G06F 9/4408
Boot device selection
Official title: {Boot device selection}
G06F9/4408 (Boot device selection) appears on 345 US grants and 374 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G06F- Granted patents
- 345
- Published applications
- 374
- Assignees
- 149
- Inventors
- 740
- Latest grant
- 11 Aug 2026
Filings by year
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| 2005 | 0 | 5 |
| 2006 | 6 | 9 |
| 2007 | 8 | 11 |
| 2008 | 3 | 4 |
| 2009 | 5 | 11 |
| 2010 | 4 | 7 |
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| 2016 | 13 | 41 |
| 2017 | 25 | 23 |
| 2018 | 32 | 18 |
| 2019 | 19 | 26 |
| 2020 | 25 | 32 |
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| 2022 | 33 | 20 |
| 2023 | 18 | 26 |
| 2024 | 24 | 19 |
| 2025 | 18 | 16 |
| 2026 | 10 | 9 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Quick presentation of camera video in a vehicle using linux11 Aug 2026US 12,705,063 B2Red Hat, Inc.
- Processor performance management for pre-boot applications14 Jul 2026US 12,681,734 B2Dell Products L. P.
- Dynamically updating a boot region table to increase read speed during boot up23 Jun 2026US 12,664,000 B2Micron Technology, Inc.
- Splash screen management in preboot environments19 May 2026US 12,632,266 B2Dell Products L. P.
- Non-terminating firmware update14 Apr 2026US 12,602,224 B2Oracle International Corporation
- Non-terminating firmware update16 Jul 2026US 2026/0203048 A1Oracle International Corporation
- Method and apparatus for displaying boot mode of pcie device, device, and medium30 Apr 2026US 2026/0119188 A1Suzhou Metabrain Intelligent Technology Co., Ltd.
- Boot order restoration30 Apr 2026US 2026/0119192 A1Dell Products L. P.
- Server boot and operation method and apparatus, server, and storage medium30 Apr 2026US 2026/0119194 A1Suzhou Metabrain Intelligent Technology Co., Ltd.
- A Method for Mounting a Multi-Media Card and an Apparatus, Storage Medium, and Electronic Device30 Apr 2026US 2026/0119442 A1Suzhou Metabrain Intelligent Technology Co., Ltd.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Systems and methods for accelerated loading of operating systems and application programs192US 7,181,608 B2Realtime Data LLC · 2007
- System and method to provide added security to a platform using locality-based data146US 8,561,138 B2Intel Corporation · 2013
- Methods and apparatus for dual-boot memory selection, update, and recovery in a programmable device140US 5,987,605 AHewlett-Packard Company · 1999
- Data storewidth accelerator138US 6,748,457 B2Realtime Data LLC · 2004
- Method for selectively booting from a desired peripheral device92US 6,105,130 AAdaptec, Inc. · 2000