G06F 3/0616
In relation to life time
Official title: {in relation to life time, e.g. increasing Mean Time Between Failures [MTBF]}
G06F3/0616 (In relation to life time) appears on 2,535 US grants and 2,772 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G06F- Granted patents
- 2,535
- Published applications
- 2,772
- Assignees
- 385
- Inventors
- 3,895
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1994 | 1 | 0 |
| 1995 | 1 | 0 |
| 1996 | 4 | 0 |
| 1997 | 3 | 0 |
| 1998 | 9 | 0 |
| 1999 | 13 | 0 |
| 2000 | 6 | 0 |
| 2001 | 8 | 5 |
| 2002 | 7 | 7 |
| 2003 | 8 | 26 |
| 2004 | 14 | 14 |
| 2005 | 10 | 30 |
| 2006 | 15 | 16 |
| 2007 | 16 | 37 |
| 2008 | 25 | 41 |
| 2009 | 15 | 25 |
| 2010 | 21 | 37 |
| 2011 | 37 | 48 |
| 2012 | 29 | 56 |
| 2013 | 46 | 46 |
| 2014 | 62 | 90 |
| 2015 | 75 | 118 |
| 2016 | 110 | 203 |
| 2017 | 164 | 244 |
| 2018 | 217 | 227 |
| 2019 | 243 | 235 |
| 2020 | 262 | 223 |
| 2021 | 229 | 224 |
| 2022 | 232 | 176 |
| 2023 | 191 | 208 |
| 2024 | 194 | 159 |
| 2025 | 170 | 172 |
| 2026 | 98 | 105 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
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