G06F 21/00
Security arrangements for protecting computers, components thereof, programs or data against unauthorised
Official title: Security arrangements for protecting computers, components thereof, programs or data against unauthorised activity
G06F21/00 (Security arrangements for protecting computers, components thereof, programs or data against unauthorised) appears on 121,972 US grants and 147,357 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G06F- Granted patents
- 121,972
- Published applications
- 147,357
- Assignees
- 19,809
- Inventors
- 181,166
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1976 | 3 | 0 |
| 1977 | 2 | 0 |
| 1978 | 6 | 0 |
| 1979 | 5 | 0 |
| 1980 | 8 | 0 |
| 1981 | 8 | 0 |
| 1982 | 5 | 0 |
| 1983 | 4 | 0 |
| 1984 | 16 | 0 |
| 1985 | 13 | 0 |
| 1986 | 23 | 0 |
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| 1989 | 58 | 0 |
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| 1991 | 60 | 0 |
| 1992 | 57 | 0 |
| 1993 | 86 | 0 |
| 1994 | 96 | 0 |
| 1995 | 118 | 0 |
| 1996 | 163 | 0 |
| 1997 | 198 | 0 |
| 1998 | 343 | 0 |
| 1999 | 420 | 0 |
| 2000 | 450 | 0 |
| 2001 | 528 | 389 |
| 2002 | 454 | 1566 |
| 2003 | 517 | 1917 |
| 2004 | 664 | 2170 |
| 2005 | 760 | 2953 |
| 2006 | 1302 | 3316 |
| 2007 | 1389 | 3632 |
| 2008 | 1481 | 4032 |
| 2009 | 1864 | 3885 |
| 2010 | 2625 | 3755 |
| 2011 | 2692 | 3629 |
| 2012 | 3536 | 4102 |
| 2013 | 4543 | 5355 |
| 2014 | 5944 | 6506 |
| 2015 | 6300 | 6869 |
| 2016 | 6254 | 7317 |
| 2017 | 6594 | 7428 |
| 2018 | 6531 | 7861 |
| 2019 | 7910 | 9130 |
| 2020 | 8595 | 9945 |
| 2021 | 8607 | 9928 |
| 2022 | 8781 | 9323 |
| 2023 | 8707 | 9133 |
| 2024 | 8747 | 8982 |
| 2025 | 8601 | 8144 |
| 2026 | 5798 | 6090 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- G06F 21/60Protecting data53,736
- G06F 21/30Authentication, i.e. establishing the identity or authorisation of security principals38,978
- G06F 21/50Monitoring users, programs or devices to maintain the integrity of platforms37,080
- G06F 21/70Protecting specific internal or peripheral components, in which the protection of a19,681
- G06F 21/10Protecting distributed programs or content14,524
Recent patents
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- Systems and methods for region-specific sub-tokenization in cryptographic transaction processing6 Oct 2026US 12,754,690 B2Vannadium, Inc.
- Managing motherboard replacement at an information handling system6 Oct 2026US 12,754,741 B2Dell Products L. P.
- Ai-powered cognitive health assessment and management system and method8 Oct 2026US 2026/0305997 A1Scienza Health, Inc.
- Powering breathing apparatus8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306772 A1Fisher & Paykel Healthcare Limited
- Steering control system and method for performing reprogramming8 Oct 2026US 2026/0307716 A1Hl Mando Corporation
- Establishing secure communication between an interface device and control systems of an electric marine vessel8 Oct 2026US 2026/0307771 A1Vision Marine Technologies
- Molecular encryption of dna-encoded data in microcompartments8 Oct 2026US 2026/0308674 A1Technische Universiteit Eindhoven
Most cited
By later US patents
- Systems and methods for secure transaction management and electronic rights protection3,563US 5,892,900 AIntertrust Technologies Corporation · 1999
- Database access method and system for user role defined access2,304US 6,732,100 B1Siebel Systems, Inc. · 2004
- Interactive displays1,824US 9,283,054 B2Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc. · 2016
- Method and device for obtaining playlist content over a network1,821US 8,045,952 B2Horsham Enterprises, LLC · 2011
- Electronic content delivery system1,734US 6,226,618 B1International Business Machines Corporation · 2001