G06F 9/4403
Processor initialisation
Official title: {Processor initialisation}
G06F9/4403 (Processor initialisation) appears on 1,149 US grants and 1,219 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G06F- Granted patents
- 1,149
- Published applications
- 1,219
- Assignees
- 400
- Inventors
- 2,502
- Latest grant
- 8 Sep 2026
Filings by year
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| 2024 | 99 | 58 |
| 2025 | 53 | 60 |
| 2026 | 38 | 41 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
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Most cited
By later US patents
- Method and apparatus for updating and restoring system BIOS functions while maintaining BIOS integrity186US 5,388,267 ADell USA, L. P. · 1995
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- Memory controller95US 6,711,059 B2Lexar Media, Inc. · 2004
- Fail-safe EEPROM based rewritable boot system86US 5,432,927 AEaton Corporation · 1995