G06F 16/907
Retrieval characterised by using metadata
Official title: Retrieval characterised by using metadata, e.g. metadata not derived from the content or metadata generated manually
G06F16/907 (Retrieval characterised by using metadata) appears on 3,028 US grants and 3,760 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G06F- Granted patents
- 3,028
- Published applications
- 3,760
- Assignees
- 1,186
- Inventors
- 7,962
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
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| 2004 | 6 | 25 |
| 2005 | 7 | 36 |
| 2006 | 11 | 41 |
| 2007 | 12 | 62 |
| 2008 | 14 | 73 |
| 2009 | 28 | 91 |
| 2010 | 41 | 78 |
| 2011 | 50 | 75 |
| 2012 | 69 | 73 |
| 2013 | 58 | 89 |
| 2014 | 81 | 96 |
| 2015 | 87 | 144 |
| 2016 | 100 | 120 |
| 2017 | 125 | 113 |
| 2018 | 96 | 155 |
| 2019 | 145 | 383 |
| 2020 | 261 | 517 |
| 2021 | 411 | 452 |
| 2022 | 411 | 360 |
| 2023 | 380 | 260 |
| 2024 | 276 | 214 |
| 2025 | 211 | 163 |
| 2026 | 120 | 105 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Information processing method, information processing apparatus, and recording medium6 Oct 2026US 12,754,960 B2Casio Computer Co., Ltd.
- Methods and systems for tracking performance characteristics of probes for a biomanufacturing system29 Sep 2026US 12,748,119 B2Culture Biosciences, Inc.
- Generation and display of linkage between elements of a file29 Sep 2026US 12,748,523 B2iHeartMedia Management Services, Inc.
- Inductive methods of data validation for digital simulated twinning through supervised then unsupervised machine learning and artificial intelligence from aggregated data29 Sep 2026US 12,748,676 B2Delphi Technology Solutions, Corp.
- Active-active mirrored artificial intelligence architecture29 Sep 2026US 12,748,776 B1Citibank, N. A.
- System and method for url fetching retry mechanism8 Oct 2026US 2026/0310740 A1Bright Data Ltd.
- Generating large language model outputs from stored content items8 Oct 2026US 2026/0310896 A1Dropbox, Inc.
- System and method for monitoring manufacturing1 Oct 2026US 2026/0298774 A1Sight Machine, Inc.
- Filtering out segments of recalled digital artifacts based on strained contemporary relationship status1 Oct 2026US 2026/0300403 A1Motorola Mobility LLC
- Displaying commuting information associated with multiple points of interest using a heatmap-like display24 Sep 2026US 2026/0288306 A1Mustwants Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Methods and apparatus for finding semantic information, such as usage logs, similar to a query using a pattern lattice data space649US 6,556,983 B1Microsoft Corporation · 2003
- System and method for creating a semantic web and its applications in browsing, searching, profiling, personalization and advertising590US 6,311,194 B1Taalee, Inc. · 2001
- Method for accessing computer files and data, using linked categories assigned to each data file record on entry of the data file record374US 5,544,360 AParagon Concepts, Inc. · 1996
- Metadata subsystem for a distributed object store in a network storage system357US 9,043,372 B2NetApp, Inc. · 2015
- System and method for electronic submission, procurement, and access to highly varied material property data310US 7,613,700 B1Matereality, LLC · 2009