G06F 16/16
File or folder operations
Official title: File or folder operations, e.g. details of user interfaces specifically adapted to file systems
G06F16/16 (File or folder operations) appears on 4,614 US grants and 5,445 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G06F- Granted patents
- 4,614
- Published applications
- 5,445
- Assignees
- 1,245
- Inventors
- 9,775
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
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| 1990 | 2 | 0 |
| 1991 | 3 | 0 |
| 1992 | 1 | 0 |
| 1993 | 3 | 0 |
| 1994 | 1 | 0 |
| 1995 | 0 | 0 |
| 1996 | 4 | 0 |
| 1997 | 7 | 0 |
| 1998 | 7 | 0 |
| 1999 | 8 | 0 |
| 2000 | 8 | 0 |
| 2001 | 9 | 1 |
| 2002 | 11 | 13 |
| 2003 | 5 | 16 |
| 2004 | 9 | 20 |
| 2005 | 6 | 41 |
| 2006 | 7 | 88 |
| 2007 | 13 | 137 |
| 2008 | 17 | 121 |
| 2009 | 44 | 108 |
| 2010 | 83 | 123 |
| 2011 | 80 | 110 |
| 2012 | 111 | 161 |
| 2013 | 146 | 201 |
| 2014 | 180 | 304 |
| 2015 | 221 | 291 |
| 2016 | 281 | 405 |
| 2017 | 276 | 357 |
| 2018 | 256 | 356 |
| 2019 | 351 | 382 |
| 2020 | 418 | 372 |
| 2021 | 414 | 411 |
| 2022 | 396 | 349 |
| 2023 | 342 | 351 |
| 2024 | 404 | 283 |
| 2025 | 295 | 254 |
| 2026 | 195 | 190 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Dynamically changing input data streams processed by data stream language programs6 Oct 2026US 12,754,724 B1Cisco Technology, Inc.
- Migration from centralized version control system to a distributed version control system6 Oct 2026US 12,754,727 B2International Business Machines Corporation
- Techniques for deterministically routing database requests to database servers6 Oct 2026US 12,754,881 B2Apple Inc.
- System and method for collaborative knowledge management pruning using large language models6 Oct 2026US 12,754,948 B2Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
- Image processing apparatus, image capturing apparatus, image processing method, and storage medium that record first and second subject information in association with a composite image6 Oct 2026US 12,755,336 B2Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- System and method for data transfer, including protocols for use in data transfer in a content management environment8 Oct 2026US 2026/0313015 A1Rocket Software Canada, Inc.
- Systems and methods for performing bulk file storage system actions over a network protocol1 Oct 2026US 2026/0299801 A1Everpure, Inc.
- Hierarchal snapshot retention storage1 Oct 2026US 2026/0300222 A1Rubrik, Inc.
- Method for processing metadata of a storage engine, electronic device and storage medium1 Oct 2026US 2026/0300224 A1Beijing Volcano Engine Technology Co., Ltd.
- Executing File System Operations In Relation To Data Abstraction Units1 Oct 2026US 2026/0300226 A1Oracle International Corporation
Most cited
By later US patents
- Network management system having virtual catalog overview of files distributively stored across network domain1,214US 5,495,607 AConner Peripherals, Inc. · 1996
- Graphical user interface for configuration of a storage system1,085US 6,538,669 B1Dell Products L. P. · 2003
- Computer image capture, customization and deployment985US 7,356,679 B1VMware, Inc. · 2008
- Metabase for facilitating data classification877US 7,747,579 B2Commvault Systems, Inc. · 2010
- Pathname translation in a data replication system736US 7,636,743 B2Commvault Systems, Inc. · 2009