G06F 16/20
Information retrieval: of structured data
Official title: of structured data, e.g. relational data
G06F16/20 (Information retrieval: of structured data) appears on 99,353 US grants and 113,626 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G06F- Granted patents
- 99,353
- Published applications
- 113,626
- Assignees
- 15,954
- Inventors
- 163,320
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
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| 2021 | 8376 | 8599 |
| 2022 | 8629 | 7453 |
| 2023 | 8140 | 6468 |
| 2024 | 7388 | 5664 |
| 2025 | 6139 | 5163 |
| 2026 | 3984 | 4245 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- G06F 16/24Querying46,132
- G06F 16/23Updating19,482
- G06F 16/22Indexing19,347
- G06F 16/28Databases characterised by their database models18,268
- G06F 16/27Replication, distribution or synchronisation of data between databases or within a distributed13,410
- G06F 16/25Integrating or interfacing systems involving database management systems13,091
- G06F 16/21Design, administration or maintenance of databases12,994
- G06F 16/29Geographical information databases7,552
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Recent patents
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- Access control tower8 Oct 2026US 2026/0310332 A1Wells Fargo Bank, N. A.
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Most cited
By later US patents
- 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
- Method of upgrading a software application in the presence of user modifications2,300US 6,367,077 B1Siebel Systems, Inc. · 2002
- Method of selecting and presenting data from a database using a query language to a user of a computer system2,289US 5,715,450 ASiebel Systems, Inc. · 1998
- Partially replicated distributed database with multiple levels of remote clients2,249US 6,266,669 B1Siebel Systems, Inc. · 2001