G06F 21/105
Arrangements for software license management or administration
Official title: {Arrangements for software license management or administration, e.g. for managing licenses at corporate level}
G06F21/105 (Arrangements for software license management or administration) appears on 1,618 US grants and 2,129 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G06F- Granted patents
- 1,618
- Published applications
- 2,129
- Assignees
- 678
- Inventors
- 3,750
- Latest grant
- 29 Sep 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1990 | 2 | 0 |
| 1991 | 1 | 0 |
| 1992 | 1 | 0 |
| 1993 | 2 | 0 |
| 1994 | 2 | 0 |
| 1995 | 3 | 0 |
| 1996 | 2 | 0 |
| 1997 | 2 | 0 |
| 1998 | 9 | 0 |
| 1999 | 6 | 0 |
| 2000 | 8 | 0 |
| 2001 | 5 | 6 |
| 2002 | 0 | 23 |
| 2003 | 5 | 21 |
| 2004 | 4 | 32 |
| 2005 | 13 | 34 |
| 2006 | 9 | 46 |
| 2007 | 11 | 45 |
| 2008 | 7 | 71 |
| 2009 | 16 | 48 |
| 2010 | 32 | 52 |
| 2011 | 34 | 56 |
| 2012 | 35 | 73 |
| 2013 | 59 | 81 |
| 2014 | 97 | 117 |
| 2015 | 104 | 129 |
| 2016 | 100 | 116 |
| 2017 | 102 | 123 |
| 2018 | 90 | 110 |
| 2019 | 118 | 175 |
| 2020 | 118 | 207 |
| 2021 | 113 | 139 |
| 2022 | 134 | 115 |
| 2023 | 142 | 110 |
| 2024 | 100 | 84 |
| 2025 | 86 | 66 |
| 2026 | 46 | 50 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
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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
- System and method for managing copyrighted electronic media1,217US 5,765,152 ATrustees of Dartmouth College · 1998
- Filters in license management system780US 5,260,999 ADigital Equipment Corporation · 1993
- Apparatus and method for licensing software on a network of computers770US 5,138,712 ASun Microsystems, Inc. · 1992
- Management interface for license management system757US 5,204,897 ADigital Equipment Corporation · 1993