G06F 16/432
Query formulation
G06F16/432 (Query formulation) appears on 1,160 US grants and 1,452 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G06F- Granted patents
- 1,160
- Published applications
- 1,452
- Assignees
- 438
- Inventors
- 2,564
- Latest grant
- 1 Sep 2026
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| 1999 | 3 | 0 |
| 2000 | 2 | 0 |
| 2001 | 1 | 2 |
| 2002 | 2 | 4 |
| 2003 | 3 | 3 |
| 2004 | 3 | 11 |
| 2005 | 5 | 27 |
| 2006 | 4 | 26 |
| 2007 | 8 | 27 |
| 2008 | 6 | 34 |
| 2009 | 15 | 50 |
| 2010 | 29 | 37 |
| 2011 | 20 | 57 |
| 2012 | 33 | 60 |
| 2013 | 46 | 77 |
| 2014 | 72 | 69 |
| 2015 | 71 | 81 |
| 2016 | 81 | 78 |
| 2017 | 77 | 95 |
| 2018 | 81 | 120 |
| 2019 | 78 | 101 |
| 2020 | 107 | 112 |
| 2021 | 109 | 78 |
| 2022 | 74 | 65 |
| 2023 | 73 | 70 |
| 2024 | 69 | 66 |
| 2025 | 57 | 53 |
| 2026 | 31 | 49 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Systems and methods to handle queries comprising a media quote1 Sep 2026US 12,726,674 B2Adeia Guides Inc.
- Computing systems and methods for retrieving data from a library for use by downstream systems18 Aug 2026US 12,711,174 B2Google Inc.
- Natural language-guided music audio recommendation for video using machine learning11 Aug 2026US 12,705,275 B2Adobe Inc.
- Dynamic bin creation4 Aug 2026US 12,699,728 B2Avid Technology, Inc.
- Consistent file system semantics with cloud object storage28 Jul 2026US 12,693,995 B2Oracle International Corporation
- App search based on verbal description of icon1 Oct 2026US 2026/0300374 A1Lenovo (United States) Inc.
- Methods and apparatus to determine tags for media using multiple media features1 Oct 2026US 2026/0300375 A1The Nielsen Company (US), LLC
- System24 Sep 2026US 2026/0288851 A1SoftBank Group Corp.
- System24 Sep 2026US 2026/0288852 A1SoftBank Group Corp.
- Methods and systems for providing a secure automated assistant24 Sep 2026US 2026/0288853 A1Google Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Audio content search engine441US 7,983,915 B2Sonic Foundry, Inc. · 2011
- Processing techniques for text capture from a rendered document396US 7,818,215 B2Exbiblio B. V. · 2010
- Adding information or functionality to a rendered document via association with an electronic counterpart374US 7,742,953 B2Exbiblio B. V. · 2010
- Blocking of unlicensed audio content in video files on a video hosting website349US 7,707,224 B2Google Inc. · 2010
- Using multiple search engines to search multimedia data345US 5,873,080 AInternational Business Machines Corporation · 1999