G06F 9/22
Microcontrol or microprogram arrangements
G06F9/22 (Microcontrol or microprogram arrangements) appears on 1,432 US grants and 751 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G06F- Granted patents
- 1,432
- Published applications
- 751
- Assignees
- 393
- Inventors
- 2,462
- Latest grant
- 29 Sep 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 41 | 0 |
| 1977 | 33 | 0 |
| 1978 | 30 | 0 |
| 1979 | 26 | 0 |
| 1980 | 17 | 0 |
| 1981 | 19 | 0 |
| 1982 | 28 | 0 |
| 1983 | 37 | 0 |
| 1984 | 40 | 0 |
| 1985 | 30 | 0 |
| 1986 | 32 | 0 |
| 1987 | 29 | 0 |
| 1988 | 30 | 0 |
| 1989 | 48 | 0 |
| 1990 | 23 | 0 |
| 1991 | 23 | 0 |
| 1992 | 24 | 0 |
| 1993 | 24 | 0 |
| 1994 | 20 | 0 |
| 1995 | 27 | 0 |
| 1996 | 37 | 0 |
| 1997 | 25 | 0 |
| 1998 | 34 | 0 |
| 1999 | 25 | 0 |
| 2000 | 22 | 0 |
| 2001 | 18 | 8 |
| 2002 | 9 | 7 |
| 2003 | 16 | 18 |
| 2004 | 11 | 15 |
| 2005 | 16 | 12 |
| 2006 | 9 | 4 |
| 2007 | 13 | 16 |
| 2008 | 11 | 10 |
| 2009 | 10 | 18 |
| 2010 | 11 | 10 |
| 2011 | 13 | 12 |
| 2012 | 8 | 29 |
| 2013 | 11 | 42 |
| 2014 | 36 | 27 |
| 2015 | 47 | 22 |
| 2016 | 27 | 21 |
| 2017 | 26 | 53 |
| 2018 | 28 | 49 |
| 2019 | 52 | 94 |
| 2020 | 61 | 68 |
| 2021 | 66 | 47 |
| 2022 | 69 | 50 |
| 2023 | 58 | 40 |
| 2024 | 30 | 21 |
| 2025 | 34 | 23 |
| 2026 | 18 | 35 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Micro-controller chip containing multi-protocol communication interface peripheral and operation method thereof29 Sep 2026US 12,748,711 B2Nanjing Qinheng Microelectronics Co., Ltd.
- Synchronous microthreading22 Sep 2026US 12,743,339 B2Intel Corporation
- Live firmware update switchover8 Sep 2026US 12,730,629 B2Texas Instruments Incorporated
- Systems and methods for developing digital experience applications25 Aug 2026US 12,717,587 B2The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc.
- Systems and methods for developing digital experience applications18 Aug 2026US 12,710,965 B2The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc.
- Microcontroller, control system, and control method1 Oct 2026US 2026/0299942 A1Nuvoton Technology Corporation
- Microcode program offloading method and apparatus, and related product17 Sep 2026US 2026/0277820 A1Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
- Management of a multi-layer model platform3 Sep 2026US 2026/0259710 A1Capital One Services, LLC
- A digital signal processor for streaming audio applications30 Jul 2026US 2026/0219881 A1Axign B.V.
- Apparatus and neural processing unit for executing a multi-input neural network model9 Jul 2026US 2026/0192825 A1Deepx Co., Ltd.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Real time processor capable of concurrently running multiple independent JAVA machines375US 6,374,286 B1Rockwell Collins, Inc. · 2002
- Sparse convolutional neural network accelerator339US 10,891,538 B2NVIDIA Corporation · 2021
- Hierarchical priority branch handling for parallel execution in a parallel processor218US 4,833,599 AMultiflow Computer, Inc. · 1989
- Floating point microprocessor with directable two level microinstructions198US 4,928,223 AFairchild Semiconductor Corporation · 1990
- Microcode patch device and method for patching microcode using match registers and patch routines185US 6,438,664 B1Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. · 2002