G06F 21/16
Program or content traceability
Official title: Program or content traceability, e.g. by watermarking
G06F21/16 (Program or content traceability) appears on 1,665 US grants and 2,065 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G06F- Granted patents
- 1,665
- Published applications
- 2,065
- Assignees
- 731
- Inventors
- 3,421
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1985 | 1 | 0 |
| 1986 | 1 | 0 |
| 1987 | 0 | 0 |
| 1988 | 0 | 0 |
| 1989 | 0 | 0 |
| 1990 | 0 | 0 |
| 1991 | 0 | 0 |
| 1992 | 0 | 0 |
| 1993 | 2 | 0 |
| 1994 | 4 | 0 |
| 1995 | 1 | 0 |
| 1996 | 5 | 0 |
| 1997 | 3 | 0 |
| 1998 | 7 | 0 |
| 1999 | 14 | 0 |
| 2000 | 12 | 0 |
| 2001 | 19 | 16 |
| 2002 | 18 | 60 |
| 2003 | 21 | 55 |
| 2004 | 22 | 44 |
| 2005 | 21 | 91 |
| 2006 | 51 | 76 |
| 2007 | 46 | 82 |
| 2008 | 39 | 104 |
| 2009 | 43 | 67 |
| 2010 | 67 | 65 |
| 2011 | 54 | 40 |
| 2012 | 71 | 34 |
| 2013 | 61 | 43 |
| 2014 | 72 | 68 |
| 2015 | 53 | 79 |
| 2016 | 54 | 48 |
| 2017 | 60 | 78 |
| 2018 | 53 | 65 |
| 2019 | 51 | 99 |
| 2020 | 84 | 121 |
| 2021 | 108 | 137 |
| 2022 | 94 | 136 |
| 2023 | 125 | 112 |
| 2024 | 116 | 118 |
| 2025 | 117 | 115 |
| 2026 | 95 | 112 |
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
- Electronic content delivery system1,734US 6,226,618 B1International Business Machines Corporation · 2001
- Systems and methods for secure transaction management and electronic rights protection1,270US 5,982,891 AIntertrust Technologies Corporation · 1999
- Systems and methods for secure transaction management and electronic rights protection1,156US 5,910,987 AIntertrust Technologies Corporation · 1999
- Methods for surveying dissemination of proprietary empirical data1,132US 5,862,260 ADigimarc Corporation · 1999