G06F 16/3344
Using natural language analysis
Official title: {using natural language analysis}
G06F16/3344 (Using natural language analysis) appears on 2,771 US grants and 3,586 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G06F- Granted patents
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- Published applications
- 3,586
- Assignees
- 953
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- 8,028
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
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| 2023 | 224 | 197 |
| 2024 | 225 | 188 |
| 2025 | 232 | 308 |
| 2026 | 191 | 453 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
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- Analyzing semantic user sessions using screen understanding8 Oct 2026US 2026/0311448 A1Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
- Two-stage cross-encoder architecture for text retrieval systems1 Oct 2026US 2026/0300347 A1Intuit Inc.
- Supplemental content generation service and graphical user interface for a content collaboration platform1 Oct 2026US 2026/0300348 A1Atlassian Pty Ltd.
Most cited
By later US patents
- User interface and other enhancements for natural language information retrieval system and method1,120US 6,026,388 ATextwise LLC · 2000
- Information retrieval by natural language querying847US 6,601,026 B2Discern Communications, Inc. · 2003
- Apparatus and methods for an information retrieval system that employs natural language processing of search results to improve overall precision832US 5,933,822 AMicrosoft Corporation · 1999
- System and method for natural language processing of query answers680US 7,702,508 B2Phoenix Solutions, Inc. · 2010
- Natural language information retrieval system and method672US 6,081,774 ANovell, Inc. · 2000