G06F 16/17
Details of further file system functions
G06F16/17 (Details of further file system functions) appears on 11,198 US grants and 11,832 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G06F- Granted patents
- 11,198
- Published applications
- 11,832
- Assignees
- 2,005
- Inventors
- 18,512
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1985 | 1 | 0 |
| 1986 | 0 | 0 |
| 1987 | 0 | 0 |
| 1988 | 5 | 0 |
| 1989 | 5 | 0 |
| 1990 | 1 | 0 |
| 1991 | 11 | 0 |
| 1992 | 7 | 0 |
| 1993 | 8 | 0 |
| 1994 | 6 | 0 |
| 1995 | 10 | 0 |
| 1996 | 11 | 0 |
| 1997 | 9 | 0 |
| 1998 | 25 | 0 |
| 1999 | 29 | 0 |
| 2000 | 15 | 0 |
| 2001 | 10 | 3 |
| 2002 | 20 | 33 |
| 2003 | 14 | 36 |
| 2004 | 17 | 49 |
| 2005 | 21 | 90 |
| 2006 | 38 | 102 |
| 2007 | 33 | 175 |
| 2008 | 42 | 182 |
| 2009 | 81 | 209 |
| 2010 | 146 | 219 |
| 2011 | 173 | 339 |
| 2012 | 245 | 429 |
| 2013 | 363 | 552 |
| 2014 | 507 | 798 |
| 2015 | 660 | 788 |
| 2016 | 810 | 881 |
| 2017 | 806 | 829 |
| 2018 | 695 | 745 |
| 2019 | 891 | 923 |
| 2020 | 994 | 941 |
| 2021 | 921 | 832 |
| 2022 | 973 | 735 |
| 2023 | 868 | 677 |
| 2024 | 772 | 537 |
| 2025 | 603 | 432 |
| 2026 | 352 | 296 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- G06F 16/174Redundancy elimination performed by the file system3,667
- G06F 16/178Techniques for file synchronisation in file systems2,966
- G06F 16/176Support for shared access to files2,228
- G06F 16/1734Details of monitoring file system events1,677
- G06F 16/172Caching, prefetching or hoarding of files1,137
- G06F 16/1727Details of free space management performed by the file system743
- G06F 16/1724Details of de-fragmentation performed by the file system186
- G06F 16/173Customisation support for file systems172
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Most cited
By later US patents
- Method, apparatus, system, and program product for attaching files and other objects to a partially replicated database2,209US 6,732,111 B2Siebel Systems, Inc. · 2004
- File server system using file system storage, data movers, and an exchange of meta data among data movers for file locking and direct access to shared file systems1,332US 6,324,581 B1EMC Corporation · 2001
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- Representation of collaborative multi-user activities relative to shared structured data objects in a networked workstation environment1,083US 5,008,853 AXerox Corporation · 1991
- Storage management system with file aggregation and space reclamation within aggregated files1,032US 6,021,415 AInternational Business Machines Corporation · 2000