G06F 12/0261
Using reference counting
Official title: {using reference counting}
G06F12/0261 (Using reference counting) appears on 419 US grants and 368 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G06F- Granted patents
- 419
- Published applications
- 368
- Assignees
- 112
- Inventors
- 606
- Latest grant
- 11 Aug 2026
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| 1987 | 2 | 0 |
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| 1992 | 0 | 0 |
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| 2001 | 16 | 5 |
| 2002 | 14 | 15 |
| 2003 | 13 | 9 |
| 2004 | 11 | 4 |
| 2005 | 5 | 13 |
| 2006 | 8 | 6 |
| 2007 | 5 | 10 |
| 2008 | 7 | 8 |
| 2009 | 6 | 10 |
| 2010 | 10 | 3 |
| 2011 | 7 | 6 |
| 2012 | 9 | 15 |
| 2013 | 9 | 6 |
| 2014 | 10 | 13 |
| 2015 | 22 | 16 |
| 2016 | 15 | 53 |
| 2017 | 36 | 47 |
| 2018 | 27 | 35 |
| 2019 | 41 | 24 |
| 2020 | 49 | 23 |
| 2021 | 16 | 10 |
| 2022 | 26 | 14 |
| 2023 | 12 | 7 |
| 2024 | 11 | 7 |
| 2025 | 6 | 5 |
| 2026 | 5 | 4 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
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- Partitioned cache for random read operations26 May 2026US 12,639,206 B2Micron Technology, Inc.
- Optimizing garbage collection copy forward operation by generating a live instance table30 Jul 2026US 2026/0219785 A1Dell Products L. P.
- Data Access Using a Virtual Mapping Bypass in a Log Storage Filesystem25 Jun 2026US 2026/0178488 A1Dell Products L. P.
- Method and apparatus for cleaning up resources, and device23 Apr 2026US 2026/0111359 A1
- Memory controller for performing read operation and operating method thereof19 Feb 2026US 2026/0050548 A1SK hynix Inc.
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Most cited
By later US patents
- Method and system for leasing storage318US 6,263,350 B1Sun Microsystems, Inc. · 2001
- Computer memory system with parallel garbage collection independent from an associated user processor217US 4,775,932 ATexas Instruments Incorporated · 1988
- Dynamic memory allocation in a computer using a bit map index193US 5,784,699 AOracle Corporation · 1998
- System and method for remote object resource management138US 5,808,911 ASun Microsystems, Inc. · 1998
- Dynamic lookup service in a distributed system128US 6,185,611 B2Sun Microsystem, Inc. · 2001