G06N 3/048
Activation functions
G06N3/048 (Activation functions) appears on 5,401 US grants and 8,484 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G06N- Granted patents
- 5,401
- Published applications
- 8,484
- Assignees
- 2,025
- Inventors
- 17,665
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
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| 2020 | 355 | 1133 |
| 2021 | 573 | 1297 |
| 2022 | 802 | 1178 |
| 2023 | 1129 | 1263 |
| 2024 | 971 | 840 |
| 2025 | 830 | 735 |
| 2026 | 525 | 1053 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
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- Electronic network for collective decision based on large number of connections between signals172US 4,660,166 ABell Telephone Laboratories, Incorporated · 1987
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