G06F 16/14
Details of searching files based on file metadata
G06F16/14 (Details of searching files based on file metadata) appears on 3,128 US grants and 3,565 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G06F- Granted patents
- 3,128
- Published applications
- 3,565
- Assignees
- 977
- Inventors
- 6,582
- Latest grant
- 29 Sep 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 2 | 0 |
| 1992 | 0 | 0 |
| 1993 | 0 | 0 |
| 1994 | 2 | 0 |
| 1995 | 1 | 0 |
| 1996 | 1 | 0 |
| 1997 | 2 | 0 |
| 1998 | 3 | 0 |
| 1999 | 2 | 0 |
| 2000 | 4 | 0 |
| 2001 | 1 | 3 |
| 2002 | 4 | 14 |
| 2003 | 7 | 13 |
| 2004 | 7 | 10 |
| 2005 | 4 | 34 |
| 2006 | 13 | 42 |
| 2007 | 11 | 87 |
| 2008 | 11 | 52 |
| 2009 | 18 | 61 |
| 2010 | 51 | 45 |
| 2011 | 47 | 45 |
| 2012 | 51 | 83 |
| 2013 | 69 | 128 |
| 2014 | 90 | 169 |
| 2015 | 168 | 235 |
| 2016 | 156 | 234 |
| 2017 | 203 | 230 |
| 2018 | 181 | 236 |
| 2019 | 245 | 325 |
| 2020 | 289 | 315 |
| 2021 | 330 | 344 |
| 2022 | 351 | 238 |
| 2023 | 295 | 230 |
| 2024 | 228 | 163 |
| 2025 | 185 | 124 |
| 2026 | 96 | 105 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- System and method for utilizing search trees and tagging data items for data collection managing tasks29 Sep 2026US 12,748,727 B2
- Cryptographic integrity verification and adaptive artificial intelligence document extractor system for workflow automation in various domains29 Sep 2026US 12,750,220 B1Legaci Labs Inc.
- Selective synchronization of content items in a content management system22 Sep 2026US 12,743,397 B2Dropbox, Inc.
- Distributed data store for efficient snapshot management using collocated metadata15 Sep 2026US 12,737,322 B1Oracle International Corporation
- High speed database schema change detection15 Sep 2026US 12,737,328 B2Sap Ireland Limited
- Systems and methods for providing a contextual menu with information related to an emergency alert8 Oct 2026US 2026/0313205 A1Adeia Guides Inc.
- System and method for performing context aware operating file system virtualization1 Oct 2026US 2026/0300235 A1Unity Technologies ApS
- Cloud-based data protection using application programming interface access and selective data restore1 Oct 2026US 2026/0303689 A1Commvault Systems, Inc.
- Unibody bypass plunger and valve cage24 Sep 2026US 2026/0286816 A1Flowco MasterCo LLC
- Bulk snapshot recovery24 Sep 2026US 2026/0288956 A1Rubrik, Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Logical view and access to data managed by a modular data and storage management system944US 6,658,436 B2Commvault Systems, Inc. · 2003
- Metabase for facilitating data classification877US 7,747,579 B2Commvault Systems, Inc. · 2010
- Systems and methods for management of virtualization data847US 8,307,177 B2Commvault Systems, Inc. · 2012
- User interfaces and methods for managing data in a metabase708US 7,657,550 B2Commvault Systems, Inc. · 2010
- Systems and methods for using metadata to enhance data management operations646US 7,613,752 B2Commvault Systems, Inc. · 2009