G06Q
Information and communication technology [ict] specially adapted for administrative, commercial, financial, managerial
Official title: Information and communication technology [ict] specially adapted for administrative, commercial, financial, managerial or supervisory purposes; systems or methods specially adapted for administrative, commercial, financial, managerial or supervisory purposes, not otherwise provided for
G06Q (Information and communication technology [ict] specially adapted for administrative, commercial, financial, managerial) appears on 249,470 US grants and 400,613 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G06Q- Granted patents
- 249,470
- Published applications
- 400,613
- Assignees
- 62,589
- Inventors
- 499,592
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 68 | 0 |
| 1977 | 65 | 0 |
| 1978 | 48 | 0 |
| 1979 | 41 | 0 |
| 1980 | 65 | 0 |
| 1981 | 60 | 0 |
| 1982 | 89 | 0 |
| 1983 | 64 | 0 |
| 1984 | 74 | 0 |
| 1985 | 85 | 0 |
| 1986 | 107 | 0 |
| 1987 | 145 | 0 |
| 1988 | 164 | 0 |
| 1989 | 284 | 0 |
| 1990 | 199 | 0 |
| 1991 | 213 | 0 |
| 1992 | 232 | 0 |
| 1993 | 356 | 0 |
| 1994 | 398 | 0 |
| 1995 | 351 | 0 |
| 1996 | 431 | 0 |
| 1997 | 528 | 0 |
| 1998 | 1095 | 0 |
| 1999 | 1336 | 0 |
| 2000 | 1505 | 0 |
| 2001 | 1454 | 1831 |
| 2002 | 1568 | 8749 |
| 2003 | 1809 | 8709 |
| 2004 | 2020 | 8509 |
| 2005 | 2394 | 9859 |
| 2006 | 3663 | 10151 |
| 2007 | 3623 | 12168 |
| 2008 | 4335 | 14386 |
| 2009 | 5111 | 14134 |
| 2010 | 8404 | 13111 |
| 2011 | 8700 | 13253 |
| 2012 | 10224 | 15537 |
| 2013 | 11614 | 17823 |
| 2014 | 11772 | 21747 |
| 2015 | 9295 | 19834 |
| 2016 | 9482 | 18858 |
| 2017 | 11349 | 18184 |
| 2018 | 11487 | 18500 |
| 2019 | 16034 | 19876 |
| 2020 | 17183 | 21615 |
| 2021 | 17175 | 22299 |
| 2022 | 16979 | 21229 |
| 2023 | 17131 | 21327 |
| 2024 | 16285 | 20204 |
| 2025 | 13634 | 16768 |
| 2026 | 8742 | 11952 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Main groups
Granted patents with any code in the group
- G06Q 10/00Administration117,321
- G06Q 30/00Commerce102,949
- G06Q 20/00Payment architectures, schemes or protocols62,132
- G06Q 40/00Finance39,134
- G06Q 50/00Information and communication technology [ict] specially adapted for implementation of business processes33,673
- G06Q 2220/00Business processing using cryptographyIndexing code6,470
- G06Q 99/00Subject matter not provided for in other groups of this subclass1,655
- G06Q 90/00Systems or methods specially adapted for administrative, commercial, financial, managerial or supervisory959
Recent patents
- Nail art apparatus and nail art method using same6 Oct 2026US 12,751,536 B2Nailtoctoc Co., Ltd.
- Analyte monitoring and management device and method to analyze the frequency of user interaction with the device6 Oct 2026US 12,751,649 B2Abbott Diabetes Care Inc.
- Moving robot for monitoring a shelf, a method for monitoring a shelf, and a system for monitoring a shelf6 Oct 2026US 12,752,431 B2Solum Co., Ltd.
- Methods and apparatuses for acquiring learning data6 Oct 2026US 12,752,442 B2Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Standardized management of distributed energy resources6 Oct 2026US 12,752,662 B2PowerFlex Systems, LLC
- Anti-theft pusher with incremental distance detection8 Oct 2026US 2026/0305842 A1Fasteners for Retail, Inc.
- Management device and commodity replenishment system8 Oct 2026US 2026/0307896 A1Telexistence Inc.
- Automatic conveyance system8 Oct 2026US 2026/0307902 A1Kabushiki Kaisha Toyota Jidoshokki
- Optimizing the provision of cargo at an order-picking workstation of an intralogistics system8 Oct 2026US 2026/0307903 A1TGW Logistics Group GmbH
- Systems and methods for transferring items using multiple robotic devices8 Oct 2026US 2026/0307904 A1Walmart Apollo, LLC
Most cited
By later US patents
- Systems and methods for secure transaction management and electronic rights protection3,563US 5,892,900 AIntertrust Technologies Corporation · 1999
- Surgical robotic tools, data architecture, and use2,959US 6,331,181 B1Intuitive Surgical, Inc. · 2001
- Mechanical actuator interface system for robotic surgical tools2,625US 6,491,701 B2Intuitive Surgical, Inc. · 2002
- Systems and methods for displaying and recording control interface with television programs, video, advertising information and program scheduling information2,572US 6,177,931 B1Index Systems, Inc. · 2001
- Method of delivery, targeting, and measuring advertising over networks2,503US 5,948,061 ADouble Click, Inc. · 1999