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Patent Statistics and Information
(last updated Wednesday, March 15, 2006)

Patents featuring software-related keywords in title, sorted by issue date

Patents by major software firms, sorted by issue date

Patents in software-related USPTO classes (first set), sorted by year of issue

Patents in software-related USPTO classes (second set), sorted by year of issue

Average pendency of patent applications in software-related USPTO classes (first set), sorted by year of issue

Average pendency of patent applications in software-related USPTO classes (second set), sorted by year of issue

Most recent patents by IBM:

7,013,466: Method and system for supporting object oriented programming class replacement (link)
7,013,463: Latch mechanism for concurrent computing environments (link)
7,013,461: Systems and methods for service and role-based software distribution (link)
7,013,455: System for automatically altering environment variable to run proper executable file by removing references to all except one duplicate file in the path sequence (link)
7,013,441: Method for modeling integrated circuit yield (link)
7,013,425: Data processing method, and encoder, decoder and XML parser for encoding and decoding an XML document (link)
7,013,424: Dedicated processor for efficient processing of documents encoded in a markup language (link)
7,013,423: Omitting forwarder pages in a history list in a browser (link)
7,013,422: Noise removal in multibyte text encodings using statistical models (link)
7,013,400: Method for managing power in a simultaneous multithread processor by loading instructions into pipeline circuit during select times based on clock signal frequency and selected power mode (link)

Most recent patents by Hewlett-Packard:

7,013,462: Method to map an inventory management system to a configuration management system (link)
7,013,460: Specifying an invariant property (range of addresses) in the annotation in source code of the computer program (link)
7,013,449: Method of designing custom circuit device using scheduling clock cycles (link)
7,013,378: Method and system for minimizing the length of a defect list for a storage device (link)
7,013,376: Method and system for data block sparing in a solid-state storage device (link)
7,013,005: System and method for prioritizing contacts (link)
7,012,965: High speed leading or trailing bit value detection (link)
7,012,916: Method and apparatus for accessing communication data relevant to a target entity identified by a number string (link)
7,012,808: Multi-configurable telecommunications rack mounting system and method incorporating same (link)
7,012,803: Computer system having hard drive latching mechanism (link)

Most recent patents by Sun Microsystems:

7,013,458: Method and apparatus for associating metadata attributes with program elements (link)
7,013,454: Thread suspension system and method using trapping instructions (link)
7,013,408: User defined disk array (link)
7,013,403: Synthesizing a pixel clock with extremely close channel spacing (link)
7,013,377: Method and apparatus for alleviating register window size constraints (link)
7,013,362: Systems and methods for addressing memory (link)
7,013,352: Interface standard support in modular computer systems (link)
7,013,321: Methods and apparatus for performing parallel integer multiply accumulate operations (link)
7,013,303: System and method for multiple data sources to plug into a standardized interface for distributed deep search (link)
7,013,254: Low-complexity, high accuracy model of a CPU power distribution system (link)

Most recent patents by Intel:

7,013,484: Managing a secure environment using a chipset in isolated execution mode (link)
7,013,481: Attestation key memory device and bus (link)
7,013,407: Method, apparatus, and system for high speed data transfer between electronic devices (link)
7,013,406: Method and apparatus to dynamically change an operating frequency and operating voltage of an electronic device (link)
7,013,396: Circuit for enabling dual mode safe power-on sequencing (link)
7,013,387: System for increasing realized secure sockets layer encryption and decryption connections (link)
7,013,367: Caching associative memory using non-overlapping data (link)
7,013,366: Parallel search technique for store operations (link)
7,013,360: Efficient use of multiple buses for a scalable and reliable high-bandwidth connection (link)
7,013,353: Host-fabric adapter having an efficient multi-tasking pipelined instruction execution micro-controller subsystem (link)

Most recent patents by Texas Instruments:

7,013,416: IC with expected data memory coupled to scan data register (link)
7,013,358: System for signaling serialized interrupts using message signaled interrupts (link)
7,012,846: Sense amplifier for a memory array (link)
7,012,717: Multi-level dither screening on a split arithmetic logic unit processor (link)
7,012,467: Apparatus and method for compensating operating current in an amplifier when supply voltage varies (link)
7,012,028: Transistor fabrication methods using reduced width sidewall spacers (link)
7,012,018: Metallic strain-absorbing layer for improved fatigue resistance of solder-attached devices (link)
7,011,415: Yokeless hidden hinge digital micromirror device (link)
7,010,722: Embedded symmetric multiprocessor system debug (link)
7,010,381: Versatile system for controlling semiconductor topography (link)

Most recent patents by Microsoft:

7,013,469: Application program interface for network software platform (link)
7,013,459: Profile-driven data layout optimization (link)
7,013,433: System and method for providing a dynamically updating legend (link)
7,013,351: Template architecture and rendering engine for web browser access to databases (link)
7,013,350: System setting flags based on address types in destination address field of a message to indicate different transports to deliver the message (link)
7,013,340: Postback input handling by server-side control objects (link)
7,013,332: Distributed policy model for access control (link)
7,013,316: System and method for synchronizing multiple database files (link)
7,013,297: Expert system for generating user interfaces (link)
7,013,265: Use of a unified language model (link)

Most recent patents by Oracle:

7,013,329: Techniques for programming event-driven transactions in mobile applications (link)
7,010,793: Providing an exclusive view of a shared resource (link)
7,010,529: Method and mechanism for dependency tracking at low granularity levels (link)
7,010,527: Linguistically aware link analysis method and system (link)
7,010,523: System and method for online analytical processing (link)
7,010,510: Variance reduction technique for large scale risk management (link)
7,007,037: Opaque types (link)
7,003,765: Computer-based pre-execution analysis and verification utility for shell scripts (link)
7,003,694: Reliable standby database failover (link)
6,999,977: Method and apparatus for change data capture in a database system (link)

About this page: This page and the accompanying charts were generated by a software application called Software Patent Data written by David J. Stein, Esq. This page is updated once per week. The charts are dynamically created JPEGs based on metrics from the USPTO database in each category. The patent title text is simply "screen-scraped" from the USPTO database using a regular expression. Current database size: 213520 patents.

The Software Patent Data software and all images and text (including HTML) generated thereby are copyright (c) 2005, David J. Stein, Esq. All rights reserved. Please direct inquiries to djs10@po.cwru.edu.