G06F 3/123
Software or firmware update
Official title: {Software or firmware update, e.g. device firmware management}
G06F3/123 (Software or firmware update) appears on 369 US grants and 457 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G06F- Granted patents
- 369
- Published applications
- 457
- Assignees
- 85
- Inventors
- 706
- Latest grant
- 22 Sep 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1994 | 1 | 0 |
| 1995 | 0 | 0 |
| 1996 | 0 | 0 |
| 1997 | 1 | 0 |
| 1998 | 1 | 0 |
| 1999 | 3 | 0 |
| 2000 | 1 | 0 |
| 2001 | 1 | 1 |
| 2002 | 4 | 3 |
| 2003 | 0 | 4 |
| 2004 | 4 | 11 |
| 2005 | 2 | 6 |
| 2006 | 5 | 9 |
| 2007 | 6 | 10 |
| 2008 | 3 | 8 |
| 2009 | 3 | 8 |
| 2010 | 5 | 11 |
| 2011 | 6 | 11 |
| 2012 | 10 | 21 |
| 2013 | 13 | 14 |
| 2014 | 16 | 18 |
| 2015 | 23 | 22 |
| 2016 | 18 | 14 |
| 2017 | 23 | 30 |
| 2018 | 28 | 39 |
| 2019 | 32 | 44 |
| 2020 | 31 | 34 |
| 2021 | 41 | 34 |
| 2022 | 30 | 31 |
| 2023 | 22 | 19 |
| 2024 | 24 | 16 |
| 2025 | 9 | 22 |
| 2026 | 3 | 17 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Information processing apparatus that resricts update of predetermined firmware before completing setup for activating a subscription service, image forming apparatus, computer readable storage medium, and software update method22 Sep 2026US 12,743,264 B2Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Execution of measure command for firmware update and firmware update8 Sep 2026US 12,730,623 B2Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L. P.
- Information processing apparatus that allows automatic updating of firmware when the apparatus is a target of a predetermined subscription service, control method, and storage medium26 May 2026US 12,639,060 B2Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Image forming apparatus and method to display a screen for updating firmware based on received firmware update instruction23 Dec 2025US 12,504,932 B2Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
- Remote management server to generate policy including configuration data for image forming apparatuses, receive a request from image forming apparatus for changing the configuration data of the image forming apparatus11 Nov 2025US 12,468,493 B2Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L. P.
- Print setting processing method and non-transitory computer-readable medium that stores print setting processing program8 Oct 2026US 2026/0310389 A1Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
- Image forming apparatus8 Oct 2026US 2026/0310391 A1Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
- Printer, information processing method, and computer-readable medium24 Sep 2026US 2026/0288384 A1Etria Co., Ltd.
- Printing control device, printing control method, and program17 Sep 2026US 2026/0277500 A1Seiko Instruments Inc.
- Image processing apparatus, information processing terminal, image processing system, and non-transitory computer readable medium17 Sep 2026US 2026/0277506 A1FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Establishment at a remote location of an internet/intranet user interface to a copier/printer181US 6,453,127 B2NexPress Solutions LLC · 2002
- Virtual printer118US 5,903,716 ADataproducts Corporation · 1999
- Document dispenser operational program downloading93US 5,867,394 AThe Standard Register Company · 1999
- Virtual printer92US 5,371,837 ADataproducts Corporation · 1994
- Virtual printer47US 5,638,497 ADataproducts Corporation · 1997