G06F 3/1236
Connection management
Official title: {Connection management}
G06F3/1236 (Connection management) appears on 1,932 US grants and 2,202 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G06F- Granted patents
- 1,932
- Published applications
- 2,202
- Assignees
- 243
- Inventors
- 2,469
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1978 | 1 | 0 |
| 1979 | 0 | 0 |
| 1980 | 0 | 0 |
| 1981 | 0 | 0 |
| 1982 | 1 | 0 |
| 1983 | 1 | 0 |
| 1984 | 1 | 0 |
| 1985 | 0 | 0 |
| 1986 | 0 | 0 |
| 1987 | 0 | 0 |
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| 1989 | 3 | 0 |
| 1990 | 2 | 0 |
| 1991 | 4 | 0 |
| 1992 | 5 | 0 |
| 1993 | 3 | 0 |
| 1994 | 0 | 0 |
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| 1996 | 10 | 0 |
| 1997 | 13 | 0 |
| 1998 | 13 | 0 |
| 1999 | 12 | 0 |
| 2000 | 13 | 0 |
| 2001 | 15 | 9 |
| 2002 | 17 | 48 |
| 2003 | 17 | 40 |
| 2004 | 19 | 39 |
| 2005 | 17 | 35 |
| 2006 | 28 | 42 |
| 2007 | 20 | 26 |
| 2008 | 27 | 45 |
| 2009 | 29 | 38 |
| 2010 | 18 | 40 |
| 2011 | 24 | 45 |
| 2012 | 36 | 51 |
| 2013 | 48 | 80 |
| 2014 | 69 | 133 |
| 2015 | 134 | 181 |
| 2016 | 138 | 157 |
| 2017 | 145 | 162 |
| 2018 | 149 | 179 |
| 2019 | 196 | 169 |
| 2020 | 161 | 143 |
| 2021 | 122 | 110 |
| 2022 | 123 | 96 |
| 2023 | 122 | 102 |
| 2024 | 104 | 114 |
| 2025 | 49 | 70 |
| 2026 | 20 | 48 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
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- Searching image forming apparatus for workflow execution15 Sep 2026US 12,737,145 B2Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L. P.
- Printing apparatus and method for controlling printing apparatus comprising performing first reconnection processing with a first switching circuit when a main controller does not receive a response from a second controller and receives a response from a first controller8 Sep 2026US 12,730,595 B2Seiko Epson Corporation
- Methods, apparatuses, and computer program products for implementing cloud connected printers and an adaptive printer-based application framework18 Aug 2026US 12,710,903 B2Zebra Technologies Corporation
- Information processing apparatus that extracts and outputs an operator corresponding to acquired preset information, information processing system, and information processing program18 Aug 2026US 12,710,904 B2FUJIFILM Corporation
- Information processing apparatus, control method, and storage medium1 Oct 2026US 2026/0304306 A1Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Service providing system, information processing apparatus, and non-transitory computer readable medium24 Sep 2026US 2026/0288402 A1FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
- Information processing system, non-transitory computer readable medium storing program, and information processing method17 Sep 2026US 2026/0280885 A1FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
- Print system, print device, and relay device27 Aug 2026US 2026/0252287 A1Seiko Epson Corporation
- Delivery server delivering label data uploaded from source device and print setting to destination device27 Aug 2026US 2026/0252291 A1Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
Most cited
By later US patents
- Interactive cable television system with frame server316US 6,205,582 B1ICTV, Inc. · 2001
- Management system for devices connecting with network277US 7,047,088 B2Seiko Epson Corporation · 2006
- Remote replication of printer operator panel240US 5,699,494 ALexmark International, Inc. · 1997
- Method and system for controlling and communicating with machines using multiple communication formats228US 5,818,603 ARicoh Company, Ltd. · 1998
- Uniform interface for conducting communications in a heterogeneous computing network226US 5,787,237 AApple Computer, Inc. · 1998