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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.

7,914 US filings from 1,334 companies since 2023 · 2023: 1,970 · 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.

#CompanySince 20232023202420252026 YTDYoY
1DELL PRODUCTS L.P.794155275264100-4.0%
2TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA251481116527-41.4%
3Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC19955706113-12.9%
4International Business Machines Corporation17756633919-38.1%
5SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.11524423316-21.4%
6VMware, Inc.110693821-94.7%
7Bank of America Corporation10520254119+64.0%
8Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.10133371714-54.1%
9INTEL CORPORATION10122382714-28.9%
10Red Hat, Inc.9920352420-31.4%
11Capital One Services, LLC8817272519-7.4%
12DENSO CORPORATION8717362113-41.7%
13Hyundai Motor Company8622321715-46.9%
14SAP SE8528222510+13.6%
15CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA8322272212-18.5%
16Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development LP8121351510-57.1%
17Kia Corporation8118311715-45.2%
18GOOGLE LLC793020227+10.0%
19Amazon Technologies, Inc.7314311810-41.9%
20HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P.682229125-58.6%
21HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.6814192411+26.3%
22Micron Technology, Inc.602215194+26.7%
23Salesforce, Inc.55723178-26.1%
24Cisco Technology, Inc.516131913+46.2%
25Apple Inc.471118144-22.2%