Machines Corporation
- Methods and systems of sequential latent inference of complex knowledge1 Oct 2026US 2026/0299892 A1Kinaxis Inc.
- System, Method, and Computer Program Product for Machine Learning Model Visualization and Optimized Deployment1 Oct 2026US 2026/0299912 A1Visa International Service Association
- Cycle accurate tracing of vector instructions1 Oct 2026US 2026/0300096 A1SiFive, Inc.
- Systems and Methods For Detecting Duplicate Bug Reports1 Oct 2026US 2026/0300133 A1Bugcrowd Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Method and apparatus for providing attribute nodes in a graphical data flow environment448US 5,481,741 ANational Instruments Corporation · 1996
- System and method for monitoring and analyzing the execution of computer programs438US 6,282,701 B1Mutek Solutions, Ltd. · 2001
- Processor having plurality of functional units for orderly retiring outstanding operations based upon its associated tags403US 5,226,126 ANexgen Microsystems · 1993
- Method and system for recording and replaying the execution of distributed java programs380US 6,832,367 B1International Business Machines Corporation · 2004
- System for analyzing and debugging embedded software through dynamic and interactive use of code markers312US 5,450,586 AHewlett-Packard Company · 1995