G06Q 50/00
Information and communication technology [ict] specially adapted for implementation of business processes
Official title: Information and communication technology [ICT] specially adapted for implementation of business processes of specific business sectors, e.g. utilities or tourism (healthcare informatics G16H)
G06Q50/00 (Information and communication technology [ict] specially adapted for implementation of business processes) appears on 33,673 US grants and 60,486 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G06Q- Granted patents
- 33,673
- Published applications
- 60,486
- Assignees
- 15,019
- Inventors
- 97,566
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 7 | 0 |
| 1977 | 7 | 0 |
| 1978 | 10 | 0 |
| 1979 | 2 | 0 |
| 1980 | 8 | 0 |
| 1981 | 6 | 0 |
| 1982 | 11 | 0 |
| 1983 | 10 | 0 |
| 1984 | 8 | 0 |
| 1985 | 7 | 0 |
| 1986 | 8 | 0 |
| 1987 | 5 | 0 |
| 1988 | 6 | 0 |
| 1989 | 14 | 0 |
| 1990 | 8 | 0 |
| 1991 | 5 | 0 |
| 1992 | 10 | 0 |
| 1993 | 21 | 0 |
| 1994 | 13 | 0 |
| 1995 | 17 | 0 |
| 1996 | 17 | 0 |
| 1997 | 24 | 0 |
| 1998 | 38 | 0 |
| 1999 | 64 | 0 |
| 2000 | 72 | 0 |
| 2001 | 63 | 100 |
| 2002 | 80 | 414 |
| 2003 | 87 | 441 |
| 2004 | 92 | 523 |
| 2005 | 162 | 645 |
| 2006 | 236 | 760 |
| 2007 | 279 | 1026 |
| 2008 | 305 | 1096 |
| 2009 | 298 | 1141 |
| 2010 | 621 | 1313 |
| 2011 | 598 | 1200 |
| 2012 | 756 | 1331 |
| 2013 | 888 | 1806 |
| 2014 | 997 | 2283 |
| 2015 | 959 | 2369 |
| 2016 | 1009 | 2506 |
| 2017 | 1284 | 2787 |
| 2018 | 1554 | 3299 |
| 2019 | 2329 | 3749 |
| 2020 | 2656 | 4623 |
| 2021 | 2921 | 4992 |
| 2022 | 3187 | 4964 |
| 2023 | 3597 | 4931 |
| 2024 | 3463 | 4979 |
| 2025 | 3048 | 4270 |
| 2026 | 1806 | 2938 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- G06Q 50/10Services17,097
- G06Q 50/06Energy or water supply5,846
- G06Q 50/40Business processes related to the transportation industry5,566
- G06Q 50/04Manufacturing1,873
- G06Q 50/02Agriculture1,827
- G06Q 50/34Betting or bookmaking1,342
- G06Q 50/08Construction941
- G06Q 50/60Business processes related to postal services450
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Recent patents
- 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.
- Driving cues and coaching6 Oct 2026US 12,752,818 B2Allstate Insurance Company
- Co-presence presentation system6 Oct 2026US 12,754,024 B2Uber Technologies, Inc.
- Systems and methods for dynamically generating optimal routes for management of multiple vehicles6 Oct 2026US 12,754,030 B2State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company
- Systems and methods for dynamically generating optimal routes for vehicle delivery management6 Oct 2026US 12,754,031 B2State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company
- Method and apparatus for collecting evidence8 Oct 2026US 2026/0309588 A1Visual Detection Systems LLC
- Internet of things (iot) system for the control of smart gas pressure regulation station8 Oct 2026US 2026/0310247 A1Chengdu Qinchuan Iot Technology Co., Ltd.
- Systems and methods for augmented reality-assisted home inspection8 Oct 2026US 2026/0310283 A1State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company
- Interactive patent visualization systems and methods8 Oct 2026US 2026/0310339 A1Magic Number, Inc.
- Supply chain quality assurance for well completion using blockchain8 Oct 2026US 2026/0310655 A1Halliburton Energy Services.Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Method and apparatus for a cryptographically assisted commercial network system designed to facilitate buyer-driven conditional purchase offers2,225US 5,794,207 AWalker Asset Management Limited Partnership · 1998
- System for regulating access to and distributing content in a network1,380US 8,122,128 B22012
- Systems and methods for secure transaction management and electronic rights protection1,270US 5,982,891 AIntertrust Technologies Corporation · 1999
- System and method for influencing a position on a search result list generated by a computer network search engine1,189US 6,269,361 B1GoTo.com, Inc. · 2001
- Systems and methods for secure transaction management and electronic rights protection1,156US 5,910,987 AIntertrust Technologies Corporation · 1999