G06F 3/1225
Software update
Official title: {Software update, e.g. print driver, modules, plug-ins, fonts}
G06F3/1225 (Software update) appears on 625 US grants and 801 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G06F- Granted patents
- 625
- Published applications
- 801
- Assignees
- 110
- Inventors
- 951
- Latest grant
- 1 Sep 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1996 | 1 | 0 |
| 1997 | 2 | 0 |
| 1998 | 3 | 0 |
| 1999 | 3 | 0 |
| 2000 | 3 | 0 |
| 2001 | 3 | 2 |
| 2002 | 5 | 11 |
| 2003 | 6 | 31 |
| 2004 | 8 | 19 |
| 2005 | 7 | 23 |
| 2006 | 9 | 24 |
| 2007 | 9 | 11 |
| 2008 | 15 | 18 |
| 2009 | 9 | 21 |
| 2010 | 14 | 40 |
| 2011 | 11 | 50 |
| 2012 | 23 | 53 |
| 2013 | 43 | 39 |
| 2014 | 65 | 41 |
| 2015 | 53 | 34 |
| 2016 | 38 | 22 |
| 2017 | 22 | 43 |
| 2018 | 32 | 53 |
| 2019 | 44 | 35 |
| 2020 | 35 | 42 |
| 2021 | 41 | 33 |
| 2022 | 34 | 32 |
| 2023 | 36 | 34 |
| 2024 | 29 | 28 |
| 2025 | 15 | 32 |
| 2026 | 7 | 30 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Image forming apparatus, method of controlling image forming apparatus, management server system, method of controlling management server system, information processing apparatus, method of controlling information processing apparatus, and storage medium1 Sep 2026US 12,724,572 B2Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- System and method to predict and prevent customer churn in servicing business18 Aug 2026US 12,711,514 B2Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha
- Control method for acquiring data17 Feb 2026US 12,554,444 B2Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Storage medium, information processing method, and information processing apparatus17 Feb 2026US 12,554,511 B2Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Method of controlling information processing apparatus, editing intermediate data, and converting edited intermediate data into printing data10 Feb 2026US 12,547,354 B2Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing printing control program, information processing apparatus, and control method24 Sep 2026US 2026/0288389 A1Seiko Epson Corporation
- Printer System and Control Method for Printer System10 Sep 2026US 2026/0267568 A1Hitachi Industrial Equipment Systems Co., Ltd.
- Information processing system and non-transitory computer readable medium10 Sep 2026US 2026/0267572 A1FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
- Computer-readable storage medium, method, and information processing device for facilitating installation of support program for printing program10 Sep 2026US 2026/0267573 A1Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
- Image forming apparatus, control method therefor, and storage medium storing control program therefor30 Jul 2026US 2026/0219810 A1Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
Most cited
By later US patents
- Printer/client network with centrally updated printer drivers and printer status monitoring312US 5,580,177 AHewlett-Packard Company · 1996
- Automatic configuration of a network printer296US 6,301,012 B1Hewlett-Packard Company · 2001
- Printer configuration system256US 5,960,167 AXerox Corporation · 1999
- Establishment at a remote location of an internet/intranet user interface to a copier/printer181US 6,453,127 B2NexPress Solutions LLC · 2002
- Integrated device driver wherein the peripheral downloads the device driver via an I/O device after it is determined that the I/O device has the resources to support the peripheral device159US 6,009,480 ATelxon Corporation · 1999