G06F 8/656
While running
Official title: while running
G06F8/656 (While running) appears on 1,564 US grants and 1,671 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G06F- Granted patents
- 1,564
- Published applications
- 1,671
- Assignees
- 570
- Inventors
- 3,843
- Latest grant
- 29 Sep 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1976 | 1 | 0 |
| 1977 | 0 | 0 |
| 1978 | 0 | 0 |
| 1979 | 0 | 0 |
| 1980 | 0 | 0 |
| 1981 | 0 | 0 |
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| 1998 | 11 | 0 |
| 1999 | 10 | 0 |
| 2000 | 13 | 0 |
| 2001 | 18 | 3 |
| 2002 | 11 | 16 |
| 2003 | 14 | 31 |
| 2004 | 15 | 40 |
| 2005 | 14 | 32 |
| 2006 | 20 | 38 |
| 2007 | 25 | 37 |
| 2008 | 27 | 47 |
| 2009 | 20 | 42 |
| 2010 | 29 | 34 |
| 2011 | 26 | 44 |
| 2012 | 48 | 48 |
| 2013 | 55 | 47 |
| 2014 | 46 | 93 |
| 2015 | 83 | 84 |
| 2016 | 102 | 102 |
| 2017 | 97 | 109 |
| 2018 | 93 | 93 |
| 2019 | 113 | 89 |
| 2020 | 117 | 100 |
| 2021 | 123 | 117 |
| 2022 | 107 | 118 |
| 2023 | 86 | 93 |
| 2024 | 99 | 85 |
| 2025 | 73 | 67 |
| 2026 | 37 | 62 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Hot upgrade workflow process in an edge computing environment29 Sep 2026US 12,748,585 B2International Business Machines Corporation
- Updating running containers without rebuilding container images22 Sep 2026US 12,743,268 B2International Business Machines Corporation
- Ambulatory medical device with malfunction alert prioritization22 Sep 2026US 12,743,269 B2Beta Bionics, Inc.
- Automated log-based remediation of an information management system22 Sep 2026US 12,743,404 B2Commvault Systems, Inc.
- Updating a deployed app method and system15 Sep 2026US 12,737,173 B2Siemens Industry Software Netherlands B.V.
- Upgrading an infrastructure software stack8 Oct 2026US 2026/0310445 A1Mellanox Technologies, Ltd.
- Minimized downtime operations (mdo) for sap software solutions8 Oct 2026US 2026/0310446 A1Lemongrass Holdings, Inc.
- Method for updating at least one program of firmware of a protection or automation system in the field of electrical energy transmission and distribution8 Oct 2026US 2026/0310447 A1Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
- In-Service Software Downgrade24 Sep 2026US 2026/0288451 A1Mellanox Technologies, Ltd.
- System and methods for testing microservices24 Sep 2026US 2026/0288610 A1
Most cited
By later US patents
- Method and apparatus for synchronization of code in redundant controllers in a swappable environment601US 6,085,333 ALSI Logic Corporation · 2000
- Method and system for automatically updating multiple servers468US 7,020,706 B2BMC Software, Inc. · 2006
- System for changing software during computer operation409US 5,410,703 ATelefonaktiebolaget L M Ericsson · 1995
- System and method for noninvasively altering the function of an implanted pacemaker403US 5,456,692 APacesetter, Inc. · 1995
- System for updating program stored in EEPROM by storing new version into new location and updating second transfer vector to contain starting address of new version349US 5,210,854 ADigital Equipment Corporation · 1993