B42D 25/23
Identity cards
B42D25/23 (Identity cards) appears on 811 US grants and 830 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B42D- Granted patents
- 811
- Published applications
- 830
- Assignees
- 338
- Inventors
- 1,401
- Latest grant
- 25 Aug 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 4 | 0 |
| 1977 | 2 | 0 |
| 1978 | 6 | 0 |
| 1979 | 8 | 0 |
| 1980 | 4 | 0 |
| 1981 | 8 | 0 |
| 1982 | 9 | 0 |
| 1983 | 7 | 0 |
| 1984 | 8 | 0 |
| 1985 | 20 | 0 |
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| 1987 | 6 | 0 |
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| 1989 | 8 | 0 |
| 1990 | 3 | 0 |
| 1991 | 7 | 0 |
| 1992 | 9 | 0 |
| 1993 | 6 | 0 |
| 1994 | 9 | 0 |
| 1995 | 11 | 0 |
| 1996 | 12 | 0 |
| 1997 | 10 | 0 |
| 1998 | 13 | 0 |
| 1999 | 10 | 0 |
| 2000 | 11 | 0 |
| 2001 | 13 | 2 |
| 2002 | 1 | 4 |
| 2003 | 9 | 17 |
| 2004 | 10 | 30 |
| 2005 | 10 | 34 |
| 2006 | 11 | 18 |
| 2007 | 10 | 33 |
| 2008 | 14 | 19 |
| 2009 | 8 | 27 |
| 2010 | 21 | 28 |
| 2011 | 21 | 29 |
| 2012 | 18 | 17 |
| 2013 | 15 | 51 |
| 2014 | 22 | 25 |
| 2015 | 31 | 23 |
| 2016 | 22 | 28 |
| 2017 | 24 | 37 |
| 2018 | 28 | 75 |
| 2019 | 45 | 41 |
| 2020 | 62 | 65 |
| 2021 | 43 | 62 |
| 2022 | 52 | 49 |
| 2023 | 36 | 30 |
| 2024 | 33 | 45 |
| 2025 | 33 | 23 |
| 2026 | 15 | 18 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Optical component of a security article25 Aug 2026US 12,715,235 B2Viavi Solutions Inc.
- Transaction card with hidden visual features30 Jun 2026US 12,670,353 B2Capital One Services, LLC
- Security feature for a valuable document, valuable document, method for producing a security feature and method for checking a security feature26 May 2026US 12,636,904 B2Giesecke+Devrient Epayments GmbH
- Card and method of producing the card19 May 2026US 12,629,956 B2Giesecke+Devrient Advance52 GmbH
- Hidden magnetic stripe cards and method therefor19 May 2026US 12,632,687 B2Thales Dis France SAS
- Security features for identification documents and methods of making same8 Oct 2026US 2026/0307425 A1Idemia Identity & Security USA LLC
- Personalizable security document and method of personalizing the same10 Sep 2026US 2026/0264443 A1HID Global CID SAS
- Security document, system for producing a security document, and method for producing a security document27 Aug 2026US 2026/0249639 A1OVD Kinegram AG
- Card personalization system with split plasma nozzle9 Jul 2026US 2026/0192576 A1Entrust Corporation
- Authentication of a Physical Credential25 Jun 2026US 2026/0178721 A1Capital One Services, LLC
Most cited
By later US patents
- Method and apparatus for robust information coding563US 5,748,783 ADigimarc Corporation · 1998
- Watermarked business cards and methods408US 6,650,761 B1Digimarc Corporation · 2003
- Security system for photographic identification393US 5,841,886 ADigimarc Corporation · 1998
- Decoding steganographic messages embedded in media signals261US 6,681,029 B1Digimarc Corporation · 2004
- Data carrier having an optical authenticity feature and methods for producing and testing said data carrier249US 4,765,656 AGAO Gesellschaft fur Automation und Organisation mbH · 1988