G06F 8/66
Of program code stored in read-only memory [rom]
Official title: {of program code stored in read-only memory [ROM]}
G06F8/66 (Of program code stored in read-only memory [rom]) appears on 386 US grants and 368 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G06F- Granted patents
- 386
- Published applications
- 368
- Assignees
- 206
- Inventors
- 775
- Latest grant
- 15 Sep 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1976 | 1 | 0 |
| 1977 | 4 | 0 |
| 1978 | 0 | 0 |
| 1979 | 1 | 0 |
| 1980 | 0 | 0 |
| 1981 | 0 | 0 |
| 1982 | 1 | 0 |
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| 1997 | 5 | 0 |
| 1998 | 11 | 0 |
| 1999 | 9 | 0 |
| 2000 | 11 | 0 |
| 2001 | 7 | 5 |
| 2002 | 6 | 8 |
| 2003 | 9 | 6 |
| 2004 | 5 | 4 |
| 2005 | 5 | 7 |
| 2006 | 3 | 8 |
| 2007 | 8 | 6 |
| 2008 | 3 | 3 |
| 2009 | 6 | 9 |
| 2010 | 2 | 8 |
| 2011 | 3 | 17 |
| 2012 | 3 | 14 |
| 2013 | 12 | 6 |
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| 2015 | 12 | 20 |
| 2016 | 14 | 20 |
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| 2018 | 20 | 21 |
| 2019 | 26 | 30 |
| 2020 | 30 | 35 |
| 2021 | 28 | 32 |
| 2022 | 26 | 19 |
| 2023 | 19 | 18 |
| 2024 | 13 | 21 |
| 2025 | 12 | 5 |
| 2026 | 10 | 14 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Device firmware descriptors15 Sep 2026US 12,737,174 B2Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L. P.
- Electronic control unit and non-transitory computer readable medium storing session establishment program15 Sep 2026US 12,738,106 B2Denso Corporation
- Method of reprogramming a boot area28 Jul 2026US 12,693,868 B2Hyundai Autoever Corp.
- Memory patching with associative and directly mapped patch data23 Jun 2026US 12,663,984 B2Google Inc.
- Method and system for patching a boot process2 Jun 2026US 12,645,800 B2Ampere Computing LLC
- Semiconductor device, method for controlling semiconductor device, and control program30 Jul 2026US 2026/0219874 A1Renesas Electronics Corporation
- Firmware update management30 Jul 2026US 2026/0219876 A1Honeywell International Inc.
- Data management device and data management method23 Jul 2026US 2026/0211658 A1ASMedia Technology Inc.
- Rom code execution method, apparatus and electronic device23 Jul 2026US 2026/0211717 A1Xg Tech Pte. Ltd.
- Boot code patching apparatus and method, medium, device, and system on chip23 Jul 2026US 2026/0211794 A1Xg Tech Pte. Ltd.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Method for patching ROM instructions in an electronic embedded system including at least a further memory portion233US 7,424,570 B2Incard S.A. · 2008
- System and method for performing software patches in embedded systems152US 5,901,225 AAdvanced Micro Devices, Inc. · 1999
- System and method for generating file updates for files stored on read-only media149US 6,604,236 B1IOra, Ltd. · 2003
- Single chip microprocessor circuits, systems, and methods for self-loading patch micro-operation codes and patch microinstruction codes147US 5,950,012 ATexas Instruments Incorporated · 1999
- Single chip microcomputer with patching and configuration controlled by on-board non-volatile memory133US 4,802,119 ADelco Electronics Corporation · 1989