G06F 16/587
Using geographical or spatial information
Official title: using geographical or spatial information, e.g. location
G06F16/587 (Using geographical or spatial information) appears on 1,223 US grants and 1,621 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G06F- Granted patents
- 1,223
- Published applications
- 1,621
- Assignees
- 506
- Inventors
- 2,812
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
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| 2005 | 7 | 16 |
| 2006 | 10 | 25 |
| 2007 | 5 | 34 |
| 2008 | 13 | 55 |
| 2009 | 8 | 53 |
| 2010 | 27 | 52 |
| 2011 | 33 | 71 |
| 2012 | 46 | 87 |
| 2013 | 49 | 77 |
| 2014 | 67 | 83 |
| 2015 | 92 | 83 |
| 2016 | 65 | 76 |
| 2017 | 67 | 112 |
| 2018 | 85 | 107 |
| 2019 | 98 | 66 |
| 2020 | 73 | 144 |
| 2021 | 106 | 117 |
| 2022 | 80 | 91 |
| 2023 | 92 | 72 |
| 2024 | 81 | 71 |
| 2025 | 63 | 49 |
| 2026 | 38 | 37 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
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