G06F 12/14
Protection against unauthorised use of memory or access to memory
Official title: Protection against unauthorised use of memory {or access to memory}
G06F12/14 (Protection against unauthorised use of memory or access to memory) appears on 7,414 US grants and 7,572 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G06F- Granted patents
- 7,414
- Published applications
- 7,572
- Assignees
- 1,396
- Inventors
- 11,523
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 5 | 0 |
| 1977 | 8 | 0 |
| 1978 | 9 | 0 |
| 1979 | 2 | 0 |
| 1980 | 5 | 0 |
| 1981 | 8 | 0 |
| 1982 | 8 | 0 |
| 1983 | 13 | 0 |
| 1984 | 23 | 0 |
| 1985 | 20 | 0 |
| 1986 | 16 | 0 |
| 1987 | 16 | 0 |
| 1988 | 16 | 0 |
| 1989 | 18 | 0 |
| 1990 | 21 | 0 |
| 1991 | 17 | 0 |
| 1992 | 23 | 0 |
| 1993 | 20 | 0 |
| 1994 | 40 | 0 |
| 1995 | 39 | 0 |
| 1996 | 39 | 0 |
| 1997 | 55 | 0 |
| 1998 | 89 | 0 |
| 1999 | 80 | 0 |
| 2000 | 54 | 0 |
| 2001 | 64 | 26 |
| 2002 | 56 | 87 |
| 2003 | 70 | 119 |
| 2004 | 59 | 111 |
| 2005 | 57 | 136 |
| 2006 | 113 | 180 |
| 2007 | 103 | 205 |
| 2008 | 103 | 293 |
| 2009 | 132 | 237 |
| 2010 | 155 | 193 |
| 2011 | 168 | 186 |
| 2012 | 194 | 224 |
| 2013 | 242 | 309 |
| 2014 | 335 | 396 |
| 2015 | 401 | 423 |
| 2016 | 453 | 559 |
| 2017 | 469 | 519 |
| 2018 | 439 | 521 |
| 2019 | 554 | 557 |
| 2020 | 525 | 457 |
| 2021 | 475 | 470 |
| 2022 | 413 | 365 |
| 2023 | 405 | 335 |
| 2024 | 347 | 262 |
| 2025 | 289 | 253 |
| 2026 | 149 | 149 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Circuitry and methods for implementing forward-edge control-flow integrity (FECFI) using one or more capability-based instructions6 Oct 2026US 12,754,853 B2Intel Corporation
- Obfuscating cryptographic material in memory6 Oct 2026US 12,754,854 B2Capital One Services, LLC
- Memory controller, storage device including the same, and operating method of the memory controller6 Oct 2026US 12,754,855 B2Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
- System, method, and computer readable medium for capability-enhanced virtualization of caches6 Oct 2026US 12,754,856 B2University of Virginia Patent Foundation
- Memory systems and devices including examples of generating access codes for memory regions using authentication logic6 Oct 2026US 12,755,060 B2Micron Technology, Inc.
- Process Launch Constraints8 Oct 2026US 2026/0310492 A1Apple Inc.
- Efficient loading of an artificial intelligence model using cache and storage identified deduplication8 Oct 2026US 2026/0310612 A1Dell Products L. P.
- Ethernet-attached ssd for automotive applications8 Oct 2026US 2026/0310613 A1Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
- Semiconductor device1 Oct 2026US 2026/0299982 A1Renesas Electronics Corporation
- Track activities of endpoints having secure memory devices for security operations during identity validation1 Oct 2026US 2026/0300188 A1Micron Technology, Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Steganographic techniques for securely delivering electronic digital rights management control information over insecure communication channels1,021US 5,943,422 AIntertrust Technologies Corporation · 1999
- Database usage metering and protection system and method951US 4,977,594 AElectronic Publishing Resources, Inc. · 1990
- Database usage metering and protection system and method843US 5,410,598 AElectronic Publishing Resources, Inc. · 1995
- Database usage metering and protection system and method766US 5,050,213 AElectronic Publishing Resources, Inc. · 1991
- Data enclave and trusted path system736US 5,276,735 ASecure Computing Corporation · 1994