G06F 17/00
Digital computing or data processing equipment or methods, specially adapted for specific
Official title: Digital computing or data processing equipment or methods, specially adapted for specific functions (information retrieval, database structures or file system structures therefor G06F16/00)
G06F17/00 (Digital computing or data processing equipment or methods, specially adapted for specific) appears on 20,537 US grants and 24,730 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G06F- Granted patents
- 20,537
- Published applications
- 24,730
- Assignees
- 6,412
- Inventors
- 46,901
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 24 | 0 |
| 1977 | 29 | 0 |
| 1978 | 24 | 0 |
| 1979 | 16 | 0 |
| 1980 | 22 | 0 |
| 1981 | 19 | 0 |
| 1982 | 20 | 0 |
| 1983 | 10 | 0 |
| 1984 | 25 | 0 |
| 1985 | 18 | 0 |
| 1986 | 22 | 0 |
| 1987 | 30 | 0 |
| 1988 | 53 | 0 |
| 1989 | 64 | 0 |
| 1990 | 50 | 0 |
| 1991 | 46 | 0 |
| 1992 | 74 | 0 |
| 1993 | 84 | 0 |
| 1994 | 111 | 0 |
| 1995 | 99 | 0 |
| 1996 | 106 | 0 |
| 1997 | 94 | 0 |
| 1998 | 151 | 0 |
| 1999 | 149 | 0 |
| 2000 | 129 | 0 |
| 2001 | 110 | 36 |
| 2002 | 145 | 159 |
| 2003 | 139 | 270 |
| 2004 | 131 | 232 |
| 2005 | 134 | 208 |
| 2006 | 211 | 189 |
| 2007 | 130 | 241 |
| 2008 | 166 | 250 |
| 2009 | 167 | 292 |
| 2010 | 183 | 299 |
| 2011 | 173 | 388 |
| 2012 | 322 | 469 |
| 2013 | 512 | 1430 |
| 2014 | 711 | 966 |
| 2015 | 856 | 925 |
| 2016 | 809 | 1005 |
| 2017 | 793 | 1055 |
| 2018 | 809 | 1425 |
| 2019 | 1417 | 2238 |
| 2020 | 1642 | 2829 |
| 2021 | 1895 | 2433 |
| 2022 | 2183 | 1990 |
| 2023 | 2006 | 1600 |
| 2024 | 1516 | 1426 |
| 2025 | 1181 | 1344 |
| 2026 | 727 | 1031 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Partition monitoring method and model for concrete dam operation key part6 Oct 2026US 12,753,563 B2Hohai University
- Postprocessing based high resolution RF systems6 Oct 2026US 12,754,304 B1Scidea Research, Inc.
- Method for estimating disturbances and giving recommendations for improving process performance6 Oct 2026US 12,754,543 B2Kemira Oyj
- Aircraft control systems and methods using sliding mode control and feedback linearization6 Oct 2026US 12,754,554 B2Bombardier Inc.
- Cache structure and utilization6 Oct 2026US 12,754,876 B2Intel Corporation
- System and method of minimum turn coverage of arbitrary non-convex regions8 Oct 2026US 2026/0305902 A1Avidbots Corp
- Machine learning model incorporating physical features of sorbents for post combustion carbon capture8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306994 A1GE Vernova Infrastructure Technology LLC
- Method, device and system for processing a flight task8 Oct 2026US 2026/0309513 A1Sz Dji Technology Co., Ltd.
- System for determining filter status8 Oct 2026US 2026/0309611 A1
- Inversion method and system for hydro-thermal of permafrost coupled insar with ert8 Oct 2026US 2026/0309866 A1Institute of Mountain Hazards and Environment, CAS
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By later US patents
- System and method for synchronizing operations among a plurality of independently clocked digital data processing devices1,949US 8,234,395 B2Sonos, Inc. · 2012
- Proximity detector in handheld device1,058US 8,381,135 B2Apple Inc. · 2013
- Control interface facility management system847US 10,034,344 B22018
- Signal processing method and apparatus721US 5,379,238 A1995
- Apparatus for detecting, receiving, deriving and displaying human physiological and contextual information649US 7,285,090 B2BodyMedia, Inc. · 2007