G06F 9/4416
Network booting
Official title: {Network booting; Remote initial program loading [RIPL]}
G06F9/4416 (Network booting) appears on 1,395 US grants and 1,386 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G06F- Granted patents
- 1,395
- Published applications
- 1,386
- Assignees
- 400
- Inventors
- 2,858
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
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| 1982 | 1 | 0 |
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| 2001 | 16 | 2 |
| 2002 | 12 | 29 |
| 2003 | 17 | 41 |
| 2004 | 22 | 26 |
| 2005 | 14 | 32 |
| 2006 | 29 | 53 |
| 2007 | 30 | 26 |
| 2008 | 37 | 43 |
| 2009 | 36 | 49 |
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| 2011 | 46 | 38 |
| 2012 | 44 | 40 |
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| 2014 | 53 | 67 |
| 2015 | 72 | 84 |
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| 2017 | 79 | 93 |
| 2018 | 88 | 75 |
| 2019 | 90 | 75 |
| 2020 | 88 | 88 |
| 2021 | 95 | 73 |
| 2022 | 87 | 60 |
| 2023 | 67 | 77 |
| 2024 | 81 | 59 |
| 2025 | 60 | 46 |
| 2026 | 26 | 46 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Automated infrastructure management for computer systems based on system rules, templates, and system state with deployment of computing environments6 Oct 2026US 12,754,773 B2Net-Thunder, LLC
- Techniques for providing cloud services on demand22 Sep 2026US 12,743,286 B2Oracle International Corporation
- System and method of setting a configuration to achieve an outcome11 Aug 2026US 12,705,067 B2Coupa Software Incorporated
- Systems and methods for resuming pre-boot and service operating system (SOS) applications21 Jul 2026US 12,688,048 B2Dell Products L. P.
- Bios network safe assurance method30 Jun 2026US 12,669,999 B2Dell Products L. P.
- System management using tacit statements17 Sep 2026US 2026/0277620 A1Dell Products L. P.
- Tacit statement coverage management in distributed systems17 Sep 2026US 2026/0277621 A1Dell Products L. P.
- System and method of device deployment17 Sep 2026US 2026/0277622 A1Getac Technology Corporation
- Secure Boot Partition For Cloud Compute Nodes17 Sep 2026US 2026/0278108 A1Oracle International Corporation
- Bootstrapping Data Adjustments for Network Device Self-Provisioning10 Sep 2026US 2026/0267660 A1Arista Networks, Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Dynamic mac allocation and configuration448US 6,487,601 B1International Business Machines Corporation · 2002
- Generic operating system usage in a remote initial program load environment432US 6,334,149 B1International Business Machines Corporation · 2001
- Technique for reliable network booting of an operating system to a client computer414US 5,974,547 A3Com Corporation · 1999
- Network enhanced BIOS enabling remote management of a computer without a functioning operating system336US 5,978,912 APhoenix Technologies Ltd. · 1999
- System and method for automatic configuration of home network computers308US 5,852,722 ASun Microsystems, Inc. · 1998