G06F 3/0602
Specifically adapted to achieve a particular effect
Official title: {specifically adapted to achieve a particular effect}
G06F3/0602 (Specifically adapted to achieve a particular effect) appears on 50,478 US grants and 53,669 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G06F- Granted patents
- 50,478
- Published applications
- 53,669
- Assignees
- 3,800
- Inventors
- 50,217
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1977 | 1 | 0 |
| 1978 | 0 | 0 |
| 1979 | 0 | 0 |
| 1980 | 1 | 0 |
| 1981 | 1 | 0 |
| 1982 | 2 | 0 |
| 1983 | 0 | 0 |
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| 1998 | 224 | 0 |
| 1999 | 224 | 0 |
| 2000 | 243 | 0 |
| 2001 | 288 | 101 |
| 2002 | 296 | 371 |
| 2003 | 363 | 628 |
| 2004 | 448 | 642 |
| 2005 | 430 | 852 |
| 2006 | 591 | 908 |
| 2007 | 547 | 919 |
| 2008 | 656 | 964 |
| 2009 | 685 | 879 |
| 2010 | 786 | 890 |
| 2011 | 882 | 1083 |
| 2012 | 1028 | 1316 |
| 2013 | 1234 | 1433 |
| 2014 | 1655 | 2076 |
| 2015 | 2013 | 2456 |
| 2016 | 2565 | 3284 |
| 2017 | 2914 | 3952 |
| 2018 | 3421 | 3467 |
| 2019 | 4079 | 4033 |
| 2020 | 4184 | 4004 |
| 2021 | 4011 | 3747 |
| 2022 | 3904 | 3753 |
| 2023 | 3675 | 3674 |
| 2024 | 3720 | 3406 |
| 2025 | 3222 | 2824 |
| 2026 | 1830 | 2007 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- G06F 3/061Improving i/o performance19,390
- G06F 3/0604Improving or facilitating administration18,183
- G06F 3/0614Improving the reliability of storage systems17,927
- G06F 3/0608Saving storage space on storage systems6,123
- G06F 3/062Securing storage systems3,633
- G06F 3/0625Power saving in storage systems2,351
- G06F 3/0626Reducing size or complexity of storage systems1,039
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- Event data recording buffering8 Oct 2026US 2026/0310350 A1QUALCOMM Incorporated
- Nonvolatile memory device including input/output pad, storage system comprising nonvolatile memory device, and method of operating nonvolatile memory device8 Oct 2026US 2026/0310351 A1Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
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