G06F 16/00
Information retrieval
Official title: Information retrieval; Database structures therefor; File system structures therefor
G06F16/00 (Information retrieval) appears on 207,930 US grants and 248,461 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G06F- Granted patents
- 207,930
- Published applications
- 248,461
- Assignees
- 31,273
- Inventors
- 314,670
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1976 | 11 | 0 |
| 1977 | 17 | 0 |
| 1978 | 20 | 0 |
| 1979 | 9 | 0 |
| 1980 | 7 | 0 |
| 1981 | 10 | 0 |
| 1982 | 7 | 0 |
| 1983 | 13 | 0 |
| 1984 | 22 | 0 |
| 1985 | 37 | 0 |
| 1986 | 32 | 0 |
| 1987 | 29 | 0 |
| 1988 | 53 | 0 |
| 1989 | 74 | 0 |
| 1990 | 84 | 0 |
| 1991 | 96 | 0 |
| 1992 | 119 | 0 |
| 1993 | 152 | 0 |
| 1994 | 199 | 0 |
| 1995 | 268 | 0 |
| 1996 | 346 | 0 |
| 1997 | 440 | 0 |
| 1998 | 1012 | 0 |
| 1999 | 1177 | 0 |
| 2000 | 1081 | 0 |
| 2001 | 1227 | 693 |
| 2002 | 1492 | 3381 |
| 2003 | 1629 | 3498 |
| 2004 | 1783 | 3873 |
| 2005 | 1585 | 4831 |
| 2006 | 2456 | 5329 |
| 2007 | 2335 | 6111 |
| 2008 | 2605 | 7333 |
| 2009 | 3304 | 7384 |
| 2010 | 5200 | 6651 |
| 2011 | 5199 | 6926 |
| 2012 | 6341 | 8309 |
| 2013 | 7205 | 9905 |
| 2014 | 9079 | 12342 |
| 2015 | 9963 | 13303 |
| 2016 | 11153 | 13933 |
| 2017 | 11316 | 14074 |
| 2018 | 10691 | 13913 |
| 2019 | 14095 | 15782 |
| 2020 | 15313 | 16994 |
| 2021 | 15738 | 16292 |
| 2022 | 15670 | 14173 |
| 2023 | 14852 | 12718 |
| 2024 | 13568 | 11312 |
| 2025 | 11405 | 10583 |
| 2026 | 7411 | 8818 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- G06F 16/20Information retrieval: of structured data99,353
- G06F 16/90Details of database functions independent of the retrieved data types82,855
- G06F 16/10File systems30,766
- G06F 16/30Information retrieval: of unstructured textual data26,138
- G06F 16/50Information retrieval: of still image data13,593
- G06F 16/40Information retrieval: of multimedia data11,999
- G06F 16/70Information retrieval: of video data7,177
- G06F 16/60Information retrieval: of audio data5,427
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Recent patents
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- Method, device and system for processing a flight task8 Oct 2026US 2026/0309513 A1Sz Dji Technology Co., Ltd.
- Spi keyboard module for a parking meter and a parking meter having an spi keyboard module8 Oct 2026US 2026/0310308 A1J. J. Mackay Canada Limited
- Access control tower8 Oct 2026US 2026/0310332 A1Wells Fargo Bank, N. A.
- Access control interface for managing entities and permissions8 Oct 2026US 2026/0310333 A1Wells Fargo Bank, N. A.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Method, apparatus, and system for attaching search results2,457US 6,763,351 B1Siebel Systems, Inc. · 2004
- Method of maintaining a network of partially replicated database system2,373US 5,873,096 ASiebel Systems, Inc. · 1999
- System for generation of user profiles for a system for customized electronic identification of desirable objects2,365US 5,754,939 A1998
- System and method for record and playback of collaborative Web browsing session2,365US 6,535,909 B1Contigo Software LLC · 2003
- Method, apparatus, and system for previewing search results2,302US 6,711,565 B1Siebel Systems, Inc. · 2004