G06F 21/101
By binding digital rights to specific entities
Official title: {by binding digital rights to specific entities}
G06F21/101 (By binding digital rights to specific entities) appears on 1,127 US grants and 1,539 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G06F- Granted patents
- 1,127
- Published applications
- 1,539
- Assignees
- 587
- Inventors
- 2,729
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1981 | 2 | 0 |
| 1982 | 0 | 0 |
| 1983 | 0 | 0 |
| 1984 | 1 | 0 |
| 1985 | 0 | 0 |
| 1986 | 0 | 0 |
| 1987 | 3 | 0 |
| 1988 | 2 | 0 |
| 1989 | 2 | 0 |
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| 1999 | 6 | 0 |
| 2000 | 5 | 0 |
| 2001 | 10 | 10 |
| 2002 | 2 | 26 |
| 2003 | 9 | 36 |
| 2004 | 9 | 36 |
| 2005 | 11 | 41 |
| 2006 | 27 | 41 |
| 2007 | 19 | 48 |
| 2008 | 26 | 56 |
| 2009 | 24 | 61 |
| 2010 | 29 | 54 |
| 2011 | 29 | 44 |
| 2012 | 34 | 49 |
| 2013 | 58 | 51 |
| 2014 | 67 | 51 |
| 2015 | 64 | 66 |
| 2016 | 58 | 73 |
| 2017 | 63 | 74 |
| 2018 | 41 | 64 |
| 2019 | 63 | 59 |
| 2020 | 70 | 98 |
| 2021 | 66 | 72 |
| 2022 | 52 | 46 |
| 2023 | 65 | 82 |
| 2024 | 61 | 108 |
| 2025 | 67 | 120 |
| 2026 | 61 | 73 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Validating a real-world object's digital twin6 Oct 2026US 12,754,978 B2Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
- Platform for management of user data utilizing a data platform6 Oct 2026US 12,755,302 B2Datavault AI Inc.
- Method of, and a system for, optimizing copyright protection within a generative artificial intelligence (AI) system29 Sep 2026US 12,748,824 B2Iaiai Technologies Limited
- Systems and methods for replicating marketing campaigns in a tiered software framework29 Sep 2026US 12,749,097 B2InsideRE, LLC
- Systems and methods for blockchain-based non-fungible token (NFT) authentication15 Sep 2026US 12,737,491 B2Fidelity Information Services, LLC
- System and Method for Organic, Multi_Dimensional Issuance and Management of Domain_Based Tokenized Assets to Enable a Global Green Organic Multi_system Economic Ecosystem8 Oct 2026US 2026/0310758 A1
- Authenticating ownership and transfer of assets using tokens8 Oct 2026US 2026/0310759 A1
- Processing a contingent action token securely8 Oct 2026US 2026/0310760 A12BC Innovations, LLC
- Individual identity authenication1 Oct 2026US 2026/0300444 A1Lenovo Global Technology (United States) Inc.
- Controlling authorization through licensing and policy enforcement of attributes24 Sep 2026US 2026/0288912 A1Thales Dis Cpl USA, Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- System for controlling access and distribution of digital property1,018US 5,933,498 AMRJ, Inc. · 1999
- System for controlling access and distribution of digital property681US 6,314,409 B1Veridian Information Solutions, Inc. · 2001
- Location-based feature enablement for mobile terminals545US 8,583,924 B2Hand Held Products, Inc. · 2013
- Method and apparatus for enabling trial period use of software products: method and apparatus for passing encrypted files between data processing systems535US 5,563,946 AInternational Business Machines Corporation · 1996
- Method of controlling the copying of software451US 4,796,220 APride Software Development Corp. · 1989