G06F 7/38
Methods or arrangements for performing computations using exclusively denominational number representation
Official title: Methods or arrangements for performing computations using exclusively denominational number representation, e.g. using binary, ternary, decimal representation
G06F7/38 (Methods or arrangements for performing computations using exclusively denominational number representation) appears on 8,524 US grants and 7,350 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G06F- Granted patents
- 8,524
- Published applications
- 7,350
- Assignees
- 1,661
- Inventors
- 11,983
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 48 | 0 |
| 1977 | 33 | 0 |
| 1978 | 31 | 0 |
| 1979 | 34 | 0 |
| 1980 | 29 | 0 |
| 1981 | 29 | 0 |
| 1982 | 26 | 0 |
| 1983 | 26 | 0 |
| 1984 | 43 | 0 |
| 1985 | 55 | 0 |
| 1986 | 61 | 0 |
| 1987 | 71 | 0 |
| 1988 | 99 | 0 |
| 1989 | 157 | 0 |
| 1990 | 114 | 0 |
| 1991 | 112 | 0 |
| 1992 | 122 | 0 |
| 1993 | 138 | 0 |
| 1994 | 141 | 0 |
| 1995 | 124 | 0 |
| 1996 | 157 | 0 |
| 1997 | 157 | 0 |
| 1998 | 205 | 0 |
| 1999 | 224 | 0 |
| 2000 | 181 | 0 |
| 2001 | 167 | 42 |
| 2002 | 164 | 125 |
| 2003 | 155 | 206 |
| 2004 | 134 | 181 |
| 2005 | 98 | 143 |
| 2006 | 148 | 180 |
| 2007 | 129 | 137 |
| 2008 | 127 | 138 |
| 2009 | 129 | 136 |
| 2010 | 150 | 113 |
| 2011 | 126 | 94 |
| 2012 | 132 | 148 |
| 2013 | 185 | 179 |
| 2014 | 212 | 149 |
| 2015 | 197 | 122 |
| 2016 | 162 | 156 |
| 2017 | 175 | 240 |
| 2018 | 204 | 319 |
| 2019 | 307 | 452 |
| 2020 | 375 | 546 |
| 2021 | 363 | 648 |
| 2022 | 502 | 781 |
| 2023 | 538 | 607 |
| 2024 | 529 | 560 |
| 2025 | 388 | 495 |
| 2026 | 311 | 453 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- G06F 7/48Using non-contact-making devices8,401
- G06F 7/40Using contact-making devices41
- G06F 7/46Using electromechanical counter-type accumulators26
- G06F 7/388Using other various devices such as electro-chemical, microwave, surface acoustic wave, neuristor18
- G06F 7/383Using magnetic or similar elements15
- G06F 7/381Using cryogenic components9
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- Method and apparatus for representing data8 Oct 2026US 2026/0310408 A1Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
- Control method and device for approximate adder circuit based on memristor8 Oct 2026US 2026/0310409 A1Huazhong University of Science and Technology
- Method and apparatus for accumulating inferred data8 Oct 2026US 2026/0310410 A1Expedera, Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Determining an extremum value and its index in an array using a dual-accumulation processor453US 5,991,785 ALucent Technologies Inc. · 1999
- Apparatuses and methods for performing logical operations using sensing circuitry426US 8,971,124 B1Micron Technology, Inc. · 2015
- Variable fixed multipliers using memory blocks419US 6,943,579 B1Altera Corporation · 2005
- Method for finding global extrema of a set of bytes distributed across an array of parallel processing elements418US 7,447,720 B2Micron Technology, Inc. · 2008
- Method for finding global extrema of a set of shorts distributed across an array of parallel processing elements417US 7,574,466 B2Micron Technology, Inc. · 2009