A61B 5/117
Identification of persons
Official title: Identification of persons (methods or arrangements for recognising patterns, e.g. fingerprints, G06F18/00, G06V40/00; identification of persons by analysing their voice or speech G10L17/00)
A61B5/117 (Identification of persons) appears on 2,424 US grants and 3,210 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
- 2,424
- Published applications
- 3,210
- Assignees
- 1,277
- Inventors
- 5,625
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
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| 2003 | 22 | 29 |
| 2004 | 13 | 28 |
| 2005 | 13 | 33 |
| 2006 | 11 | 39 |
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| 2022 | 152 | 249 |
| 2023 | 185 | 246 |
| 2024 | 230 | 224 |
| 2025 | 218 | 187 |
| 2026 | 79 | 77 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Physiological electric signal classification processing method and apparatus, computer device and storage medium6 Oct 2026US 12,751,673 B2Tencent Technology (Shenzhen) Company Limited
- Systems and methods for non-invasive blood pressure measurement29 Sep 2026US 12,745,965 B2Itamar Medical Spry 2021, Limited Partnership
- Measurement authenticating wellness devices29 Sep 2026US 12,749,585 B2
- Robotically-assisted surgical procedure feedback techniques22 Sep 2026US 12,744,121 B2MedTech S. A.
- Biometric imaging device, biometric imaging method and program8 Sep 2026US 12,727,788 B2NEC Corporation
- Soft wearable patch for continuous cardiac biometric security8 Oct 2026US 2026/0305984 A1Georgia Tech Research Corporation
- Devices, apparatuses, systems, and methods for measuring temperature of an abtt terminus1 Oct 2026US 2026/0294253 A1Brain Tunnelgenix Technologies Corp.
- Detection device1 Oct 2026US 2026/0294281 A1Japan Display Inc.
- Portable identification device1 Oct 2026US 2026/0294282 A1ATomic Wrks L.L.C.
- Systems and methods for collecting and storing biometric identifiers1 Oct 2026US 2026/0296087 A1Stillwater Solutions 23 LLC d/b/a National Child ID Program
Most cited
By later US patents
- Biometric personal identification system based on iris analysis673US 5,291,560 AIri Scan Incorporated · 1994
- Patient monitoring system629US 6,544,174 B2Welch Allyn Protocol, Inc. · 2003
- Patient monitoring system619US 6,544,173 B2Welch Allyn Protocol, Inc. · 2003
- Mesh network stroke monitoring appliance471US 7,558,622 B22009
- Biometric, personal authentication system447US 5,719,950 AMinnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company · 1998