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G06F 13/12

Using hardware independent of the central processor

Official title: using hardware independent of the central processor, e.g. channel or peripheral processor

G06F13/12 (Using hardware independent of the central processor) appears on 2,077 US grants and 1,356 published applications in this corpus.

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Published applications: 1,356
Assignees: 626
Inventors: 4,183
Latest grant: 22 Sep 2026

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G06F 13/12: granted patents and published applications per publication year
Year	Granted patents	Published applications
1976	6	0
1977	12	0
1978	19	0
1979	17	0
1980	10	0
1981	20	0
1982	12	0
1983	19	0
1984	37	0
1985	24	0
1986	18	0
1987	33	0
1988	17	0
1989	35	0
1990	25	0
1991	25	0
1992	35	0
1993	24	0
1994	46	0
1995	45	0
1996	43	0
1997	51	0
1998	85	0
1999	64	0
2000	56	0
2001	30	6
2002	27	33
2003	23	37
2004	32	29
2005	24	27
2006	31	24
2007	26	32
2008	17	35
2009	28	38
2010	38	41
2011	31	32
2012	42	44
2013	52	77
2014	62	88
2015	85	88
2016	75	58
2017	67	55
2018	72	73
2019	81	84
2020	85	101
2021	83	87
2022	87	62
2023	65	55
2024	54	63
2025	57	55
2026	25	32

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