Remote Software/Firmware Updates

Systems and methods for securely and reliably delivering, installing, and managing software or firmware updates to distributed or embedded devices, often considering network conditions, resource constraints, or storage repartitioning.

8,308 US filings from 1,366 companies since 2023 · 2023: 2,364 · 2024: 2,597 · 2025: 2,319 · 2026 YTD: 1,028

Software Development & Compilers

Top companies

Ranked by filings in this theme since 2023. 2026 is partial.

#	Company	Since 2023	2023	2024	2025	2026 YTD	YoY
1	DELL PRODUCTS L.P.	816	181	274	262	99	-4.4%
2	TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA	262	59	111	65	27	-41.4%
3	Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC	206	62	70	61	13	-12.9%
4	International Business Machines Corporation	192	71	63	39	19	-38.1%
5	VMware, Inc.	123	82	38	2	1	-94.7%
6	SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.	119	28	42	33	16	-21.4%
7	Bank of America Corporation	108	23	25	41	19	+64.0%
8	Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.	106	38	37	17	14	-54.1%
9	INTEL CORPORATION	106	27	38	27	14	-28.9%
10	Red Hat, Inc.	103	24	35	24	20	-31.4%
11	Capital One Services, LLC	92	21	27	25	19	-7.4%
12	DENSO CORPORATION	89	19	36	21	13	-41.7%
13	SAP SE	88	31	22	25	10	+13.6%
14	Hyundai Motor Company	87	23	32	17	15	-46.9%
15	CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA	86	25	27	22	12	-18.5%
16	GOOGLE LLC	84	35	20	22	7	+10.0%
17	Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development LP	83	23	35	15	10	-57.1%
18	Kia Corporation	81	18	31	17	15	-45.2%
19	Amazon Technologies, Inc.	77	18	31	18	10	-41.9%
20	HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P.	75	29	29	12	5	-58.6%
21	HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.	71	17	19	24	11	+26.3%
22	Micron Technology, Inc.	64	26	15	19	4	+26.7%
23	Salesforce, Inc.	59	11	23	17	8	-26.1%
24	Cisco Technology, Inc.	52	7	13	19	13	+46.2%
25	EMC IP Holding Company LLC	50	34	14	2	·	-85.7%