G06F 16/196
Specific adaptations of the file system to access devices and non-file objects
Official title: {Specific adaptations of the file system to access devices and non-file objects via standard file system access operations, e.g. pseudo file systems (dedicated interfaces to storage systems G06F3/0601)}
G06F16/196 (Specific adaptations of the file system to access devices and non-file objects) appears on 148 US grants and 139 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G06F- Granted patents
- 148
- Published applications
- 139
- Assignees
- 70
- Inventors
- 291
- Latest grant
- 1 Sep 2026
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| 2026 | 4 | 3 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
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- Extensible data platform with database domain extensions12 Feb 2026US 2026/0044526 A1Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
- Virtual replication of unstructured data16 Oct 2025US 2025/0321832 A1restorVault, LLC
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Most cited
By later US patents
- Fault-tolerant computer system with /CONFIG filesystem165US 5,327,553 ATandem Computers Incorporated · 1994
- Accessing a file system using tiered deduplication85US 9,575,673 B2Commvault Systems, Inc. · 2017
- Replication of virtual machines70US 9,405,765 B1EMC Corporation · 2016
- Method and apparatus for mapping virtual drives53US 8,635,429 B1Symantec Corporation · 2014
- Accessing a file system using tiered deduplication41US 9,934,238 B2Commvault Systems, Inc. · 2018