G06F 8/20
Software design
G06F8/20 (Software design) appears on 3,321 US grants and 3,677 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G06F- Granted patents
- 3,321
- Published applications
- 3,677
- Assignees
- 1,054
- Inventors
- 8,507
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1984 | 1 | 0 |
| 1985 | 0 | 0 |
| 1986 | 0 | 0 |
| 1987 | 0 | 0 |
| 1988 | 2 | 0 |
| 1989 | 2 | 0 |
| 1990 | 1 | 0 |
| 1991 | 3 | 0 |
| 1992 | 3 | 0 |
| 1993 | 11 | 0 |
| 1994 | 9 | 0 |
| 1995 | 17 | 0 |
| 1996 | 25 | 0 |
| 1997 | 15 | 0 |
| 1998 | 46 | 0 |
| 1999 | 40 | 0 |
| 2000 | 39 | 0 |
| 2001 | 56 | 16 |
| 2002 | 36 | 72 |
| 2003 | 28 | 78 |
| 2004 | 36 | 103 |
| 2005 | 59 | 153 |
| 2006 | 59 | 166 |
| 2007 | 44 | 159 |
| 2008 | 62 | 157 |
| 2009 | 92 | 137 |
| 2010 | 125 | 115 |
| 2011 | 117 | 111 |
| 2012 | 120 | 109 |
| 2013 | 159 | 131 |
| 2014 | 173 | 183 |
| 2015 | 187 | 175 |
| 2016 | 201 | 182 |
| 2017 | 169 | 204 |
| 2018 | 188 | 182 |
| 2019 | 200 | 138 |
| 2020 | 196 | 180 |
| 2021 | 160 | 166 |
| 2022 | 152 | 159 |
| 2023 | 148 | 180 |
| 2024 | 146 | 168 |
| 2025 | 122 | 135 |
| 2026 | 72 | 118 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Predicting application resiliency issues using machine learning techniques6 Oct 2026US 12,754,822 B2State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company
- Model management apparatus and method, data management apparatus and method and system15 Sep 2026US 12,737,156 B2Beijing Bytedance Network Technology Co., Ltd.
- Chip design method using secondary development capability of EDA software15 Sep 2026US 12,737,517 B2Batelab Co., Ltd.
- System and method for workflow application programming interfaces (APIS)1 Sep 2026US 12,724,592 B2ServiceNow, Inc.
- Agentic artificial intelligence based software development and modernization25 Aug 2026US 12,717,556 B2Presidio LLC
- Generative ai for industrial automation design environment test1 Oct 2026US 2026/0300139 A1Rockwell Automation Technologies, Inc.
- Service design coordination among developers24 Sep 2026US 2026/0288419 A1The Toronto-Dominion Bank
- Magic state factory constructions for producing ccz and t states24 Sep 2026US 2026/0289384 A1Google Inc.
- Method, apparatus, device and storage medium for task execution17 Sep 2026US 2026/0277550 A1Beijing Zitiao Network Technology Co., Ltd.
- System and method for optimizing virtual world computations through an n-tier architecture17 Sep 2026US 2026/0278071 A1TMRW Group IP
Most cited
By later US patents
- Development tool, method, and system for client server applications2,255US 6,553,563 B2Siebel Systems, Inc. · 2003
- Business components framework1,198US 6,601,233 B1Accenture LLP · 2003
- Attribute dictionary in a business logic services environment868US 6,601,234 B1Accenture LLP · 2003
- Internet-enabled portfolio manager system and method738US 5,706,502 ASun Microsystems, Inc. · 1998
- Base services patterns in a netcentric environment661US 6,742,015 B1Accenture LLP · 2004