G06F 9/442
Shutdown
Official title: {Shutdown}
G06F9/442 (Shutdown) appears on 323 US grants and 371 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G06F- Granted patents
- 323
- Published applications
- 371
- Assignees
- 174
- Inventors
- 791
- Latest grant
- 14 Jul 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1995 | 1 | 0 |
| 1996 | 0 | 0 |
| 1997 | 0 | 0 |
| 1998 | 1 | 0 |
| 1999 | 1 | 0 |
| 2000 | 0 | 0 |
| 2001 | 2 | 0 |
| 2002 | 2 | 1 |
| 2003 | 2 | 2 |
| 2004 | 2 | 1 |
| 2005 | 1 | 2 |
| 2006 | 0 | 2 |
| 2007 | 1 | 3 |
| 2008 | 1 | 3 |
| 2009 | 2 | 2 |
| 2010 | 3 | 5 |
| 2011 | 3 | 7 |
| 2012 | 1 | 14 |
| 2013 | 3 | 9 |
| 2014 | 13 | 13 |
| 2015 | 11 | 24 |
| 2016 | 24 | 28 |
| 2017 | 24 | 51 |
| 2018 | 34 | 32 |
| 2019 | 45 | 34 |
| 2020 | 31 | 20 |
| 2021 | 21 | 34 |
| 2022 | 27 | 27 |
| 2023 | 22 | 23 |
| 2024 | 27 | 17 |
| 2025 | 15 | 11 |
| 2026 | 3 | 6 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Method to reset configurable units in a reconfigurable processor14 Jul 2026US 12,681,806 B2SambaNova Systems, Inc.
- Kernel reboot method10 Feb 2026US 12,547,416 B2Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
- Mechanisms to implement controlled upgrades6 Jan 2026US 12,517,721 B2Salesforce, Inc.
- Reliable one-click cluster shutdown30 Dec 2025US 12,511,145 B2Dell Products L. P.
- Power down of memory device based on hardware reset signal23 Dec 2025US 12,504,901 B2Micron Technology, Inc.
- Software update system, software update device, software update method, and storage medium6 Aug 2026US 2026/0227992 A1Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
- Indicating shutdown progress using early sign of life text output23 Jul 2026US 2026/0211693 A1Dell Products L. P.
- Thread coordination during large computer process shutdown11 Jun 2026US 2026/0161401 A1Sap SE
- Systems and methods for dynamic self-correcting secure computer systems9 Apr 2026US 2026/0099633 A1Keep Security LLC
- Failsafe power management to avoid short-circuiting from water damage in solid state drive using conductivity detector19 Mar 2026US 2026/0080906 A1SanDisk Technologies LLC
Most cited
By later US patents
- Vehicle mount computer with configurable ignition switch behavior488US 8,996,194 B2EMS Technologies, Inc. · 2015
- Efficient data management improvements, such as docking limited-feature data management modules to a full-featured data management system188US 8,620,870 B2Commvault Systems, Inc. · 2013
- Vehicle mount computer with configurable ignition switch behavior111US 9,448,610 B2EMS Technologies, Inc. · 2016
- Cached credentials for offline domain join and login without local access to the domain controller71US 10,419,426 B2VMware, Inc. · 2019
- Efficient data management improvements, such as docking limited-feature data management modules to a full-featured data management system54US 9,588,972 B2Commvault Systems, Inc. · 2017